Monaco 2016 "Centenary of excavations at Exotic Garden Cave"
| 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 24th, 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 |
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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.