Austria
aus-19960426-c-003
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Occasion: 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1996, Austria
Belongs to cancel group 5

Identification number 3

NOTE

This cancel was used during the 1995 World Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament ran from April 21st until May 1st. The cancel shows the tournament logo and at the top of the cancel there is an identification number ranging from 1 to 6. The cancel is 26 mm wide by 50 mm tall. The WM in the cancel stands for "Weltmeisterschaft" , which translates in English to "World Championships". The cancel says

Ice Hockey
WM '96
Vienna, Austria
DATE
1150 Vienna
Location: Ice Hockey Volume IV

From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

Austria (1850-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 8,047,000 (1997).