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Post
Office to Issue 2006 Soccer
World Cup Stamps
As June 9 nears,
the post office has joined the
frenzy that is surrounding the
World Cup, issuing 54,000 stamps
commemorating the national
soccer team's 2006 World Cup
participation.
"It's one way we can pay tribute
to our boys," general manager
Alvaro Coghi Gomez told the
daily Spanish newspaper La
Nación, saying that if the
54,000 stamps run out, there
will be a reprint. A similar
commemorative edition of a
million stamps in 2002 ran out.
The ˘120 colones (us$0.24) stamp
will have two drawing of
anonymous Costa Rican soccer
players and the official Costa
Rica logo.
Coghi said the post office would
also produce envelopes with the
same illustration, and a packet
which includes the stamp, the
envelope and a photo of the
Costa Rica soccer team in a
folder.
The post office will also speed
messages of encouragement sent
to the team on postcards or via
telegram, Coghi said.
The Costa Rica team will play
the World Cup's first game, on
June 9, in Munich against hosts
Germany. It also faces Ecuador
and Poland in Group A of the
Cup.
Costa Rica also took part in
Italy's 1990 World Cup and the
2002 Cup held jointly by Japan
and South Korea.
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