{"issues":[{"id":"1860-halfpenny","title":"Halfpenny Yellow","date":"1860-12-01","theme":"Heritage","description":"Malta’s first adhesive stamp paid for inland letters. Overseas mail continued to use British stamps. This entry represents the first issue, rather than all the later shades and paper varieties.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. 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This scan is representative of the design, not a certified identification of its paper or shade. Later white-paper and watermarked structural types have their own records. Collin and Calman describe the first halfpenny on thin bluish wove paper. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. 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Source filename misleadingly says 5p, but its visible denomination and linked BC Stamps source both identify 4½d. Not the blue 1905 or orange 1911 issue. No paper, watermark, perforation, exact shade or individual printing is authenticated from front appearance.","width":900,"height":1092,"sha256":"0a3ddd6375f9502ad68092f96793ffcfddbec1ae43652c147b5762815c47e55e"}},{"key":"galley","title":"Maltese galley","denomination":"5d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","watermark":"Crown CA (sideways)","colour":"Vermilion","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1899-galley-vermilion-colour.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1899-galley-vermilion-colour-thumb.webp","credit":"UK / Malta Post Office; original-stamp reproduction from eBay item360301232368, uploaded by Gwillhickers to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for the artwork and faithful reproduction;1899 artwork is more than70years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1895-5p.jpg","type":"Authentic vermilion FIVE PENCE galley front scan. Commons filename says1895; its description identifies the1899 issue. Representative illustration; watermark is not authenticated.","evidence":"Actual source page describes Malta postage stamp,1899issue, ship and identifies UK/Malta Post Office as author. Its PD-UKGov declaration was read before reuse. Visible five-pence value, galley composition and vermilion colour match the1899 design; the1895 filename is not treated as reliable chronology.","imageMatch":"Design, value and colour family match; the front cannot distinguish later same-colour watermark printings. This is a representative1899 design illustration, not a claim that the scanned specimen has independently authenticated CrownCA paper. Original monochrome handbook asset remains retained.","width":585,"height":512,"sha256":"2ba206d658937315a119a199ffd136d9ab7ce38efc81ff29759cef4628bcea8c"},"sources":[{"title":"A. J. 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Three designs appeared in ordinary sheets; the Martyrdom of Saint George appeared as a stamp in a miniature sheet.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Francesco Zahra · 250th anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6364"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"mary","title":"Virgin Mary","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000},{"key":"portrait","title":"Self-portrait of Francesco Zahra","denomination":"€0.58","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000},{"key":"john","title":"Saint John the Evangelist","denomination":"€2.88","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000},{"key":"george","title":"The Martyrdom of Saint George","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":12000,"dimensions":null,"perforation":null,"review":"Stamp size and perforation within the miniature sheet are not separately specified."}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2023-festa-vii","title":"Maltese Festa Series VII","date":"2023-08-31","theme":"Religion","description":"The seventh Festa series records ten processional statues from Malta and Gozo. Photography is credited to Mark Micallef Perconte. The published total is for the issue, not a separately verified quantity for each design.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Maltese Festa Series VII","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6368"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.0 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"statue-1","title":"Saint Martin of Tours · Baħrija","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-2","title":"Saint Helen · Birkirkara","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-3","title":"Our Lady of the Lilies · Mqabba","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-4","title":"Saint Paul Shipwrecked · Munxar","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-5","title":"Our Lady of Fatima · Pietà","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-6","title":"Our Lady of Lourdes · Qrendi","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-7","title":"Saint Lucy · Santa Luċija, Gozo","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-8","title":"Our Lady of the Sacred Heart · Sliema","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-9","title":"Saint Augustine · Valletta","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-10","title":"The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin · Xagħra","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR"}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2023-fort-manoel","title":"Foundation of Fort Manoel · 300th anniversary","date":"2023-09-14","theme":"Architecture","description":"Andrew Micallef’s paintings depict the fort and its chapel. The stamp itself shows the baroque chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua, within a miniature sheet featuring an aerial view.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Foundation of Fort Manoel · 300th anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6369"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"41.0 × 30.5 mm","perforation":"13.77 × 13.66","designer":"Andrew Micallef"},"stamps":[{"key":"chapel","title":"Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":10000,"designer":null,"artist":"Andrew Micallef","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Foundation of Fort Manoel · 300th anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6369"}]}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2023-comic","title":"Comic Art in Malta 2023","date":"2023-10-25","theme":"Art","description":"The issue draws on the artbook Impressions of an island, published by Heritage Malta with Wicked Comics. The announcement names Ian Churchill, INKO and Martin Griffiths without assigning their artworks to individual values.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6374"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=85381"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-10","title":"Marine Man and Valletta","denomination":"€0.10","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Artwork-to-value attribution requires further evidence.","illustrator":"Ian Churchill"},{"key":"value-0-38","title":"Woman in a faldetta, Mdina","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Artwork-to-value attribution requires further evidence.","illustrator":"INKO"},{"key":"value-1-50","title":"Red superhero holding Malta’s flag","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Artwork-to-value attribution requires further evidence.","illustrator":"Martin Griffiths"}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded.","review":"The original set and postal-administration account resolve artist-to-value mapping. MaltaPost’s bilingual contemporary announcement gives Wednesday 25 October first sale; SEPAC metadata gives 24 October. Retain 25 October pending an independently dated first-day specimen."