International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Monaco

Monaco 3 The country is an independent Principality with a special relationship with France. All meters placed into use so far are of French manufacture. The first meter was placed into use in 1928. All stamps are inscribed “MONACO”. The stamps are grouped as follows: A - Inscribed “PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO” B - inscribed “€ MONACO” PO - Special stamps generated only by Post Office meters and imprinters PD - Special stamps used to collect Postage Due GROUP A: Inscribed “PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO” left|500px A1. Havas “Tiranty” (FV-1), 1928. Small upright rectangle with simulated-perforation border with breaks in sides. “POSTES” curved at bottom above M#. A. M# with “A” prefix. 4 [Scarce] B. M# with “WA” prefix. 4 [Rare] TM: SL Values: 4 50c, 65c, 90c, 1F, 1F50, 1F75, 2F25, 2F50, 4F left|530px A2. Havas “Grandjean” (MV-6). 4 [Scarce] As Type A1 but M# with “B” prefix. TM: SL Values: 4 40c, 50c, 70c, 80c, 1F50, 2F , 2Foo , 3F , 3Foo , 5F, 6F, 9F , 10F, 12F, 14F, 15F, 18F, 20F, 25F, 30F left|530px A3. Havas “C” (MV). As Types A1 and A2 but M# with “C”, "CG" or "CW" prefix. Stamp (including town line and frank) is 100 mm wide. TM: SL A. M# with “C” prefix A. M# with “CG” prefix B. M# with “CW” prefix V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★00F 4 ★00oo 4 ★000F 4 ★000 a. With 4-digit impression counter high above town line left|400px A3.1. Havas “C" (rebuilt) and “G” (MV). Similar to Type A3 but the stamp (including town line and frank) is 75 mm wide. A. M# with “CG” prefix B. M# with “G” prefix TM: SL V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★00F 4 ★00oo 4 ★000F 4 ★000 left|455px A4. Havas “K” (MV). M# with “K” prefix. A. “POSTES” B. “POSTES” straight 4 [Scarce] TM: SL stacked at left V/F: 4 ★00. 4 ★0.oo left|510px A5. Havas “M” (MV). Frank wider than tall. A. M# with “M” prefix 4 B. M# with “MG” prefix 4 C. M# with “MW” prefix 4 [Scarce] TM: SL a. TM line at top rather than bottom left|180px A6. Secap “N” (MV). 4 “POSTES” only slightly curved. M# with “N” prefix. With or without user's initials at left of frank. TM: Normally one straight line of text stacked below the frank and with the date below. A second line of text may be used to show the region, which for Monaco franks is “PTE DE MONACO” V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★00F 4 ★000 4 ★000F 4 0000 left|300px A7. Secap “NA”, “ND” and “NE” (MV). “POSTES” only slightly curved. A. M# with “NA” prefix B. M# with “ND” prefix C. M# with “NE” prefix D. M# with “NK” prefix E. M# with “NAW” prefix 4 [Uncommon] F. M# with “NEW” prefix 4 [Scarce] TM: SC V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★000 4 0 0 0 4 0000 4 00,00 left|540px A8. Satas “C” (MV). 4 [Uncommon] “POSTES” curved. M# with “SC” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000 4 ★000F left|540px A9. Satas “D” (MV). 4 “POSTES” curved. M# with “SD” prefix. TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000F 4 0000 left|330px A10. Satas “D” (MV). 4 As Type A9 but TM SC with tall date figures. V/F: 4 ★000F 4 0000 left|330px A11. Satas “R” (MV). “POSTES” curved. TM: SC A. M# with “SR” or “S.R.” prefix B. M# with “SRW” prefix 4 [Scarce] V/F: 4 ★000 left|330px A12. Satas “J” (MV). Date figures tall. “POSTES” curved. M# with “SJ” or “S.J” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ★00 4 ★000 left|385px A13. Satas “F” (MV). “POSTES” curved. Date figures tall. M# with “SF” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ★000F 4 0000 left|330px A14. Satas “L” (MV). “POSTES” curved. Date figures very short. A. M# with “SL” prefix B. M# with “SL W” prefix 4 [Scarce] TM: SL V/F: 4 ★ 0 0 0 left|330px 304px|right A15. Havas “P” (MV). “POSTES” straight or curved. M# with “P” prefix. A. M# with “P” prefix B. M# with “PW” prefix 4 [Scarce] TM: SC V/F: 4 000 4 ★000 V/F: 4 00 4 left|315px A16. Havas “T” (MV). “POSTES” curved. Value figures relatively small. Date figures with stops after D and before Y. A. M# with “T” prefix B. M# with “TW” prefix 4 [Uncommon] TM: SC V/F: 4 000 4 0000 left|330px A17. Havas ”R” (MV). “POSTES” curved. M# with “R” or “RC” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋000 4 ≋0,00 left|330px A18. SMH/Alcatel (Neopost) (MV). “POSTES” curved. Value figures relatively small. A. M# with “F” prefix B. M# with “FW” prefix 4 [Uncommon] TM: SC V/F: 4 0000 left|330px A19. Secap (MV). “POSTES” slightly curved. Date figures widely spaced. A. M# with “NC” prefix. Date with stops after D and M B. M# with “NL” prefix. Date without stops C. M# with “NP” prefix. Date without stops TM: SC V/F: 4 ★000 (NC) 4 00,00 (NL) 4 0000 (NP) left|330px A20. Satas (MV). “POSTES” small, slightly curved. Date figures widely spaced. A. M# with “SG” prefix. Date with stops after D and M B. M# with “SK” prefix. Date without stops. Value figures relatively small C. M# with “SV” prefix. Date with stops after D and M TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋000 (SG) 4 0000 (SK) 4 ≋0,00 (SV) left|350px A21. Neopost (MV). Frank wider than tall. Date figures widely spaced. M# with “RC” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋00.00 GROUP B: With Euro sign in frank, inscribed “€ MONACO” or “€ PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO” left|330pxB1. Satas (MV). “LA POSTE” straight at bottom above M#. Date figures widely spaced with stops after D and M. M# with "SE, "SG", "HR", or "SV" prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋000 (SG) 4 ≋0,00 (SE) left|330px 304px|leftB2. Secap (MV). As Type B1 but date without stops. A. M# with “NP” prefix and with comma separator in value. B. M# with "NS" prefix and without comma in value. TM: SC V/F: 4 00,00 4 0000 left|330pxB3. Neopost (MV). Nearly identical in appearance to Type B1, but M# has “R”, "RC" or “HR” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋0.00 left|335pxB4. Neopost (MV). Date figures narrowly spaced with stops centered after D and M. M# with “F” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 0000 left|345pxB5. Secap (MV). Wide frank, nearly square. Date figures with stops after D and M. M# with “NX” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 000,00 left|340pxB6. Neopost “Electronic” (MV). Wide, square frank as Type B5. Date figures with dashes between D and M and Y. M# with “HC” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋≋0,00 left|330pxB7. Secap (MV). As Type B2 but inscribed “PRINCIPAUTE / DE MONACO”. M# with “NP” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 0000 left|355pxB8. Pitney Bowes “Paragon” (MV). Frank similar in size and shape to Type B5, but value figures are smaller and widely spaced. M# with “BP” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋00,00 left|375pxB8.1. Pitney Bowes “A/B900” (MV). As Type B8 but the frank is wider and the value figures are larger. M# with “BE” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋00,00 left|305pxB9. Pitney Bowes “PostPerfect” (digital). Frank slightly wider than tall. Narrow spacing between TM and frank. M# with “BN” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 ≋00,00 a. With M# prefix “OBN” left|315pxB10. Satas (digital). Frank upright as with Types B1 through B4 but town mark is rectangle as with Type B7. M# with “SB”, "SBA", or "SC" prefix Value figures thick and narrow. TM: rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 left|385px left|365pxB11. Neopost (digital). Frank wider than tall as with Types B5 and B6 but with “LA POSTE” at top below country name. M# with “HD”, “HH”, “HK” or "HY" prefix. M# with “HU” prefix (Model IS440/480). A. “€ MONACO” wide B. “€ MONACO” narrow. Frank also slightly narrower TM: rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 left|340pxB12. Satas (digital). Frank is nearly identical in appearance to Type B11 but M# with “SM”, “SP”, “SX” or "SZ" prefix. TM: rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 left|325pxB13. Pitney Bowes/SECAP, various models (digital). Upright frank as with Type B10 except "LA POSTE" is above the value figures. Meter number prefix "VB". TM: SL in rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 left|345pxB14. Pitney Bowes “DM Infinity” (digital). Frank slightly wider than tall as with B12, but “LA POSTE” is below the value figures rather than above. Value figures quite thick. M# prefixes “MD” and "MM" seen. TM: SL in rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 297px|left B15. Neopost “IS5000” / “IS6000” (digital). Similar to Type B11 but with “LA POSTE” below value. M# with “HZ” prefix. TM: rectangle V/F: 4 000,00 GROUP C: Inscribed “MONTE-CARLO” instead of country name left|500px C1. Satas (MV), 1958. 4 [Extremely rare] As type A5 but with "MONTE-CARLO" at top of frank instead of the country name. Meter “M 1691” only. One example is known, dated 12 February 1958. This same meter dated in September 1958 has "PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO" at top (Type A5). TM: SL V/F: 4 ★000F GROUP PO: Special stamps generated only by Post Office meters and imprinters left|170px PO1. Secap “Junior” (MV). Very similar to Type A19B, but M# with “N1” prefix. TM: SC V/F: 4 00,00 green Types PO2 and up are known printed on self-adhesive labels with the following underprint designs: A. Panel at left with bird border, comet tail at right (light blue) B. Birds in flight with full moon (light blue) C. Monte Carlo Castle (pink and gray) The stamps illustrated below all show underprint C. left|400px PO2. SERCEM (digital). Text applied digitally in black to a preprinted self-adhesive label with design in pink and gray consisting of castle at left and lozenges at right. Frank similar in design to previous types. TM: SL stacked at left within rectangular border open at sides. Date, hour and value figures tall (~3 mm). M# with “GO2 PC” or "GO3 PC" prefix. V/F: 4 0000,00 left|400px PO3. Olivetti “PR50” (digital). Similar to type PO2 but the frank and TM have no frames. The date and value figures are fairly heavy and somewhat angular, most notable in the '6' and '9' which have straight appendages. The “1” is footed. Date, hour and value figures short (~2 mm). M# with “G04 PC” prefix. V/F: 4 0000,00 left|400px left|400px PO4. Olivetti "PR2" (digital). Similar to Type PO3 but the value figures are fairly heavy, like on Type PO-D1, and they are slightly more rounded. This is most notable in the '6' and '9' which have curved appendages. The “1” has no foot. M# with “G03 PC” or "GO6 PC" prefix. A. Francs (FRF) above euros (EUR) B. Euros (EUR) above francs (FRF) C. Euros (EUR) only V/F: 4 0,00 left|405px PO5. Olivetti "PR50" (digital). Very similar to Type PO4B but the date and value figures are like those found with Type PO3, i.e. somewhat angular, most notable in the '6' and '9' which have straight appendages, and with footed “1”. M# with “G08 PC" prefix. V/F: 4 0,00 371px|left PO6. Unidentified (digital). Very similar to Type PO4C but without the Post Office name, with a seriffed font, and with the mail type below the value figures. M# with “G06" prefix. V/F: 4 0,00 a. Mail type: Lettre Suivre Inter GROUP PD: Special stamps used to collect Postage Due left|340px PD1. Frama (digital). Square frank 23 mm wide with "PRINCAPAUTE / DE MONACO" at top, "POSTES" at bottom. At right is "MONTE CARLO" straight at top above date and time with large "TIMBRE TAXE" at bottom. Without meter number. V/F: 4 00000 NOTE: See France type PD-A2 Return to main catalog ⇒ ../ Return to top ⇒ Monaco