Sweden
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Occasion: 1963 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,1963,,Sweden
Width: 19 mm
Height: 27 mm
Perforation: Perforated on 3 sides 12.50 x 12.50
Creative team:
G. Kriland, Designer
C.Z. Slania, Engraver
Catalog number:
Scott 622
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV
Stamp ID = 3501
Stamp taken from booklet. Imperforate on top edge. According to an article in the January 17, 2022 issue of "Linn's" that "... the general feeling is that the design is based on a photo of Sven "Tumba" Johansson (1931-2011)."
Stamp shows Sven Tumba (He was born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson but changed his name to Sven Tumba in 1965)
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Sweden (1855-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 8,946,193 (1997 estimate). Constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the eastern portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.