THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO - as Seen Through Its Postage Stamps by Chiavassa, H - 1964

Monaco: Postage Stamp Issuing Office, 1964. 123 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the upper right of the front cover; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Ignasi Vidal. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a map. This includes a dropped-in glassine packet of six unused unmarked stamps from Monaco and the Grand Prix, dated 1967: Bugatti 1931; B.R.M. 1963 - 1966; Maserati 1948; Ferrari 1955; Alfa Romeo 1932; and Mercedes 1936. The Chapters are: Direct Lineage of the House of Grimaldi and Chronology of the Princes of Monaco; Coat-of-Arms of the House of Grimaldi; Biography of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco; The Palace of Monaco Postage Stamp Museum; An Essay on the Postal History of the Principality of Monaco; Postage Marks and Postage Stamps; The Series of Princes and Princesses of Monaco; The Charles III Series; The Albert I Series and Museum Stamps; The Rocher de Monaco Stamps; The Rampe Major; The Oreillon Tower; Battery of Cannon; The Palais du Prince Stamps; The Belltower Stamps; The Palace Door Stamps; The Cathedral Stamps; The Place Saint Nicolas Stamps; The Placette Bosio Stamps and Bosio Series; The So-called Garden Series; The General View Stamps; The Harbour of Monaco; The Pont Sainte Devote Stamps; The Church of Saint Devote Stamps; The Saint Devote Series; The Louis II Stadium Stamps; The Monte Carlo Stamps; The Curie Series; The Stamp Day 1946 Stamp; The Holy Year Series; The Monte Carlo Radio Station; Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Discovery of Anaphylaxis; Commemoration of the Marian Year; The Immaculate Virgin; Blessed Ranier; Commemoration of the 25th Monte Carlo Automobile Rally; 75th Anniversary of the Creation of the First Monegasque Stamps; The Centenary of the Creation of the Order of Saint Charles; The Series Called F.I.P.E.X.; April 19 1956 - the marriage of His Serene Highness Moneigneur Rainier III Louis Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi Sovereign Prince of Monaco with Miss Grace Patricia Kelly; The Tax Series; and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Oceanographic Museum; followed by an appendix: List of Stamps Made from Works of Art.. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Ignasi Vidal;. 8vo.