Uzbekistan | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: October 20, 2021 Width: 42 mm Height: 30 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 945a Location: Ice Hockey Volume CIX Stamp ID = 8441 Stamp is from a 17 sheet set in honor of the 30th annivesary of Uzbekistan's independence. The picture on the stamp shows the Humo Arena in Tashkent, the largest ice hockey arena in Central Asia. From Wikipedia The first stamps of Uzbekistan were issued on 7 May 1992. Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995, the Uzbekistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low. |