Nicaragua | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: May 11, 1970 Width: 32 mm Height: 48 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 874 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXIX Stamp ID = 6200 Although best know as a soccer goal keeper, Lev Yashin, was also an ice hockey goalie. From Wikipedia Yashin also played ice hockey (also as a goalkeeper) and he won the Soviet Cup in March 1953. He stopped playing ice hockey in 1954 to concentrate on his football career. From the "Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue" this stamp was Stamp shows Lev Yashin From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Nicaragua (1862-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 4,386,399 (1997). A republic in Central America. |