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Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: February 15, 1963 Occasion: 1963 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,1963,,Sweden Width: 19 mm Height: 27 mm Perforation: Perforated on 2 sides: horizontal 12.50 x 0.00 Creative team: G. Kriland, Designer C.Z. Slania, Engraver Catalog number: Scott 621 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV Stamp ID = 3504 Stamp taken from coil. Perforated horizontally. 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. |