Grenada (Grenadines)
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Occasion: 1994 Winter Olympics,1994,Lillehammer,Norway
Width: 39 mm
Height: 24 mm
Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Scott 1554A
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LIV
Stamp ID = 2518
Much confusion about this stamp. The stamp says that the depicted scene is
XXVI Winter Olympics, Hockey
Keith Tkachuk, USA, Dmitiri Mironov, CIS
Keith Tkachuk, USA, Dmitiri Mironov, CIS
First, there has not been a XXVI Winter Olympics yet. The Winter Olympics of 2014 are the XXII Winter Olympics. Second, CIS stands for Commonwealth of Independent States (a regional organization whose participating countries were former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union) and as such only participated in one Winter Olympics in 1992 (Roman numberal XVI). Third, in 1992 Dmitri Mironv did not play in the 1992 Winter Olympics although Keith Tkachuk did. Finally, both players were on the ice at the same time but it was in the 1992 Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Grenada-Grenadines (1973-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 6,000. A small group of islands in the West Indies administered by Grenada. Since 1973, Grenada has issued more than 2,000 different stamps for the Grenadines. There is no postal need for these issues. Although postally valid, they are issued primarily for sale to collectors.