Stamps by countries | Europa | Monaco | 1949 |
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Centenary of prince Albert I (14 stamps in set). |
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Stamp: Institute of Anthropology, Institute of Paleontology
Edition type: commemorative stamp
Denomination: 18 f
Date of issue: 1949 Mar. 5
Depiction: Prehistoric drawing, Altamira, Spain. Steppe Wisent
Colour: dark brown, reddish-brown
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Designer: R. Serres
Perforation: comb. 13:13,25
Printing process: steel engraving
Size of a stamp (mm): 40×26
Size of a sheet (mm):
Sheet composition: 25 (5×5) stamps
Printing run: 151 500
Stamp issuing authority: Office des Emissions de Timbres-poste,
Principauté de Monaco
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Standing Wisent is a fragment of Polychrome Ceiling of the Great Hall caves of Altamira, Spain and location of the image of bison represented on the stamp. |
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Themes: steppe wisent (Bison priscus), cave art |
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