Sao Tome & Principe | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: July 20, 2017 Occasion: 2017 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,2017,Cologne & Paris,Germany & France Width: 133 mm Height: 133 mm Perforation: Imperforate Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVIII Stamp ID = 5051 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. |