Sierra Leone | |
Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: July 16, 1997 Occasion: 1998 Winter Olympics,1998,Nagano,Japan Width: 26 mm Height: 39 mm Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 2020 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVIII Stamp ID = 3313 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Sierra Leone (1859-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 4,891,546 (1997 estimate). A republic in west Africa. The coastal area was occupied by Great Britain after 1791, the hinterland coming under British protection in 1896. |