Czech Republic
czr-19980401-w-001
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First day of issue: April 01, 1998
Occasion: 1998 Winter Olympics,1998,Nagano,Japan
Width: 106 mm
Height: 88 mm
Perforation: Perforated 11.50 x 12.00
Printing method: Lithographed
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XLI
Stamp ID = 2224

Stamp celebrates the Czech Republic's ice hockey team winning the Gold medal at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics. The stamp shows goalie Dominik Hasek celebrating the win.


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

Czech Republic (1993- )
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 10,318,958. A republic in central Europe, comprising the Czech portion of the former Czechoslovakia, corresponding to the historic Bohemia.