Mauritania
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: December 12, 1979
Occasion: 1980 Winter Olympics,1980,Lake Placid,United States
Width: 41 mm
Height: 24 mm
Perforation: Perforated 14.50 x 14.50
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
     Scott 437
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXVII
Stamp ID = 2977

From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

Mauritania (1906-44, 1960-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 2,411,317. A republic in northwestern Africa, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean.