2021 & 2020 IIHF World Women's Hockey Cup COMBINATION PANDEMIC FDC

Description

N E W -
RELEASED IN SEP. 2021
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COMBINATION  FIRST DAY COVER
consisting of the 2021 IIHF Women's Hockey World Cup
in Calgary, AB, Canada
Picture Postage stamp
AND
the 2020 IIHF stamp commemorating the initially scheduled World Cup which was cancelled because of the PANDEMIC.
The First Day Cover commemorates the Championship Games rescheduled in August 2021 in Calgary, AB, Canada. Initially scheduled in 2020 in Halifax, NS and then cancelled because of the pandemic.
Because of the Pandemic  the games were played without an audience and broadcast on TV. - see comments on the FDC.
The 2021 stamp was released Sept 17 and the 2020 stamp in August 2020 . The final 2021 game resulted in the Canada team winning GOLD and the USA SILVER.
This stamp follows three stamps issued in 2020 commemorating three Hockey Championships in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Halifax, Canada. In 2021 three stamps were issued for the Men's World Jr. in Edmonton, AB, World U18 in Fresco, TX, and Men's World Cup in Riga, Latvia
See our listings of stamps from these tournaments - or contact us.
Canada Post printed a
very limited
issue (Picture Postage)  of Both stamps commemorating this Championship. The 2020 stamp is listed under #2586-M254 in the new CPPC (Canadian Picture Postage Collectors Catalogue)  - picturepostage -net, the 2021 will be listed later this year.
Display of the full booklet of 12 stamps, sheet of 25 with keepsake, single stamp, and stamps commemorating other games and covers are to provide more details - they are
NOT
part of this listing. See separate listing for the other two different FDC of this tournament and the Mint Never Hinged stamp.
This listing is for the FIRST DAY COVER with TWO stamps -  the 2021 Calgary Women's World Cup AND the 2020 cancelled games
ONLY.
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