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Click here for higher resolution image Click here to see FDC's | First day of issue: February 27, 1960 Occasion: 1960 Winter Olympics,1960,Squaw Valley,United States Width: 36 mm Height: 22 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.00 x 13.00 Printing method: Engraved Catalog number: Scott 370 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXIX Stamp ID = 3575 From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Togo (1897-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 4,735,610 (1997 estimate). A republic in West Africa, bordering on the Gulf of Guinea. Togo was a German protectorate until 1914, when it was occupied by Anglo-French forces. After World War I, the territory was divided between Britain and France, under League of Nations mandate. The British portion subsequently became part of Ghana, while the French zone became the present republic (1958). Togo became fully independent in 1960. Its stamp issues since that time have been voluminous, including a host of colorful stamps and souvenir sheets on every conceivable topic. |