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Stamps (2)

All pictures on this page have been scanned from items in our own collection. All rights of reproduction reserved.

The stamps and first day covers on this page were issued in Monaco on 26 April in 1969, to commemorate Berlioz’s death on 8 March 1869.

Berlioz monument in Monte-Carlo

The monument itself was erected in March 1903 to mark the centenary of Berlioz’s birth.

This stamp shows a scene from La Damnation de Faust, other scenes from this work are depicted in the covers displayed below.

A first-day cover posted to a private address in Amiens, France

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