Sierra Leone
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Width: 39 mm
Height: 26 mm
Perforation: Perforated 14.00 x 14.00
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Scott 2368e
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVIII
Stamp ID = 3314
The bear is on skates and is holding a hockey stick. There is a Russian circus act where the bears actually do play hockey. This can be seen on many youtube videos.
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.