Monaco will release a commemorative stamp on 28th March to mark the historic first apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV to the Principality. 

Although Pope Paul III passed through Monaco in 1538, no pope has made a formal apostolic journey here since.

Priced at €2.25 and limited to 42,000 copies, the stamp will be printed by offset in a vertical format of 30 x 40.85 mm and sold in sheets of 10. Photography is credited to Vatican Media.

According to the Office des Timbres de Monaco, collectors will be able to purchase the individual stamp, the full sheet, a special first-day cover envelope and an exclusive insert on the day itself at three locations: the Stamp and Coin Museum, the Place de la Mairie in Monaco-Ville, and in the Fontvieille district near the Stade Louis-II at the corner of Avenue des Castelans and Rue de l’Industrie.

It will be subsequently available at the Stamp and Coin Museum, post offices, philatelic counters and dealers across the Principality, at the Carré d’Encre in Paris, and online at www.oetp-monaco.com

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Main photo credit: Office des Timbres de Monaco