On December 22, 1946, the first USSR ice hockey championship opened with games in Moscow, Leningrad, Arkhangelsk, Riga and Kaunas. Since then, December 22 has been considered the birthday of Russian ice hockey, one of the most popular and successful sports in the country. Over the past 75 years, Soviet and Russian players won numerous awards, including 9 gold medals at the Winter Olympics and 27 World Champion titles. Domestic hockey has given the world many outstanding players, whose names are forever inscribed in history in golden letters.
For many years, Anatoly Firsov, Valery Kharlamov and Valery Vasiliev defended the colors of the leading Moscow clubs - CSKA, Spartak and Dynamo and also won world fame as part of the USSR national team. Their combined collection of trophies includes 7 Olympic Gold Medals and 24 top awards of the world championships.
The postage stamp provides images of A. Firsov, V. Kharlamov and V. Vasiliev.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow, as well as an illustrated envelope with the postage stamp and souvenir labels depicting other famous Soviet and Russian hockey players inside.
Design Artist: I. Pinchuk.
Face value: 25 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 150×157 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 144 thousand stamps (18 thousand sheets).
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