Sweden
swe-19810412-c-001
Cancel

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Occasion: 1981 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1981, Sweden
Belongs to cancel group 29

Cancel is 31 mm in diameter.

NOTE

JOHANNESHOV
12.4.81
ICE HOCKEY
VM
81
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

"JOHANNESHOV" is the neighborhood in Stockholm where the ice hockey stadium is located. "VM" stands for Varldsmasterskapen which translate to "World Championship".


Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXV

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

Sweden (1855-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 8,946,193 (1997 estimate). Constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the eastern portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.