MONACO, 25 JANUARY 1985 INAUGURATION OF THE NEW LOUIS II STADIUM BY HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE SOVEREIGN PRINCE

PROGRAMME SIGNED BY HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE RAINIER III, THE HEREDITARY PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO, PRINCESSES CAROLINE AND ANTOINETTE, AND MR STEFANO CASIRAGHI. INCLUDING 2 FIRST-DAY-OF-ISSUE STAMPS, 23 MAY 1985 2 pages on a cream-coloured folder with a red and white cord in the centre and a crown; on the left-hand page, entitled ‘Inauguration Programme’, there are 2 stamps and the postmark ‘Monaco A/ Stade Louis II / 23.5.85 / Day of issue’, and the handwritten signatures of Sovereign Prince Rainier III, Hereditary Prince Albert of Monaco, Princesses Caroline and Antoinette of Monaco, and Mr Stefano Casiraghi. Stamps commemorating the International Athletics and Swimming Championships held to mark the opening of the new Louis II Stadium; design and engraving: Claude Haley (1923-1988). The Louis II Stadium was inaugurated on 25 January 1985 by Prince Rainier III, in the presence of Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee. framed under glass 33.5 x 44 cm