},{"id":"2023-christmas","title":"Christmas 2023","date":"2023-11-21","theme":"Religion","description":"A star connects three Christmas designs: Mary and Child, an announcing angel and a wreath. The source does not explicitly map these subjects to the three denominations.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Christmas 2023","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6378"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-38","title":"Mary and Child","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000,"verification":"Verified","review":"Subject-to-value mapping checked against the reproduced specimens in FILACAP 249, p. 7. Its caption has an incorrect issue date; the official MaltaPost date is retained. Images are used for factual research only.","description":"Three Christmas designs connected by a star: Mary and Child, an announcing angel and a wreath.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Christmas 2023","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6378"},{"title":"FILACAP online 249 · November 2023, p. 7 (specimen identification only)","url":"https://filacap.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FILACAP-ONLINE-249-nov-2023-1.pdf"}]},{"key":"value-1-50","title":"Announcing angel","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000,"verification":"Verified","review":"Subject-to-value mapping checked against the reproduced specimens in FILACAP 249, p. 7. Its caption has an incorrect issue date; the official MaltaPost date is retained. 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Images are used for factual research only.","description":"Three Christmas designs connected by a star: Mary and Child, an announcing angel and a wreath.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Christmas 2023","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6378"},{"title":"FILACAP online 249 · November 2023, p. 7 (specimen identification only)","url":"https://filacap.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FILACAP-ONLINE-249-nov-2023-1.pdf"}]}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2024-railway","title":"The Malta Railway 2024 (1883–1931)","date":"2024-03-21","theme":"Transport","description":"Digitally coloured historical railway photographs revisit bridges and stations. Edgar Vella added the colour, using images supplied by the Malta Railway Foundation.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · The Malta Railway 2024 (1883–1931)","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6386"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"gheriexem","title":"Train on Għeriexem bridge","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR","quantity":200000},{"key":"hamrun","title":"Train at Ħamrun station","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":20000},{"key":"porta-reale","title":"Wooden bridge at Porta Reale","denomination":"€2.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":20000},{"key":"birkirkara","title":"Train at Birkirkara station","denomination":"€2.88","currency":"EUR","quantity":15000}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2024-airlines","title":"KM Malta Airlines · The New National Airline","date":"2024-04-19","theme":"Aviation","description":"Three aircraft designs mark the launch of Malta’s new national airline. Each has the same denomination. The announcement does not provide distinct identifying descriptions for the three views.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · KM Malta Airlines · The New National Airline","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6388"},{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — KM Malta Airlines — three Airbus A320neo designs","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=89098"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.29 × 14.29","designer":"MaltaPost p.l.c."},"stamps":[{"key":"design-1","title":"Airbus A320neo — design 1","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The MaltaPost member description explicitly confirms three different €1.50 images of Airbus A320neo aircraft, released 19 April 2024. The original stable design ordinal is retained; a specific registration or aircraft-view caption has not been verified."},{"key":"design-2","title":"Airbus A320neo — design 2","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The MaltaPost member description explicitly confirms three different €1.50 images of Airbus A320neo aircraft, released 19 April 2024. The original stable design ordinal is retained; a specific registration or aircraft-view caption has not been verified."},{"key":"design-3","title":"Airbus A320neo — design 3","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The MaltaPost member description explicitly confirms three different €1.50 images of Airbus A320neo aircraft, released 19 April 2024. The original stable design ordinal is retained; a specific registration or aircraft-view caption has not been verified."}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded.","review":"The MaltaPost member description confirms three different €1.50 images of Airbus A320neo aircraft and the 19 April 2024 release date. Stable design ordinals are retained because specific aircraft registrations and view captions remain unverified."},{"id":"2024-euromed","title":"EUROMED 2024 · Sports in the Mediterranean","date":"2024-07-08","theme":"Sport","description":"Daniel Spiteri illustrates two traditional sports. Horse racing is represented by Qormi jockey Angelo Agius, while the Gozo game of brilli appears on the second stamp.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · EUROMED 2024 · Sports in the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6399"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","designer":"Daniel Spiteri"},"stamps":[{"key":"racing","title":"Horse racing · Angelo Agius","denomination":"€0.38","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"designer":null,"artist":"Daniel Spiteri","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · EUROMED 2024 · Sports in the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6399"}]},{"key":"brilli","title":"Brilli in Gozo","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000,"designer":null,"artist":"Daniel Spiteri","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · EUROMED 2024 · Sports in the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6399"}]}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2024-olympic","title":"Olympic Games 2024","date":"2024-07-26","theme":"Sport","description":"Athletes are paired with Paris landmarks to celebrate the 2024 Summer Games. Hurdles, running and swimming appear alongside the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Notre-Dame.