St. Pierre & Miquelon | |
Click here for higher resolution image | Cancel size is 36 mm diameter. First Day Cancel for Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. St. Pierre and Miquelon (1885-1976, 1986-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 6,862 (1997 estimate). Two small islands off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Originally occupied by the French in 1604, they are the only remnants of a once-vast French North American empire. Separate stamps issued for St. Pierre and Miquelon were discontinued in late 1976, but were reintroduced in 1986. |