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![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: May 18, 2018 Width: 37 mm Height: 53 mm Location: Ice Hockey Volume XXXV Stamp ID = 6137 From an article by Kon Sokolyk in the "Journal of Sports Philatley", Volume 57, Number 2, Spring 2018. Invitations to the stamp unveiling (Figure 7) in Regina were mailed in envelopes franked with a “Picture Postage” stamp featuring a red silhouette of the trophy (Figure 6). Two hundred and fifty stamps were printed for this purpose. An additional 750 picture postage stamps were printed for the governing body of junior hockey, the Canadian Hockey League. See the entire article here and visit Sports Philatelists International here for more sports on stamps information. 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.Courtesy of Kon Sokolyk. |