United States
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Date: March 08, 1972
Width: 238 mm
Height: 104 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XCIII
Stamp ID = 6928

The Western Hockey League (WHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league based in Western Canada that operated from 1952 to 1974. The league was managed for most of its history by Al Leader, and had roots in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League. The championship trophy of the WHL was the Lester Patrick Cup.


From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

United States of America (1847-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 248,709,873 (1990). Republic occupying the central portion of North America, along with Alaska, Hawaii and a large number of island possessions in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.