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Olympic Games 2024","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6406"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2"},"stamps":[{"key":"hurdles","title":"Hurdles · Eiffel Tower","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000},{"key":"runner","title":"Runner · Arc de Triomphe","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":20000},{"key":"swimmer","title":"Swimmer · Notre-Dame","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":15000}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2024-sepac","title":"SEPAC 2024 · Main Tourist Attractions","date":"2024-09-16","theme":"Architecture","description":"Daniel Cilia’s photographs explore landmarks and coastal scenery in Malta and Gozo, as part of the common SEPAC theme for 2024.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · SEPAC 2024 · Main Tourist Attractions","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6421"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"mgarr","title":"Mġarr Harbour","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","quantity":300000},{"key":"mosta","title":"Mosta Dome","denomination":"€0.65","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000},{"key":"mixta","title":"View from Mixta Cave","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","quantity":60000},{"key":"grotto","title":"Blue Grotto","denomination":"€3.85","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2024-festa-viii","title":"Maltese Festa Series VIII","date":"2024-09-30","theme":"Religion","description":"The eighth Festa series presents another ten processional statues. Mark Micallef Perconte supplied the photography. The issue total is 500,000 stamps; quantities per design are not specified.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · Maltese Festa Series VIII","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6424"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.0 × 14.0"},"stamps":[{"key":"statue-1","title":"Saint Anthony of Padova · Birkirkara","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-2","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Gżira","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-3","title":"The Queenship of Mary · Marsa","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-4","title":"Our Lady of Lourdes · Paola","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-5","title":"Our Lady of the Holy Girdle · Rabat","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-6","title":"Our Lady of Lourdes · San Ġwann","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-7","title":"Saint Lawrence · San Lawrenz","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-8","title":"Saint Margaret · Sannat","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-9","title":"Our Lady of Holy Doctrine · Tarxien","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"},{"key":"statue-10","title":"Saint George · Victoria","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR"}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"2023-euromed","title":"EUROMED 2023 · Mediterranean Festivals","date":"2023-07-10","theme":"Culture","description":"Two stamps feature fireworks over the Grand Harbour during the Malta International Fireworks Festival. Photographs are credited to Sebio Aquilina and Michele Agius; the source does not map each photographer to a value.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost · EUROMED 2023 press release, 6 July 2023","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/file.aspx?f=73715"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-1-70","title":"Grand Harbour fireworks · 1.70 euro","denomination":"€1.70","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Photograph-to-value attribution is not specified."},{"key":"value-2-50","title":"Grand Harbour fireworks · 2.50 euro","denomination":"€2.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Photograph-to-value attribution is not specified."}],"scope":"All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded."},{"id":"1902-one-penny","title":"One Penny provisional","date":"1902-07-04","theme":"Heritage","description":"A shortage of penny stamps led to a local surcharge on the Queen Victoria two-pence-halfpenny value. This base entry excludes the One Pnney error, shade varieties and gum differences.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. 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Perforations shown are illustration detail, not measurement evidence.","crop":{"left":186,"top":35,"width":249,"height":294},"width":249,"height":294,"sha256":"b93c005514eddcc317f384d0ff7b8e7bd0b5fe456b4fd35e7a42e480d5334c83"}}],"scope":"Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded."},{"id":"1903-edward","title":"Edward VII · single Crown CA","date":"1903-03-12","theme":"Heritage","description":"The first Edward VII stamps entered use value by value in 1903 and 1904. This group comprises the seven values on single Crown CA paper; each stamp records its own documented release date.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. 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No assignment of the scanned specimen to a particular watermark or 1909 deep-green shade; not duplicated onto the 1904 record.","crop":{"left":1320,"top":788,"width":272,"height":300},"width":272,"height":300,"sha256":"ff4d6523ec7ab26696bb7c79fa661fe873ec9bebf84081e8d1f767f9d8f6b1d3"}},{"key":"penny","title":"Edward VII · one penny","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1903-05-07","colour":"Black and scarlet","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1903-edward-penny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1903-edward-penny-thumb.webp","credit":"Alexander Joseph Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913); scan via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — PD-scan / PD-old; published 1913, author died 1934","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913)_-_King_Edward_VII_one_penny_stamp.png","type":"Monochrome handbook illustration of the Edward VII penny design; representative of the design, not authentication of the single Crown CA printing, original colour or paper.","evidence":"Monochrome illustration of the King Edward VII one penny design in the contemporary 1913 handbook. 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One was cropped and rotated without reconstruction; no 1909 shade assignment is made.","imageMatch":"Visible monarch, HALFPENNY denomination and shared design only; colour matching, watermark, paper and printing identity are not certified.","crop":{"left":875,"top":42,"width":280,"height":248},"rotation":90,"width":248,"height":280,"sha256":"6220187872b82ab1a6164115a2136d1bb45323e214acc940c09ffd072d31a4cb","designReference":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XX.—The_“King’s_Head”_Issues."