Romania
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Width: 125 mm
Height: 105 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.25 x 13.25
Printing method: Offset lithography
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXIV
Stamp ID = 6446
Ion Țiriac is the current president of the Romanian Tennis Federation and past president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee from 1998 to 2004. His biggest accomplishment was winning the men's doubles in the 1970 French Open with fellow countryman Ilie Năstase. 1975 he was the first man to play against a woman, Abigail Maynard, in a sanctioned tennis tournament. The first time Romania participated in an Olympic ice hockey tournament was during the 1964 Innsbruck games. The Romanian team finished 12th out of 16 teams and Ion Țiriac was on that team.
Souvenir sheet shows Ion Tiriac
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Romania (1865-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 21,399,114 (1997 est.). A republic in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Danube River and the Black Sea.