Cook Islands | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: February 11, 1994 Occasion: 1994 Winter Olympics,1994,Lillehammer,Norway Width: 93 mm Height: 27 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 14.00 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 1147 Location: Ice Hockey Volume XL Stamp ID = 2221 Ice hockey is seen twice in the border design: bottom row, third from the left and bottom row, third from the right. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Cook Islands (1892-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 19,776. A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. In 1901, the Cook Islands became a dependency of New Zealand, gaining internal self-government in 1965. |