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Issue date: 1938
Width: 140 mm
Height: 137 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LIV
From www.wikipedia.org
The Wembley Monarchs were an ice hockey team in the United Kingdom. They were founded in 1929 as the Grosvenor House Canadians, transferred to Wembley Canadians for the 1934-35 season and became the Monarchs in 1936. The team played in the English League 1931-35, 1936-37 and in the English National League 1935-36, 1937-50.
The Grosvenor House Canadians played their home matches at the Park Lane Rink but from 1934 the Empire Pool in London (now Wembley Arena) was the home ice for the Canadians/Monarchs (which they shared with the Wembley Lions).
The Grosvenor House Canadians won the English League in 1933-34 but the only success as the Monarchs came in 1948 when they won the English Autumn Cup title. AfterWorld War II ice shows became frequent events over the Christmas and New Year period and hosting two teams at Empire Pool became impractical. The Monarchs were closed down in 1950 as a result.
The heart of their strength was the famed "Kid Line",made up in 1948 of Mauno "Kid" Kauppi, Les Anning and Jean-Paul Lafortune. Left Wing Kauppi was voted MVP of the 1949 Autumn Cup game for scoring the winning goal in overtime.
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.