This spring, Monaco will mark the 70th anniversary of the 1956 marriage of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, a union long remembered as “the wedding of the century.”
To commemorate the milestone, the Monaco Stamp Office will issue a special collector’s stamp that revisits the original 1956 wedding design. Conceived as a nostalgic tribute, the new edition reflects on the ceremony that drew worldwide attention and helped shape the Principality’s modern image.
Rendered in a refined retro style, the stamp features period portraits of the Prince and Grace Kelly - soon to become Princess Grace - alongside their intertwined monograms and the princely crown. The commemorative block is inscribed with the dates 1956 and 2026. Limited to 35,000 copies, the issue is expected to appeal to collectors and those interested in Monaco’s history.
The stamp will be released on April 18, the date of the civil wedding in 1956. It will be available exclusively through Monaco’s philatelic network and the Museum of Stamps and Coins in Fontvieille, an institution founded by Prince Rainier III in 1996 to preserve the Principality’s postal and monetary heritage.
Seventy years after a ceremony that captured global attention, Monaco is honoring not only a royal marriage, but a defining chapter in its national story.