PUTIN, SARGSIAN CANCEL POSTAGE STAMPS DEVOTED TO SOCHI GAMES

Interfax, Russia
Dec 2 2013

GYUMRI. Dec 2

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Armenian counterpart Serzh
Sargsian took part in a ceremony of the cancellation of postage stamps
dedicated to the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 during
Putin’s visit to Gyumri.

The stamps depict sport events in which the Armenian national team
will participate in the Olympic Games. One stamp features cross
country skiing and the other alpine skiing. The left side of the
stamps features the mountains near Sochi.

The presidents signed the stamps and their envelopes and applied
postal markings. There are 20,000 stamps in circulation.

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