China
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Cancel is 30 mm in diameter. Cancel for the opening day of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
Translation of Chinese characters
1. Lower left corner by China Post
Galloping horse treading over a flying swallow
The stamp pictured on the card is the "Flying Horse of Gansu". See this entry on wikipedia.
2. Block of Chinese characters containing the numbers 459000 is the return address of the sender
Li Wei Long
Reading and writing time of letter writer
Zhonglou Street, Jiyuan City, Henan Province
3. Red cancel on right side shows card was routed through the city of Haikou
Haikou
2022.02.08.07
Datong Delivery 2
4. Black cancel to the right of the red cancel shows card postmarked in the city of Jiyuan
Henan Jiyuan
2022.02.04.23
Tiantan 1
5. Cancel with the hockey player
Commemorating the Opening of the 24th Olympic Winter Games
Henan Jiyuan
2022.02.04
Location: Ice Hockey Volume XL
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
China (1878-)
Stamp-issuing status: (People's Republic) active, (Empire and Republic) inactive; Population: (People's Republic) 1,210,004,956, (Empire and Republic) 462,798,093 (1948). An ancient country occupying a large area in eastern Asia, between Turkestan and the China Sea and stretching from Siberia to Indochina.