Switzerland
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Occasion: 2006 Winter Olympics,2006,Turin,Italy
Width: 33 mm
Height: 28 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.50
Printing method: Lithographed
Catalog number:
Scott 1025
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVIII
Stamp ID = 5326
Stamp issued to promote Sion, Switzerland as host city for the 2006 Winter Olympics. The 2006 Winter Olympics went to Turin, Italy, instead. There are 2 ice hockey icons on the stamp. The first one is in the first row, second from the right. The second icon is in the third row, second from the left.
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.