Switzerland
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: January 15, 1948
Occasion: 1948 Winter Olympics,1948,St. Moritz,Switzerland
Width: 20 mm
Height: 25 mm
Perforation: Perforated 11.50 x 11.50
Printing method: Engraved
Catalog number:
     Zumstein 27w.3.01
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVII
Stamp ID = 6167

The error is that the printing plate was retouched around the area of the "I" in Olympia. The stamp on the right has the error, the stamp on the left is not retouched.



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.

In addition from Wikepedia
Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian.