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Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: August 14, 2011 Occasion: 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,2011,,Slovakia Width: 117 mm Height: 93 mm Perforation: Perforated 12.75 x 13.50 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LVI Stamp ID = 2609 Souvenir sheet containing 1 copy of gun-20110814-s-001. In the border of the sheet we have 4 hockey scenes. Clockwise from the left side of the sheet we have: 1. Alexander Ovechkin of Russia with Lasse Kukkonen of Finland 2. The Russian and Czech Republic teams playing for the bronze medal 3. Jakob Silfverberg of the Swedish team chases Janne Pesonen of the Finnish team while playing in the gold medal game. 4. The Finnish goalie, Petri Vehanen. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Guinea-Bissau (1974-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 1,178,584. Independent republic on the coast of Africa, bordered by Senegal and Guinea. |