Monaco 2016 "Centenary of excavations at Exotic Garden Cave"

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Issue Date	24.06.2016
ID	Michel: 3303; Scott: 2852; Stanley Gibbons: 3219; Yvert et Tellier: 3045; Category: pF
Designer	Yves BEAUJARD
Stamps in set	1
Value	1,60€ - Prince Albert I and excavation at Exotic Garden Cave
Emission/Type	commemorative
Issue place	Monaco
Size (width x height)	52mm x 31,77 mm
Layout	Mini Sheets of 10 stamps
Products	FDC x1 MS x1
Paper	3 colors steel-engraving
Perforation	12.75 x 13.25
Print Technique	Offset, 3 colours steel-engraving
Printed by	Phil@Poste
Quantity	450.000 stamps
Issuing Authority	Office des Emissions de Timbres-poste, Principauté de Monaco

On June 24^th, 2016, the Post of Monaco issued one more stamp of Albert I, Prince of Monaco.

The year 2016 marked the centenary of the first excavations at the Observatory Cave in Monaco’s Exotic Garden. Begun in 1916, these excavations produced a major discovery: evidence of the earliest signs of human occupation in Monaco.
Prince Albert I had long been convinced of the great archaeological potential of the site. The excavations revealed successive Palaeolithic occupations dating from 300,000 to 5,000 years ago.

Products and associated philatelic items

FDC	First-Day-of-Issue Postmark	Mini-Sheets

References

Technical details and short description of the stamps: Post of Monaco (the article does not exist on their website anymore), colnect.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.

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