Russia
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Opening day cancel for the 2016 World Ice Hockey Championship in Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia. Cancel size is 37 mm in diameter.

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ИОЧТА РОССИИ
ЧЕМПИОНАТ МИРА ПО ХОККЕЮ . 2016
МОСКВА 101000

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RUSSIA POST
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP . 2016
MOSCOW 101000

Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXV

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

Russia (1857-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 147,987,101 (1997 estimate). A country comprising the greater portion of eastern Europe and northern Asia.