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Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: April 14, 1989 Width: 44 mm Height: 31 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.00 Printing method: Lithographed and Engraved Creative team: Stig Claesson, Designer Zlatko Jankus, Engraver Catalog number: Scott 1730 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVI Stamp ID = 3523 Stamp shows a hockey player in the Globen arena. From theGlobe Arena web site 1989 - On 19 February, the official inauguration for the still-to-be-named arena took place. In the spring of 1989, a naming competition was announced. The winner was Stockholm Globe Arena, commonly known as Globen 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. |