Micronesia
mic-19930916-s-001
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: September 16, 1993
Width: 43 mm
Height: 35 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50
Printing method: Lithographed
Creative team:
     David K. Stone, Designer
Catalog number:
     Scott 178d
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXVII
Stamp ID = 5747

Thanks to Victor Afanasiev (Виктор Афанасьев), a member of a Russian stamp collector forum, for tracking down Micronesia 178d (Scott), a stamp depicting Thomas O. M. Sopwith. Besides being an aviation pioneer (as per depiction on the stamp), Sopwith was also a hockey player. Moreover, he was a goaltender on the British team at the European Championship in 1910 (the very first one), where Great Britain won a gold medal.

Stamp shows Thomas O.M. Sopwith

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

Micronesia (1984-)
The islands were proclaimed the Federated States of Micronesia and began issuing stamps in July 1984. Mail continues to be handled by the U.S. Postal Service. Micronesia became fully independent in 1991.