Sweden
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Occasion: 1963 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1963, Sweden
Belongs to cancel group 26
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JOHANNESHOV STOCKHOLM
VM
ISHOCKEY
11-3 1963
VM
ISHOCKEY
11-3 1963
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JOHANNESHOV STOCKHOLM
VM
HOCKEY
11-3 1963
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV
VM
HOCKEY
11-3 1963
"JOHANNESHOV" is the neighborhood in Stockholm where the ice hockey stadium is located. "VM" stands for Varldsmasterskapen which translate to "World Championship".
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Sweden (1855-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 8,946,193 (1997 estimate). Constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the eastern portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.