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Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: March 20, 1972 Width: 32 mm Height: 48 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 900 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXIX Stamp ID = 6201 Although best know as a soccer goal keeper, Lev Yashin, was also an ice hockey goalie. From Wikipedia Yashin also played ice hockey (also as a goalkeeper) and he won the Soviet Cup in March 1953. He stopped playing ice hockey in 1954 to concentrate on his football career. This stamp was issued for the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany from August 26 through September 10. The stamp is nic-19700511-s-001 surcharged and overprinted with The back of the stamp is printed in black with Yashin's name and accomplishments From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. |