Tanzania | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: August 29, 1988 Occasion: 1988 Winter Olympics,1988,Calgary,Canada Width: 75 mm Height: 90 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00 Catalog number: Scott 422 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXIX Stamp ID = 3571 The stamp shows a hockey stick wrapped in ribbons. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Tanzania (1965-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 29,460,753 (1997 estimate). A republic in southeastern Africa, bordering on the Indian Ocean. Tanzania was formed with the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964 as the United Republic of Tanganyika. In October 1965, the name was changed to the United Republic of Tanzania. |