Italy
ita-19560127-c-001
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Occasion: 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Belongs to cancel group 19

There were 10 different cancels available throughout the Olympic ice hockey tournament which ran from January 26 through February 4, 1956. The cancel bullseye was 31 mm in diameter and the banner was 50 mm x 20 mm. There was one cancel for each day of the tournament.

NOTE

                                                  VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALI
      CORTINA 1956                    TIME
HOCKEY SU GHIACCIO                DATE
                                                  CORTINA
                                                  STADIO DEL GHIACCIO

translates to

                                                  VII WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
      CORTINA 1956                    TIME
          ICE HOCKEY                     DATE
                                                  CORTINA
                                                  ICE STADIUM

Location: Ice Hockey Volume LIX

From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

Italy (1862-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 57,534,088. A republic in western Europe.