The stamp shows us a barque at the Port of Monaco painted by Hubert Clerissi (1923 – 2000).
The vessel in the foreground is a barque with all the scaffolding around it under repair at a shipyard.
The term barque in the French language has numerous imprecise meanings, ranging from dugout canoe to a large 5-masted vessel. The word has also been applied to vessels of less than 150 cap., regardless of rig.
Barque a small vessel under sail or powered by an engine.
Source: Aak to Zumbra, a dictionary of the World’s Watercraft.
Monaco 1989 7.00Fr. sg 1965, scott 1695