The two Grace Kelly stamps on this cover were issued in two different countries on the same day: the United States and Monaco. Both were able to receive first-day cancels because of the grace period for obtaining them. Click on image to enlarge.
Just as Philadelphia born film star Grace Kelly drew the world's attention to Monaco when she married Prince Rainier in the fifties, ...
During 1999 and 2000 a series of 24 stamps was issued depicting a selection of Irish and world famous people, such as, Grace Kelly, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Edison and Ludwig van Beethoven and some significant events in Irish history like, ...
 See also: Stamp, First day cover, Cover, Commemorative, Cancel
  
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