Austria
aus-19670317-c-014
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Occasion: 1967 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1967, Austria
Belongs to cancel group 1
Identification number 14
NOTE
There were 30 different cancels available onFirst Day of Issue for the Austrian stamp (aus-19670317-s-01) commemorating the 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships held in Vienna, Austria from March 18th through March 29th, 1967. The cancel was 40 mm in diameter and showed 5 hockey sticks and a puck along with the following:Ice Hockey
World Championships
March 18 through 29, 1967
Wien-Stadthalle
1150 Vienna
March 17, 1967
Identification number
World Championships
March 18 through 29, 1967
Wien-Stadthalle
1150 Vienna
March 17, 1967
Identification number
The identification numbers were 1 through 30. Wien-Stadthalle was the name of the arena that hosted the tournament. The same cancel (with the exception of the date) was used on the final date of the tournament.
Location: Ice Hockey Volume III
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Austria (1850-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 8,047,000 (1997).