San Marino | |
Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: February 09, 2010 Occasion: 2010 Winter Olympics,2010,Vancouver,Canada Width: 90 mm Height: 120 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.75 Catalog number: Scott 1811 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII Stamp ID = 3303 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. San Marino (1877-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 24,714 (1997 estimate). A tiny independent republic in central Italy. Surrounded on all sides by Italy, San Marino has maintained its independence since the 4th century A.D. It is the world's smallest republic and claims to be Europe's oldest state. Postage stamps and tourism are the country's major industries. |