Nicaragua
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: March 20, 1972
Width: 32 mm
Height: 48 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
     Scott 900
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXIX
Stamp ID = 6201

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.

This stamp was issued for the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany from August 26 through September 10. The stamp is nic-19700511-s-001 surcharged and overprinted with

The back of the stamp is printed in black with Yashin's name and accomplishments



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.