San Marino | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: February 01, 2006 Occasion: 2006 Winter Olympics,2006,Turin,Italy Width: 48 mm Height: 40 mm Perforation: Perforated 12.50 x 12.75 Catalog number: Scott 1670d Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII Stamp ID = 3297 Ice hockey is in the right hand side of the stamp. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. San Marino (1877-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 24,714 (1997 estimate). A tiny independent republic in central Italy. Surrounded on all sides by Italy, San Marino has maintained its independence since the 4th century A.D. It is the world's smallest republic and claims to be Europe's oldest state. Postage stamps and tourism are the country's major industries. |