Switzerland
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Cancel for the Ninth World Championships of roller hockey held in Geneva, Switzerland between May 29 and June 6, 1953. The banner size of the cancel is 40 mm x 20 mm.

NOTE

IX MES
CHAMPIONNATS DU MONDE
DE RINK_HOCKEY
GENEVE
DU 29 MAI AU
6 JUIN 1953

translated

NINTH
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
OF ROLLER HOCKEY
GENEVE
FROM MAY 29 TO
JUNE 6 1953


Location: Roller hockey

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.