Canada
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First day of issue: January 23, 1956
Width: 34 mm
Height: 18 mm
Perforation: Perforated 12.00 x 12.00
Printing method: Engraved
Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, Ottawa, Canada
Creative team:
     James Simpkins, Designer
     Silas Robert Allen, Engraver
Catalog number:
     Scott 359
Location: Ice Hockey Volume VII
Stamp ID = 182

Issued to draw attention to Canada's most popular sport, ice hockey.


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

Canada (1851-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 29,123,194. An independent state within the British Commonwealth, occupying the northern part of North America.