San Marino
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First day of issue: May 07, 1956
Width: 148 mm
Height: 104 mm
Cachet maker: Unknown
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVII
A postcard showing a game between Canada and the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The weak part for this maximum card is the cancel. The only connection between the stamp and the cancel is that they are both from San Marino.
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
San Marino (1877-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 24,714 (1997 estimate). A tiny independent republic in central Italy. Surrounded on all sides by Italy, San Marino has maintained its independence since the 4th century A.D. It is the world's smallest republic and claims to be Europe's oldest state. Postage stamps and tourism are the country's major industries.