Czechoslovakia
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Occasion: 1972 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,1972,Prague,Czechoslovakia
Width: 32 mm
Height: 32 mm
Perforation: Perforated 11.00 x 11.00
Printing method: Engraved
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XLV
Stamp ID = 4612
According to the Pofis stamp catalog (a Czech stamp catalog) there are a number of overprint varieties for this stamp because of plate flaws. This is a "DV7" plate flaw, a flaw in the "Č" in "ČSSR". The top of the "Č" is cut off a little bit short.
Miller, Rick. "Stamps show where the dead countries are buried." Linn's Stamp News 23 Dec. 2019: 16-17. Print.
Czechoslovakia (1918-93)
Czechoslovakia's first stamps were issued in 1918, and its last regular postage stamp was issued Dec. 18, 1992. In total Czechoslovakia issued almost 2,900 postage stamps, about 170 semipostal stamps, 93 airmal stamps, three special delivery stamps, three personal delivery stamps, more than 100 postage due stamps, 15 Official stamps, two local Official stamps and about 35 newspaper stamps.