}},{"key":"penny","title":"Edward VII · multiple watermark penny","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1905-04-24","colour":"Black and scarlet","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1903-edward-penny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1903-edward-penny-thumb.webp","credit":"Alexander Joseph Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913); scan via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — PD-scan / PD-old; published 1913, author died 1934","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913)_-_King_Edward_VII_one_penny_stamp.png","type":"Monochrome shared Edward VII ONE PENNY design illustration only. WATERMARK UNVERIFIED; the source may depict a different paper or printing. Not an authenticated 1904 multiple-CA specimen or colour match.","evidence":"Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XX, explicitly records the previous Edward VII values (except 3d) and the quarter-penny and five-pence pictorials appearing on multiple Crown CA paper. Its reference list retains green halfpenny, black-and-scarlet penny and vermilion five-pence designs. This supports reuse of the visible design illustration, not authentication of a pictured stamp’s paper. The existing public-domain Séfi illustration depicts the visible ONE PENNY design; no new scan or physical specimen is claimed.","imageMatch":"Visible monarch, denomination and shared design only. The underlying 1904 stamp is black and scarlet; this monochrome handbook illustration authenticates neither colour nor paper.","width":300,"height":300,"sha256":"976bb67403a16309f8dd6eb05438b97359fa8754d7634c4e22a1c45192d5c33b","designReference":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XX.—The_“King’s_Head”_Issues."}},{"key":"twopence","title":"Edward VII · multiple watermark two pence","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1905-02-22","colour":"Purple and grey"},{"key":"two-half","title":"Edward VII · multiple watermark 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1904-10-10","colour":"Maroon and ultramarine"},{"key":"fourpence","title":"Edward VII · multiple watermark four pence","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1906-04-01","colour":"Black and brown"},{"key":"boat","title":"Gozo fishing boat · multiple watermark","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1905-02-27","colour":"Brown","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1904-multiple-ca-boat.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1904-multiple-ca-boat-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp); scan: Stan Shebs / Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_Malta_1905_4.5p.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 4½d stamp of 1905; file page identifies a 1905 boat stamp, scanned by Stan Shebs in August 2005.","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":500,"height":609,"sha256":"b8c8ccb3e779862463bf604307f74763c0727ae0ddb9873a20ded8f2e80766bb"}},{"key":"galley","title":"Maltese galley · multiple watermark","denomination":"5d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1904-12-29","colour":"Vermilion","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1899-galley-vermilion-colour.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1899-galley-vermilion-colour-thumb.webp","credit":"UK / Malta Post Office; original-stamp reproduction from eBay item360301232368, uploaded by Gwillhickers to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for the artwork and faithful reproduction;1899 artwork is more than70years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1895-5p.jpg","type":"Shared vermilion FIVE PENCE galley front-design illustration only. WATERMARK UNVERIFIED; source identifies an 1899 issue, not a certified 1904 printing. Commons filename says 1895; its description says 1899.","evidence":"Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XX, explicitly records the previous Edward VII values (except 3d) and the quarter-penny and five-pence pictorials appearing on multiple Crown CA paper. Its reference list retains green halfpenny, black-and-scarlet penny and vermilion five-pence designs. This supports reuse of the visible design illustration, not authentication of a pictured stamp’s paper. The source explicitly identifies the 1899 galley design. This later record reuses its visible design as an illustration, without assigning the photographed stamp to multiple-CA paper.","imageMatch":"Visible galley design, FIVE PENCE and vermilion colour family only. Paper, watermark, printing, perforation and exact shade are not authenticated.","width":585,"height":512,"sha256":"2ba206d658937315a119a199ffd136d9ab7ce38efc81ff29759cef4628bcea8c","designReference":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XX.—The_“King’s_Head”_Issues."}},{"key":"shilling","title":"Edward VII · multiple watermark shilling","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1904-12-20","colour":"Grey and violet"}],"scope":"Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded."},{"id":"1907-universal-colours","title":"Edward VII era · universal colours","date":"1907-04-02","theme":"Heritage","description":"A revised colonial colour scheme appeared progressively from 1907 to 1911. Séfi gives a full date for the penny and years for the other values. Existing pictorial designs accompanied the monarch’s portrait.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. 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Original stamp angle and cancellation retained; no rotation, reconstruction or recolouring.","crop":{"left":1242,"top":80,"width":278,"height":310},"width":278,"height":310,"sha256":"e8f4aa9f4d2ce6e6eb941e8220f62982e3e8a93c3f31232d0cf88e5a510ddb2d"}},{"key":"twopence","title":"Edward VII · grey two pence","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Grey"},{"key":"two-half","title":"Edward VII · ultramarine 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Ultramarine"},{"key":"fourpence","title":"Edward VII · four pence on yellow","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Black and red on yellow"},{"key":"boat","title":"Gozo fishing boat · orange","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Orange"},{"key":"galley","title":"Maltese galley · sage green","denomination":"5d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1910","colour":"Pale sage-green"},{"key":"shilling","title":"Edward VII · shilling on green","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Black on green"},{"key":"five-shillings","title":"Edward VII · five shillings on yellow","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1911","colour":"Green and red on yellow"}],"scope":"Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded."},{"id":"2025-diabolik","title":"Comic Art in Malta 2025 — Diabolik","date":"2025-11-08","theme":"Art","description":"A miniature sheet brings Riccardo Nunziati’s Diabolik artwork to Malta’s comic-themed stamps. 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Mariah Grech’s designs pair a stonemason with Gozo’s Banca Giuratale.