Switzerland
swi-19610302-c-001
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Occasion: 1961 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1961, Geneva & Lausanne, Switzerland
Belongs to cancel group 45

Opening day cancel for the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championship in Geneve, Swtizerland. The cancel is 32 mm in diameter.

NOTE

GENEVE 1961
MATCH
D'OUVERTURE
2.3.61
CHAMPIONNATS DU MONDE DE HOCKEY SUR GLACE

translated

GENEVE 1961
MATCH
OPENING DAY
2.3.61
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF ICE HOCKEY


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.