Sao Tome & Principe | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: December 29, 1983 Occasion: 1984 Winter Olympics,1984,Sarejevo,Yugoslavia Width: 102 mm Height: 127 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 14.00 Catalog number: Scott 726 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII Stamp ID = 3277 Ice hockey is in the border design. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Sao Tome and Principe (1975-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 147,865 (1997 estimate). The Portuguese colony of St. Thomas and Prince became the independent Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on July 12, 1975. It now issues large numbers of topically oriented stamps primarily intended for stamp collectors. |