Canada
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Stamp picture
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First day of issue: 1980
Width: 112 mm
Height: 144 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume IX
Stamp ID = 6718

Peter Puck was a cartoon character developed in the 1970's to help explain the rules of hockey to new fans. The cartoons were shown between periods during NBC & CBC broadcasts of games. The rights to the character were sold to Brian McFarlane who wrote three children's books featuring Peter Puck. To see the Peter Puck videos click here.


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.