Friday, 29 January 2021

1661) Opera Singer – Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, Principality of Monaco: A Stamp of 3.86 Euro issued by La Poste de Monaco (Monaco Post): Date of Stamp issue: 25.01.2021:

1661) Opera Singer – Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, Principality of Monaco:  A Stamp of  3.86 Euro issued by  La Poste de Monaco (Monaco Post): Date of Stamp issue: 25.01.2021:

About Caroline Miolan-Carvalho:

Daughter of a renowned oboist, Caroline Miolan-Carvalho was born in Marseille in 1827.

 She was admitted to the Paris Conservatory in the class of the great tenor Gilbert Duprez. She graduated in 1847 with a First Prize for singing. 

Engaged at the Opéra-Comique, she gained attention in 1853 in Les Noces by Jeannette by Massé. She obtained real triumphs in Faust (1859), Philemon and Baucis (1860), Hireille [1862), The logic Flute (1865), Romeo and Juliet (1867). 

She lit up the first season of the Monte-Carlo Opera in 1880 in the role of Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. 

The elegance and purity of her style, her virtuosity, the lightness of her voice, and her incomparable phrasing, made her one of the greatest lyrical artists of the 19th century

The Commemorative Stamp:


The Postage Stamp (PS) is titled "Caroline Miolan-Carvalho", LES CHANTEURS D'OPERA" (in vertical format).

The First Day Cover (FDC) is inscribed "Principaute de Monaco, OFFICE DES TIMBRES".

The Postage Stamp is affixed at top right. The Cancellation Handstamp/Postmark depicts an image of the Opera Singer in the centre. The Cancellation is dated - "25.01.2021".

A Full Sheet (FS) of Six Stamps.

Technical details:

Stamp Issue Date: 25.01.2021

Designer: Pierre ALBUISSON

Process: Steel-Engraving

Colours: 5 Colours

Stamp Size: 40.85 x 52 mm vertical



Posts on Monaco on this Blog:

1) "Ancient Postal Routes - 18th Century", Monaco: EUROPA 2020 theme: A postage stamp of 1.40 Euro issued by "La Poste de Monaco" (Monaco Post) on 06.05.2020

2) 44th International Circus Festival, Monaco (16-26 January 2020), being held at Monte Carlo: The theme of this edition of the Curcus Festival is the - "HORSE": A Stamp of 1.40 Euro issued by "La Poste de Monaco" ( Monaco Post): Stamp issue date: 06.01.2020

3) "Ballons Montes", Monaco: "150th Anniversary of the Balloon Post": A Stamp of 1.90 Euro issued by La Poste de Monaco (Monaco Post): Date of Stamp issue: 03.11.2020

4) Opera Singer - Julian Gayarre, Principality of Monaco: A Stamp of 2.56 Euro issued by La Poste de Monaco (Monaco Post): Date of Stamp issue: 25.01.2021

5) Opera Singer - Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, Principality of Monaco: A Stamp of 3.86 Euro issued by La Poste de Monaco (Monaco Post): Date of Stamp issue: 25.01.2021


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