Sweden
swe-19700314-c-001
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Occasion: 1970 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1970, Sweden
Belongs to cancel group 28
Cancel is 31 mm in diameter.
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JOHANNESHOV
14-3 1970
VM-70
ISHOCKEY-VM
14-3 1970
VM-70
ISHOCKEY-VM
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JOHANNESHOV
14-3 1970
VM-70
HOCKEY-VM
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV
14-3 1970
VM-70
HOCKEY-VM
"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.