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — EUROMED 2025 — Resources of the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6474"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Mariah Grech"},"stamps":[{"key":"stonemason","title":"Stonemason carving limestone","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"banca-giuratale","title":"Banca Giuratale — Gozo","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2025-council-of-europe","title":"Presidency of Malta — Council of Europe","date":"2025-06-25","theme":"Heritage","description":"Malta’s Council of Europe Presidency is commemorated with a stamp bearing the Presidency logo. 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The two designs distinguish pottery vessels from jewellery.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — EUROPA 2025 — National Archaeological Discoveries","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6452"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"phoenician-pottery","title":"Phoenician pottery vessels","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","quantity":22000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"phoenician-jewellery","title":"Phoenician jewellery","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":22000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2025-pope-francis","title":"Pope Francis 1936–2025","date":"2025-04-26","theme":"Religion","description":"MaltaPost issued a memorial stamp following the death of Pope Francis in April 2025.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — Pope Francis 1936–2025","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6451"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"memorial","title":"Pope Francis memorial","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":25000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2025-cats-ii","title":"Cats Series II","date":"2025-04-04","theme":"Wildlife","description":"Andrew Micallef’s four paintings place cats in recognizable Maltese and Gozitan landscapes, connecting local animal life with views of villages and harbours.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — Cats Series II","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6450"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Andrew Micallef"},"stamps":[{"key":"tricolour-cittadella","title":"Tri-coloured cat — Gozo Ċittadella","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"white-tabby-marsaxlokk","title":"White tabby cat — Marsaxlokk","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"orange-tabby-mgarr","title":"Orange tabby cat — Mġarr Harbour","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":50000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"tuxedo-siggiewi","title":"Tuxedo cat — Siġġiewi","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2025-year-of-snake","title":"The Year of the Snake — 2025","date":"2025-02-12","theme":"Culture","description":"Two stamps mark the Chinese zodiac Year of the Snake. The announcement credits Fang Jun and Fabio Agius without explicitly matching each artist to a denomination.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — The Year of the Snake — 2025","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6439"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.77 × 13.66","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-45","title":"Year of the Snake — €0.45","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-2-21","title":"Year of the Snake — €2.21","denomination":"€2.21","currency":"EUR","quantity":22000,"verification":"Partially verified"}],"notes":"Denomination-specific artist assignment remains unknown; no artist is assigned to an individual stamp."},{"id":"2022-santas-workshop","title":"Christmas 2022 — Santa’s Workshop","date":"2022-11-29","theme":"Culture","description":"Two ordinary-sheet stamps and two different €1 miniature-sheet stamps depict Santa’s workshop.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — Christmas 2022 — Santa’s Workshop","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6315"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=78287"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=78291"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-37","title":"Santa reading a letter","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","quantity":120000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-1-40","title":"Elf opening a red letterbox","denomination":"€1.40","currency":"EUR","quantity":60000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-sheet-left-1-00","title":"Elf at the toy workbench — miniature sheet, left","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. 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Fabio Agius is explicitly credited for the miniature sheet, not assigned to ordinary-sheet stamps.","review":"The original miniature-sheet front and SEPAC description establish two distinct €1 stamps: left, an elf painting a toy at a workbench; right, an elf holding a toy. These are included as separate basic designs. Their specialist technical attributes require independent examination.","scope":"Ordinary basic design/value inventory reconciled, including two distinct €1 miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated formats, labels and unchanged reprints excluded; specialist paper, gum and perforation completeness remains open."},{"id":"2022-nativity","title":"The Nativity of Jesus Christ","date":"2022-12-16","theme":"Religion","description":"Joseph Scerri’s terracotta triptych provides a Nativity scene across three stamps, with the Holy Family flanked by shepherds and kings.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — The Nativity of Jesus Christ","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6317"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"shepherds","title":"Shepherds at the Nativity","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":15000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"holy-family","title":"The Holy Family","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":15000,"verification":"Verified"},{"key":"kings","title":"Gift-bearing kings","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":15000,"verification":"Verified"}],"notes":"Source gives 15,000 miniature sheets with three €1 stamps per sheet. Quantity per design follows directly from one of each subject in the triptych. Joseph Scerri is credited as sculptor of the artwork, not as stamp designer."},{"id":"2022-comic-art","title":"Comic Art in Malta","date":"2022-10-29","theme":"Art","description":"Artwork selected from the Heritage Malta and Wicked Comics publication Impressions of an Island connects comic illustration with Maltese culture.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — Comic Art in Malta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6303"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=77726"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-05","title":"Dragon and soldier at Ħaġar Qim","denomination":"€0.05","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Fabio Agius"},{"key":"value-1-70","title":"Maltese superhero and the gardjola","denomination":"€1.70","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000,"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Lee Townsend"},{"key":"value-2-50","title":"Fishing couple and kelb tal-fenek","denomination":"€2.