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Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: March 17, 1995 Occasion: 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships,1995,,Sweden Width: 44 mm Height: 31 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.00 Printing method: Lithographed and Engraved Creative team: Lars Sjooblom, Engraver G. Hershorn, Designer Catalog number: Scott 2114 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVI Stamp ID = 3532 The stamp shows a shoot-out goal by Peter Forsberg to win the Gold Medal for Sweden in the 1994 Winter Olympics. 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. |