I want website addresses for sites that will provide details (topic of
stamp, date issued) for all postage stamps and postal souvenir sheets
issued in France and Monaco (going forward, beginning 1/1/03).  I want
to be able to access the site regularly to see what stamps have been
issued.  I prefer English, however French language is OK.

This would be comparable to the USPS site that follows:
http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/browse_content/stampRelease.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

Greetings--


New issues for Monaco are listed by Phil-Net on their web site at
 http://www.phil-net.net/eng/newstamps/monaco. 

La Poste posts philatelic information on the issues of Monaco at the
"Philinfo" section of its web site at
http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/index.htm .

Monaco's postal service is not on the web but for reference here is
their address:
Office des Emissions de Timbre-Poste 
Les Terrasses de Fontvielle 23 
Avenue Prince Hereditaire Albert 
MC 98050 Monaco Cedex  
Principality of Monaco
Tel : +377 93 154141 
Fax : +377 93 154142
oetp@gouv.mc


France

La Poste 
"See latest issues, stamp programme, product range on sale, subscribe
on line to new issues. Philatelic bulletins on line. French and
English. Now a new online shop is also available with full range of
french philatelic products.
Selling also : French Andorra , Mayotte , T.A.A.F. , French Polynesia
, New Caledonia , Wallis & Futuna , St.Pierre & Miquelon"

philatelic website : http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/index.htm
online shop : http://timbres.laposte.cvf.fr/fre/ 
or http://laposte.fr/timbres/

Service Philatélique de La Poste 
28, rue de la Redoute
92266 Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex
France
Tel : +33 1418742 00
Tel: +33 141874250 (reclamations only)
Fax : +33 1418742 42


CoppoWeb 
http://www.coppoweb.com/
By Toussaint Coppolani. Hi-quality Images of latest french issues, and
many
interesting resources, i.e. Merson french issues

New issues for both France and Monaco are listed on the  Martinc
Philatelie site
http://www.martins.fr/



Search strategy: With "France" and with "Monaco" ; stamps; philatelic;
post; postal


If you have questions about this response or require additional
information, please post a Request for Clarification before rating
this answer.

Nellie Bly
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by alvalady-ga on 25 Jan 2003 14:52 PST

Hi - thanks!  I found exactly what I want on the French postal site. 
But, I could not find the Monaco new issue listing on any of the sites
that you sent.

http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/index.htm did not seem to reference
Monaco anywhere.  Can you clarify?

The other sites that are supposed to list the new issues seem to sell
new issues for prior years but do not provide the list that I'm
looking for.  If you can clarify, I will appreciate.

Will still be happy to pay you for the search, because you found at
least half of what I wanted.
Best regards.

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Clarification of Answer by nellie_bly-ga on 25 Jan 2003 15:40 PST

Forgive me, but I have a language disadvantge here and have depended
on information given on English sites to provide parts of my answer.

Perhaps we can work this out together.
There are several references to La Poste Philinfo as a source for new
issue information on Monaco.  However, like you, I have not been able
to locate the page of the web site. My French unfortunately is very
limited.

Here a reference in addition to the one I posted previously.
http://www.geocities.com/zjchxy/2002NewIssue/20020102_7.html


Here is a site last updated December 2002 which lists new Monaco
issues simply by title and date of issue.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jollian/NIMonaco.html
It also references La Poste as a source.

This may be the most promising source.
Wulff Stamps
offers NEW ISSUE SERVICE for Monaco. 
"You can email us at newissues@wulffstamps.com or call in the United
States 1-800-884-0656 or Phone/Fax 1-916-489-0656 for details."
http://www.wulffstamps.com/

Please let me know if you have any luck with the La Poste site or if
the Wulff source is satisfactory.

Nellie Bly

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Request for Answer Clarification by alvalady-ga on 27 Jan 2003 12:49 PST

Nellie - this is just a follow up to say that the additional Monaco
sites were good.  Thanks!

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Clarification of Answer by nellie_bly-ga on 27 Jan 2003 13:22 PST

alvalady-

Thanks for letting me know that the information was useful.

Nellie

Am still waiting for clarification. First response was reasonably
useful and worth the $10.00

Hello,

Good news, the Monaco Postal service now have a brand new website with
online services.
http://www.oetp-monaco.com