Uzbekistan | |
Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: 2001 Width: 120 mm Height: 188 mm Perforation: Perforated 13.75 x 14.00 Location: Ice Hockey Volume CIX Stamp ID = 5009 Part of a very large series of stamps in honor of the 10th year of independence. In the lower left corner of the selvage you can see a hockey player. From Wikipedia The first stamps of Uzbekistan were issued on 7 May 1992. Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995, the Uzbekistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low. |