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Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: December 25, 1988 Occasion: 1988 Winter Olympics,1988,Calgary,Canada Width: 80 mm Height: 60 mm Catalog number: Scott 1302 Location: Ice Hockey Volume I Stamp ID = 14 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Afghanistan (1871-) . . . Although Afghanistan began issuing postage stamps in 1871, it did not join the Universal Postal Union until 1928. Until then, Afghani stamps were valid only within the country and required British Indian stamps to be carried abroad. |