Afghanistan | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: January, 1984 Occasion: 1984 Winter Olympics,1984,Sarejevo,Yugoslavia Width: 35 mm Height: 24 mm Perforation: Perforated 12.00 x 12.00 Catalog number: Scott 1056 Location: Ice Hockey Volume I Stamp ID = 13 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Afghanistan (1871-) . . . Although Afghanistan began issuing postage stamps in 1871, it did not join the Universal Postal Union until 1928. Until then, Afghani stamps were valid only within the country and required British Indian stamps to be carried abroad. |