Artsakh | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: February 15, 2022 Occasion: 2022 Winter Olympics,2022,Beijing,China Width: 56 mm Height: 46 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.75 x 14.00 Location: Ice Hockey Volume II Stamp ID = 7097 Hockey stamp (art-20220000-s-001) is on the left side of the pair. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Artsaki (Karabakh Republic, Berg Republic) Stamp-issuing status: inactive; Population: 188,000 (1989). An Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, this area, also known as Nagorno Karabakh, has been the object of military hostilities between the two countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A number of local issues of undetermined status have appeared on the collector market. |