Switzerland
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: August 31, 1998
Occasion: 2006 Winter Olympics,2006,Turin,Italy
Width: 147 mm
Height: 105 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume CX
Stamp ID = 6120

Postcard issued to promote Sion, Switzerland as host city for the 2006 Winter Olympics. The 2006 Winter Olympics went to Turin, Italy, instead.

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.