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":300000,"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Mario Torrisi"}],"notes":"Source credits Fabio Agius, Lee Townsend and Mario Torrisi for the set, without matching them or subjects to individual denominations.","review":"Individual subjects and artist-to-value mapping resolved using the postal-administration account and original set illustration. SEPAC metadata gives 31 × 41 mm whereas the contemporary MaltaPost notice gives 31 × 44 mm; retain the postal notice measurement pending physical verification."},{"id":"2022-elizabeth-memorial","title":"In Memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022","date":"2022-09-19","theme":"Historical figures","description":"A single-stamp miniature sheet commemorates Queen Elizabeth II following her death in September 2022.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — In Memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926–2022","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6297"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.09 × 14.00","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"MaltaPost p.l.c."},"stamps":[{"key":"memorial","title":"Queen Elizabeth II memorial","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":20000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2022-sepac-beverages","title":"SEPAC — Local Beverages","date":"2022-09-13","theme":"Culture","description":"Daniel Spiteri’s retro-styled bottle designs represent Malta’s contribution to the SEPAC Local Beverages theme.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — SEPAC — Local Beverages","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6296"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=76851"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6322"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6346"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Daniel Spiteri"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-37","title":"Kinnie and a luzzu","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-0-57","title":"Ġellewża wine and Valletta","denomination":"€0.57","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-1-40","title":"Bajtra liqueur and Mdina","denomination":"€1.40","currency":"EUR","quantity":300000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-2-00","title":"San Blas craft beer and beach","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":60000,"verification":"Partially verified"}],"notes":"The source does not match named beverage subjects to denominations; titles remain denomination based."},{"id":"2022-teresa-calcutta","title":"25th Anniversary of the Death of St Teresa of Calcutta","date":"2022-09-05","theme":"Religion","description":"A miniature sheet commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death. The design is credited to Shanice Farrugia.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — 25th Anniversary of the Death of St Teresa of Calcutta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6292"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Shanice Farrugia"},"stamps":[{"key":"teresa-memorial","title":"St Teresa of Calcutta memorial","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2022-festa-vi","title":"Maltese Festa Series VI","date":"2022-08-12","theme":"Religion","description":"The sixth Festa issue presents ten processional statues, recording religious traditions across Malta and Gozo. 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The public announcement lists their values without explicitly linking each value to a subject.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — EUROMED 2022 — Maritime Archaeology and Historical Cities of the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6271"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=75794"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.09","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-20","title":"Phoenician shipwreck off Xlendi","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-5-50","title":"The Citadel, Gozo","denomination":"€5.50","currency":"EUR","quantity":30000,"verification":"Partially verified"}],"notes":"Denomination-to-subject mapping is not explicitly stated; no inferred mapping used."},{"id":"2022-meteorological-centenary","title":"Malta Meteorological Office Centenary 1922–2022","date":"2022-07-01","theme":"Science","description":"Three stamps mark a century of Malta’s Meteorological Office and its contribution to forecasting and public information.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — Malta Meteorological Office Centenary 1922–2022","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6267"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=75754"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6280"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Malta International Airport"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-07","title":"Cloud and crescent weather graphic","denomination":"€0.07","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-0-37","title":"Sun and cloud weather graphic","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","quantity":500000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-1-25","title":"Moon, stars and cloud weather graphic","denomination":"€1.25","currency":"EUR","quantity":100000,"verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2022-platinum-jubilee","title":"HM Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 1952–2022","date":"2022-06-02","theme":"Historical figures","description":"A single-stamp miniature sheet marks seventy years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — HM Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 1952–2022","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5264"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31.77 × 41 mm","perforation":"13.77 × 13.66","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Printex Ltd"},"stamps":[{"key":"jubilee","title":"Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":20000,"verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"2022-europa-myths","title":"EUROPA 2022 — Stories & Myths","date":"2022-05-09","theme":"Culture","description":"Fabio Agius’s comic-inspired designs depict the legends of Calypso’s Cave and the cave at Speranza Valley.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost — EUROPA 2022 — Stories & Myths","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5256"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=74365"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0","watermark":"Maltese Cross","designer":"Fabio Agius"},"stamps":[{"key":"value-0-59","title":"The legend of Calypso’s Cave","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","quantity":44000,"verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"value-2-00","title":"The legend of the cave at Speranza Valley","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","quantity":46200,"verification":"Partially verified"}],"notes":"Announcement does not explicitly assign each legend to a denomination."