Switzerland
swi-19610220-c-001
Cancel

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Occasion: 1953 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1953, Switzerland
Belongs to cancel group 45

The 1961 World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Geneva & Lausanne, Switzerland, from March 2 through March 12, 1961. There was one common cancel banner used and it was used in numerous cities. Depending on the city the cancel was either in French (Geneva or Lausanne) or German (Basel, Bern or Zurich). Also the use of the cancel started well before the first day of the tournament, March 1. The banner size was 42 mm x 20 mm and the bullseye was 23 mm in diameter.

NOTE

Championnats du monde
de hockey sur glace
GENEVE
LAUSANNE
2. - 12. mars
1961
GENEVE 1
8-9
20.II
1961
EXE. LETTRES

translated

World championship
of ice hockey
GENEVE
LAUSANNE
2. - 12. March
1961
GENEVE 1
8-9
20.II
1961
MAIL DELIVERY


Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVII

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.