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![]() Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: January 24, 2020 Width: 32 mm Height: 40 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.25 Printing method: Lithography in 4 colors Printer: Lowe Martin Group, Ottawa, Canada Creative team: Ron Dollekamp, Illustrator Lara Minja, Lime Design, Designer Location: Ice Hockey Volume XXXVI Stamp ID = 6112 From 1895 until the early 1930s, All-Black hockey teams in the Maritimes challenged each other to exciting matches and – the ultimate prize – the Colored Hockey Championship. The stamp shows the Halifax Eurekas, the team that won the Championship in 1904. The inscription at the top of the stamp recognizes 8 teams that were in the league: Dartmouth Jubilees, Halifax Stanleys, Africville Sea-Sides, Truro Victorias, Charlottetown West End Rangers, Amherst Royals, Hammond Plains Moss Backs and Halifax Eurekas. 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. |