},{"id":"1878-halfpenny-reverse-compound","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · reported reverse compound perforation","date":"1878","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Séfi reports compound perforation in both orientations. This selected entry isolates the reported 12½ × 14 orientation from the existing 14 × 12½ structural record.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XII, printed p. 23: compound gauge and vice versa","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/24"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XIV: reference list explicitly repeats 12½ × 14","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XIV.—Recapitulation_of_the_Local_Issues."},{"title":"Alfred Bonnici, Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 5–6, PSM 7(2), 1977, printed p. 6: later documented classification lists 14 × 12½","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84926/1/JMPS7%282%29A2.pdf"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CC","perforation":"12½ × 14 (reported reverse compound gauge)"},"scope":"One selected reported reverse-gauge variety. The existing 1878 structural record remains the ordinary 14 × 12½ type; no shade or individual printing is duplicated.","review":"Séfi's contemporary account expressly states both orientations, but Bonnici's later invoice/specimen-based study identifies the two compound supplies as 14 × 12½ only. This is an unresolved reconciliation gap, not independent modern confirmation of the reverse gauge.","stamps":[{"key":"cc-reverse-compound","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, reported perf 12½ × 14","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1878,"end":1913},"format":"Reported compound-perforation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1878-halfpenny-compound-cc-compound","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The 1878 lower bound is the base compound issue's availability; 1913 is the handbook documentary bound, not the end of a proven production run. Séfi XII says 14 × 12½ or vice versa; its reference-list 12 × 14 omits the half, while XIV explicitly gives 12½ × 14. Bonnici later records only 14 × 12½ for both supplies. No exact first appearance, particular shade or measured modern specimen is asserted. A physical gauge check is essential; an ordinary 14 × 12½ image does not authenticate this orientation."}]},{"id":"1901-farthing-watermark-inverted","title":"Harbour farthing · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":"1901","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing with its sideways watermark inverted relative to the normal arrangement.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: inverted, reversed, and inverted-and-reversed watermark states","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, sideways and inverted","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One explicitly recorded watermark state on the original single-watermark paper; not a new design, shade or plate.","review":"The 1901 group heading anchors the base design. The collectible's first appearance is unknown within its explicit documentary bounds.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · inverted watermark","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi distinguishes inverted watermark sheets from reversed and inverted-and-reversed sheets. The lower bound is the 1901 single-Crown-CA issue; the upper bound is documentation in 1913. These are evidence bounds, not a continuous-production range or a known first-sale year. No shade, gum or plate identity is inferred. The watermark state requires reverse inspection; any ordinary front illustration is design-only."}]},{"id":"1901-farthing-watermark-reversed","title":"Harbour farthing · reversed Crown CA watermark","date":"1901","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing with the watermark reversed, a state separately described by Séfi.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: reversed watermark sheets","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, sideways and reversed","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One explicitly reported watermark state, distinct from inversion alone and the combined state.","review":"1901 is the base-design anchor, not an asserted first-sale year for the variety.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · reversed watermark","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi explicitly reports reversal as a separate state on the original paper. The date range bounds first possible base availability and known existence by the 1913 handbook; it does not establish a printing period. No corresponding multiple-watermark variety is inferred. Front-only illustrations cannot identify reversal; reverse examination remains necessary."}]},{"id":"1901-farthing-watermark-inverted-reversed","title":"Harbour farthing · inverted and reversed Crown CA watermark","date":"1901","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The combined inverted-and-reversed watermark state expressly recorded for the original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: combined inverted-and-reversed watermark","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, sideways, inverted and reversed","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One expressly observed combined state, not an invented permutation of two separately known possibilities.","review":"The first appearance remains unknown. The 1901 heading identifies the base issue; the individual range carries the uncertainty.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · watermark inverted and reversed","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi explicitly includes the combined state, so its existence is not deduced merely by combining inversion with reversal. The bounds mean base availability in 1901 and documentary existence by 1913, not uninterrupted production. Particular shades, dates, gum and plate assignments remain unestablished. Reverse inspection is required to authenticate the combined state."}]},{"id":"1885-halfpenny-watermark-malformed-c","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · malformed C in CA watermark","date":"1885","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A watermark-form variety in which the C of CA bends round to resemble a small O, expressly described on the 1885 halfpenny.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: malformed C of CA on the halfpenny","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/29"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, malformed C resembling O","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One explicitly reported watermark-form variety. No additional inverted or reversed combination is assumed.","review":"The 1885 heading anchors the base design only. The individual stamp's bounded date does not claim that the defective watermark was issued in 1885.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · CA watermark C resembling O","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark form variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-halfpenny","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi specifically assigns the malformed watermark to the halfpenny: the C of CA is bent into an O-like form. This is a defect of the watermark shape, not a different printed inscription, new denomination or separately named paper issue. Bounds are base availability in 1885 and known existence by the 1913 handbook, not a dated production sequence. Watermark orientation, shade, gum and first appearance are unestablished; ordinary front illustrations cannot authenticate the defect."