New issues on 12 April 2022  

MONEGASQUES GIFT MONUMENT TO ALBERT I

As part of his silver jubilee celebrations, Prince Albert I officially unveiled a commemorative monument, paid for by subscriptions from the Monegasque population, on Boulevard de la Condamine on 12 April 1914. It is to Albert I that Monegasques owe the promulgation of the country’s first constitution in 1911, the establishment of a secular secondary school in 1910 and a hospital in 1902 (now the Princess Grace Hospital).

Design and line-engraving: André LAVERGNE
Printing process: Steel-engraving and offset
Size of the stamp: 40,85 x 30 mm horizontal
Quantity of issue: 40 000 stamps
Sheet of 10 stamps with illuminations

JULES MASSENET

Jules Massenet, a French composer born in 1842, forged a deep friendship with Prince Albert I. Many of his operas were created in Monaco: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame in 1902, Chérubin in 1905, Thérèse in 1907, Don Quixote in 1910, Roma in 1914, Cléopâtre in 1914 and Amadis in 1922. As part of the commemorations marking the centenary of Albert I’s death, the Belle Epoque music of Monaco will be showcased by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra throughout the 2021/2022 season. The high point will be a memorial concert in the Royal Courtyard at the Prince’s Palace, during which La Nef triomphale, a work specially created by Massenet for the opening of the Oceanographic Museum in 1910, will be performed.

Design and line-engraving: Sophie BEAUJARD
Printing process: Steel-engraving and offset
Size of the stamp: 30 x 40,85 mm vertical
Quantity of issue: 40 000 stamps
Sheet of 10 stamps with illuminations

These issues will be on sale at the “Office des Timbres”, the “Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies”, the post offices and philatelic counters of the Principality, the Monaco stamp-dealers as well as the “Carré d’Encre” in Paris, France. They will be included, with other values, in the 1st Part of the philatelic programme 2022 and offered to our subscribers and customers.