Uzbekistan
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Width: 42 mm
Height: 30 mm
Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Scott 945b
Location: Ice Hockey Volume CIX
Stamp ID = 8440
Stamp is from a 17 sheet set in honor of the 30th annivesary of Uzbekistan's independence. The picture on the stamp is from a special tournament held in 2019 to celebrate the 28th annivesary of Uzbekistan's independence. 2 Uzbekistan teams played games against a team called Premier Moscow. This team was founded by Vyacheslav Fetisov and has become a regular participant in amateur hockey tournaments. On his web site, Ice hockey on stamps, Pavel Nikiforovitch says the two players in blue are Vladimir Chernenkov and Anton Milov.
From Wikipedia
The first stamps of Uzbekistan were issued on 7 May 1992. Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995, the Uzbekistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low.