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Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: July 30, 2005 Width: 35 mm Height: 24 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.75 Printing method: Offset Catalog number: Michel 605 Scott 566 Location: Ice Hockey Volume V Stamp ID = 114 Stamp issued for the 2005 International Year of Sport and Physical Education 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. |