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	dbpprop:abstract	"The postal history of Monaco can be traced to the principality\u2019s first postmark in 1704. Stampless covers are known with both manuscript and handstamp postmarks for Monaco and Fort d'Hercule (1793-1814 French occupation); as the principality was once much larger, postmarks of the communes of Menton and Roquebrune prior to their 1848 secession might also be included. Monaco used Sardinian stamps from 1851 until 1860, when by the Treaty of Turin, Sardinia ceded to France the surrounding county of Nice and relinquished its protectorate over Monaco; French stamps with Monaco or Monte-Carlo postmarks were used thereafter. Two forms of cancellation are known for the French period. With the first, the postmark is on the cover away from the stamps; an obliterator with an identifying post office number 4222, or later 2387, inside a diamond of ink dots cancelled the actual stamps. The second applied the postmark directly on the stamps, as both a date stamp and cancel. All of these postal forerunners, particularly usages of Sardinian stamps with Monaco cancels, are far more valuable than the same stamps postally used in the issuing countries. The first Monegasque postage stamps were issued on July 1, 1885, and featured the image of Prince Charles III of Monaco. In 1937, the principality responded to a growing interest from philatelists by creating a Stamp Issuing Office. The 1949 accession of Prince Rainier III led to increased importance for the principality\u2019s philatelic issues. During his reign, the prince was personally involved in all aspects of the design and format of the principality\u2019s philatelic issues, and he was quoted as stating that stamps were \u201Cthe best ambassador of a country. \u201D The prince was a noted philatelist and his collection was the basis of Monaco\u2019s Museum of Stamps and Coins. Monaco joined the Universal Postal Union in 1955 and PostEurop in 1993. Monaco\u2019s postage stamps, which are tied to French postal rate, continue to be popular among collectors and are considered to be a source of revenue for the principality."@en ;
	rdfs:comment	"The postal history of Monaco can be traced to the principality\u2019s first postmark in 1704. Stampless covers are known with both manuscript and handstamp postmarks for Monaco and Fort d'Hercule (1793-1814 French occupation); as the principality was once much larger, postmarks of the communes of Menton and Roquebrune prior to their 1848 secession might also be included."@en .
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