Soviet Union

Date1962, 31 V
Value2K, 10K
Catalog no.Mi 2607 - 2608   Sc 2564 - 2566   SG 2695 - 2696   Y&T 2525 - 2525
TopicTatra (mountains)
OccasionInternational Ski Championships in Zakopane
DescriptionStamps issued on the occasion of the Nordic World Ski Championships on February 18 - 27, 1962 in Zakopane.
The Second USSR team won 3 gold medals in women's 5 km and 10 km cross-country skiing and 3x5 km relay race. Large hill in ski jumping - individually, the silver medal was won by Russian Nikolai Kamenski.