File:Stamp 1964 Monaco MiNr0774 mt B002.jpg
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Stamp of Monaco; 1964; definitive stamp of the issue "Marine Life and Plants"; stamp motive with a depition of a flowering cactus of the species "Selenicereus grandiflorus" (often only "Selenicereus gr.", German name: "Königin der Nacht"); According to the legend shall this cactus flowers only one single once for one single night in hundred years, what is not the truth (an exemplar of this cactus can be seen in the "Botanical garden" in Berlin.); The name comes rather from the great blossoms of this plant, which are steaming a spectacular nice and exotic flavor which remembers to vanilla, even like a Queen.; mint stamp Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 2.5 x 27.0 mm |
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| Date | from 19 May 1964 (first issue date of the stamp) | |||
| Source | scan of original | |||
| Author | "La Poste Monaco" (LPM), contemporary under supervision of the "Ministry of Finances and Economy" of Monaco | |||
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| Picture description | Flowering plant of the species "Selenicereus gradiflorus" |
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| Publisher | "La Poste Monaco" (LPM), contemporary under supervision of the "Ministry of Finances and Economy" of Monaco |
| Design | Etienne Clarissi (1888-1971, French archtitect and illustrator from Monaco) (design, information on the stamp), André Fréres (1902-1977, French artist) (engraving, information on the stamp) |
| Printer | "Imprimerie des Timbres-Poste", Paris (France) (probably) |
| Printing technique | Recess printing |
| Circulation | 6,228,000 in sheets à 30 stamps |
| Perforation | Comb perforation, K 13 |
| MICHEL Nr. | Monaco (MC), Nr. 774 |
| SCOTT Nr. | Monaco (MC), No. 582 |
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| current | 18:40, 15 February 2022 | | 952 × 1,124 (428 KB) | Katharinaiv (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Stamp of Monaco; 1964; definitive stamp of the issue "Marine Life and Plants"; stamp motive with a depition of a flowering cactus of the species "Selenicereus grandiflorus" (often only "Selenicereus gr.", German name: "Königin der Nacht"); According to the legend shall this cactus flowers only one single once for one single night in hundred years, what is not the truth (an exemplar of this cactus can be seen in the "Botanical garden" in Berlin... |
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