Animal Stamp of Monaco

The Principality of Monaco is a small country of about 2 times of the Imperial Palace at 2 square km in area, a population of about 30,000. It was the opening of the existing Royal Family that the the Grimaldis who drifted from Italy in 1297 occupied a fortress of Monaco, and it was recognized globally as an independent country by Versailles Treaty in 1919.
It is said that the third Charles, Albert the first and an achievement of the existing Rainier III are big to become the beautiful country where the Principality of Monaco is loved by people like the present. The third Charles whom it had a casino, and made a plan to make a luxurious resort for adults. And be full of oceanography and build the protection of the Mediterranean Sea and the foundations of current no pollution system Albert the first whom it established a constitution and assumed a constitutional monarchy. The Rainier III tried for new industrial introduction while following a highest grade resort. It helped a Rainier duke, and the existence of beautiful Princess Grace who showed Monaco to the world would be big.
The stamp on which it drew five kinds of mammals in 1970 was issued by this Monaco.

Principality of Monaco
1970.5.4 Wild Animal Protection Stamp
Basque Horse
Equus caballus
(Equidae)
Spotted Seal
Phoca largha
(Phocidae)

Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
(Bovidae)
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
(Accipitridae)
European Otter
Lutra lutra
(Mustelidae)


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