Switzerland
swi-19710322-c-001
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Occasion: 1971 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1971, Geneva and Bern, Switzerland

The 1971 World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Geneva & Bern, Switzerland, from March 19 through April 3, 1971. There was one common cancel banner used and it was used in numerous cities. Depending on the city the cancel was either in French (Geneva & Lausanne) or German (Zurich & Bern). Also the use of the cancel started well before the first day of the tournament, March 19. The banner size was 42 mm x 20 mm and the bullseye was 23 mm in diameter.

NOTE

Eishockey-
Weltmeisterschaft
Bern Genf
19.Marz-3.April 1971
3000 BERN
18-19
22.3
1971
BRIEFVERSAND

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Ice hockey-
World Cup
Bern Geneva
19.March-3.April 1971
3000 BERN
18-19
22.3
1971
MAIL DELIVERY


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.

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.