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Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: Date unknown Width: 80 mm Height: 60 mm Perforation: Imperforate Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVI Stamp ID = 7493 This is one of a set of six large poster stamps (#2245 – #2250) created in the early 1940s by Swiss firm Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG concerning ice hockey activities. The stamps were inserted inside the chocolate plates between the wrapper and the aluminium foil for children to collect them. The stamps are made of thin paper with dimension 2.4 x 3.1 inches. Tiny traces of difficult readable text on the back of the stamps. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Switzerland (1850-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 7,248,984 (1997 estimate). A land-locked federation in central Europe, situated between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. The country has three official languages: German, French and Italian.In addition from Wikepedia |