Czech Republic
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First day of issue: May 31, 2010
Occasion: 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,2010,,Germany
Width: 148 mm
Height: 105 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XLVII
Stamp ID = 5558

Celebrating Czech Republic winning a gold medal for the second time in the IIHF ice hockey tournament. The first win was as Czechoslovakia in 1947. Gustav Bubník played on the 1947 gold medal winning team.


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.