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![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: 1924 Width: 39 mm Height: 51 mm Perforation: Imperforate Catalog number: Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada cc0130 Location: Ice Hockey Volume VII Stamp ID = 4541 From "Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada" by R.G. Lafrenière In 1924, the Montreal Winter Sports was held from January 19 to February 23, and featured "tobogganing on the famous Park Slide, skiing on the snow-covered slopes of Mount Royal, and hockey matches between the fastest teams in North ASmerica". If you look closely at the lower right hand corner of the stamp (right above the signature of the stamp designer, Jack J. Wilson) you can see a hockey player.From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page Canada (1851-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 29,123,194. An independent state within the British Commonwealth, occupying the northern part of North America. |