
COUNTRY: | MONACO |
ISSUE DATE: | 22 March 2017 |
STAMP SIZE: | 40 x 31.77 mm |
CIRCULATION: | 50 000 |
ENGRAVING: | Martin Mörck |
STAMP DESIGN: | Martin Mörck |
Given the name of the sea nymph from Greek mythology, the Calypso is the famous vessel used by Commander Cousteau for his scientific explorations between 1951 and 1996. Twenty years after it was sunk in Singapore, the vessel left Concarneau in March 2016 to be restored in Turkey.