Switzerland
swi-19740215-c-001
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Belongs to cancel group 36

The 1974 IIHF European U19 Championship was held in Herisau, Switzerland, from March 22 through March 30, 1974. The use of the cancel started well before the first day of the tournament, March 22. The banner size was 38 mm x 19 mm and the bullseye was 21 mm in diameter.

NOTE

EUROPA-
MEISTERSCHAFT
JUN.GRUPPE A
HERISAU
22.-30.MARZ 1974
9100 HERISAU
10-11
15.2
1974

translated

EUROPEAN-
CHAMPIONSHIP
JUNIOR GROUP A
HERISAU
22.-30.MARCH 1974
9100 HERISAU
10-11
15.2
1974


Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVIII

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

Switzerland (1850-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 7,248,984 (1997 estimate). A land-locked federation in central Europe, situated between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. The country has three official languages: German, French and Italian.

In addition from Wikepedia
Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian.