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"DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?" IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE BIGGEST UPSET IN OLYMPIC HOCKEY HISTORY OCCURRED 25 YEARS AGO! THE LAST SECONDS OF THE GAME ARE CAPTURED IN THIS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE U.S. WIN OVER THE U.S.S.R. IT IS PAIRED WITH A COLLECTIBLE PIECE OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA......A GENUINE FIRST DAY COVER OF THE OLYMPIC HOCKEY STAMP ISSUED FROM LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (THE CITY OF ISSUE) ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE (FEBRUARY 1, 1980.)
BEFORE YOU THINK THE U.S. ISSUES A HOCKEY STAMP EVERY YEAR THERE IS A WINTER OLYMPICS, THINK AGAIN. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT IN 1980, AN OLYMPIC HOCKEY STAMP WAS ISSUED. THE CACHET (ARTWORK ON THE ENVELOPE) IS IN FULL COLOR; THE COVER (ENVELOPE) IS UNADDRESSED AND PRISTEEN.
THIS PIECE, WHICH IS A WALL ART COLLECTIBLES EXCLUSIVE, IS A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE OF HISTORY, COLLECTIBILITY, AND A REMINDER THAT MIRACLES DO INDEED HAPPEN!
MATTED IN BLUE, THIS PIECE IS SIZED TO FIT A STANDARD 11 X 14 FRAME. ***CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED***
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