Switzerland
swi-19390128-c-002
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Occasion: 1939 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1939, Zürich and Basel, Switzerland
Belongs to cancel group 35

The 1939 World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, from February 3 through February 12, 1939. There was one common cancel banner used and it was used in numerous cities and two Automobil-Postbureau locations. Also the use of the cancel started well before the first day of the tournament, February 3. The banner size was 42 mm x 20 mm and the bullseye was 23 mm in diameter. The Automobil-Postbureau cancels did not have the banner but they were stamped in red or blue with the location.

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BASEL 2
8 - 9
28 . I
1939
BRIEFVERSAND
WELT-u.EUROPA-
EISHOCKEY
MEISTERSCHAFT
BASEL - ZURICH
3 - 12.FEB 1939

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BASEL 2
8 - 9
28 . I
1939
MAIL DELIVERY
WORLD AND EUROPEAN
ICE HOCKEY
CHAMPIONSHIP
BASEL - ZURICH
3 - 12.FEB 1939


Location: Oversize album #10

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

Switzerland (1850-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 7,248,984 (1997 estimate). A land-locked federation in central Europe, situated between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. The country has three official languages: German, French and Italian.