Sao Tome & Principe | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: May 19, 2018 Width: 143 mm Height: 143 mm Perforation: Imperforate Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVIII Stamp ID = 5593 Souvenir sheet shows Kirill Kaprizov 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. |