St. Pierre & Miquelon | |
Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: June 20, 2001 Width: 39 mm Height: 26 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.00 Printing method: Offset lithography Printer: Philaposte, Boulazac, France Creative team: Jean-Claude Girardin, Designer Catalog number: Scott 709 Michel PM 831 Yvert PM 745 Stanley Gibbons PM 862 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII Stamp ID = 8489 Stamp shows 2 people playing hockey on a frozen lake. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. St. Pierre and Miquelon (1885-1976, 1986-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 6,862 (1997 estimate). Two small islands off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Originally occupied by the French in 1604, they are the only remnants of a once-vast French North American empire. Separate stamps issued for St. Pierre and Miquelon were discontinued in late 1976, but were reintroduced in 1986. |