Belarus
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: April 10, 2002
Occasion: 2002 Winter Olympics,2002,Salt Lake City,United States
Width: 101 mm
Height: 69 mm
Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 13.50
Printing method: Offset
Catalog number:
     Michel Block27
     Scott 432
Location: Ice Hockey Volume V
Stamp ID = 109

The border design shows Belarus forward Vasily Pankov celebrating the game winning goal in the 2002 Winter Olympics (Quarterfinal Game, Belarus - Sweden 4:3) while Swedish player Tommy Salo (goalie) and Kenny Jönsson (defenseman) look on. The stamp shows Belarus goalie Andrei Mezin.

Souvenir sheet shows Kenny Jönsson.
Souvenir sheet shows Andrei Mezin
Souvenir sheet shows Vasily Pankov
Souvenir sheet shows Tommy Salo

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

Belarus (1992-)
Belarus, then called White Russia, was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution but was reunited after WWII as the Belyorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, within the Soviet Union. In 1991, Belarus became an independent state.