Mali | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: January 10, 1972 Occasion: 1972 Winter Olympics,1972,Sapporo,Japan Width: 160 mm Height: 100 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.00 Printing method: Engraved Catalog number: Scott C141a Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXVI Stamp ID = 2943 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Mali (1959-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 9,945,383. A republic in West Africa. Formerly the French Sudan, Mali joined Senegal in 1959 to form the independent Federation of Mali. Senegal withdrew from the federation in 1960, and Mali, which called itself the Sudanese Republic during its union with Senegal, proclaimed its independence as the Republic of Mali. |