Highest International Governing body for Skiing and Snowboarding, the International Ski Federation (FIS) was founded on this day (2-Feb) in the year 1924 at Chamonix, France... Founded during the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, the Federation currently has 132 countries as its members...
The adventurous sports Skiing was commemorated by India Post in the year 1992 with the release of a 11-rupees postage stamp... Heli-skiing is very popular in the Himalayan states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and in the hills of Uttar Pradesh...
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Sports / Mountain Sports...
(b) Skiing...
(c) Mountains...
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