Dominica | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: 2004 Width: 148 mm Height: 86 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.25 x 14.00 Location: Ice Hockey Volume XLVIII Stamp ID = 6248 Although best know as a soccer goal keeper, Lev Yashin, was also an ice hockey goalie. From Wikipedia Yashin also played ice hockey (also as a goalkeeper) and he won the Soviet Cup in March 1953. He stopped playing ice hockey in 1954 to concentrate on his football career. Stamp was issued for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship held from June 12 through July 4, 2004, in Portugal. Souvenir sheet shows Lev Yashin From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Dominica (1874-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 83,226. An island in the Caribbean southeast of Puerto Rico. Dominica was a British Crown Colony 1833-1968 and an Associate State 1968-78. On Nov. 3, 1978, it became independent. |