}]},{"id":"1893-fourpence-imperforate","title":"Queen Victoria 4d · imperforate issued variety","date":"1893","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"An imperforate sheet of the brown fourpence was found at Valletta Post Office in 1893. This is an issued variety of the 1885 design.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 27: issued imperforate fourpence","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"technical":{"perforation":"Imperforate","watermark":"Crown CA"},"scope":"One documented issued imperforate variety; proof-sheet imperforates of other values are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"fourpence","title":"Queen Victoria 4d brown · imperforate","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1893","datePrecision":"year","colour":"Brown","format":"Issued imperforate variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-fourpence","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi reports discovery at Valletta Post Office on 16 December 1893, one issued sheet of 120 stamps, and his own sight of an unsevered block. The catalogue uses the documented discovery year, not an invented exact first-sale day. Discovery date is not claimed as the original release date. No surviving-population estimate or expert authentication of a modern specimen is supplied.","dateBasis":"discovery"}]},{"id":"1901-farthing-imperf-bottom","title":"Harbour farthing · omitted lower gutter perforation","date":"1901","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A missing inter-pane perforation line leaves an extra-wide attached margin below a row of single-Crown-CA harbour farthings.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII: E. B. Evans and W. R. Gatt on omitted gutter perforation lines","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, sideways","perforation":"14; lower gutter-edge perforation omitted"},"scope":"One observed paper-family/omitted-edge combination. The attached gutter margin is essential; a trimmed loose stamp is not sufficient identification.","review":"The issue-year heading anchors the original design, not the first occurrence of the error. The individual stamp carries an explicit bounded unknown date.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · imperforate at bottom with extra-wide margin","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Omitted marginal perforation","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi quotes Evans describing omission of one of the two perforation lines bordering the inter-pane gap. Gatt specifically observed single-watermark stamps with the extra margin below. The range means no earlier than the 1901 base issue and documented by the 1913 handbook; it is not a continuous-production period or an established first year. The source allows the possibility of other orientations, but none is invented here. Attached margin and reverse watermark require physical authentication."}]},{"id":"1905-farthing-imperf-top","title":"Harbour farthing · omitted upper gutter perforation","date":"1905","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A missing inter-pane perforation line leaves an extra-wide attached margin above a row of multiple-Crown-CA harbour farthings.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII: E. B. Evans and W. R. Gatt on omitted gutter perforation lines","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","perforation":"14; upper gutter-edge perforation omitted"},"scope":"One observed paper-family/omitted-edge combination. No additional record is created for an unobserved opposite orientation.","review":"The 1905 heading anchors the multiple-watermark farthing design; the individual variety's first-sale year is unknown.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · imperforate at top with extra-wide margin","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1905,"end":1913},"format":"Omitted marginal perforation","varietyOf":"mt-1904-multiple-ca-farthing","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Gatt's reported multiple-watermark examples have the extra-wide margin above, caused by an omitted line alongside the inter-pane gap. The lower bound is the 1905 introduction of this farthing on multiple-watermark paper; the upper bound is documentation in 1913. These are evidence bounds, not a known release interval. An ordinary stamp with cut-down or detached margin cannot authenticate the variety."}]},{"id":"1885-halfpenny-watermark-inverted","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":"1885","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The halfpenny of the 1885 definitive family with its Crown CA watermark inverted relative to the stamp design.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: inverted-watermark halfpenny and shilling","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, inverted","perforation":"14"},"scope":"A selected, explicitly documented watermark-orientation variety, separate from the ordinary base issue; not an exhaustive specialist checklist.","review":"1885 is the base-design anchor only. The individual date is bounded by base availability and the handbook publication.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · inverted watermark","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-halfpenny","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi explicitly reports this inverted-watermark value. The range does not establish a release year or continuous printing: it spans the base issue's availability to the latest documentary bound, the 1913 handbook. No particular green shade or gum is assigned. A front-only illustration cannot authenticate the reverse watermark."}]},{"id":"1885-shilling-watermark-inverted","title":"Queen Victoria 1/- · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":"1885","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The one-shilling 1885 design on paper bearing the Crown CA watermark inverted relative to the printed design.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: inverted-watermark shilling","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA, inverted","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One selected documented watermark-orientation variety. The proof-like imperforate shilling mentioned separately by Séfi is excluded.","review":"1885 is the base-design anchor only. This is neither a new denomination nor a proven 1885 release of the variety.","stamps":[{"key":"shilling","title":"Queen Victoria 1/- · inverted watermark","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-shilling","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi explicitly distinguishes the inverted-watermark shilling from an imperforate example he regarded as a proof. The evidence bounds are 1885 base availability and known existence by the 1913 handbook; first appearance is unresolved. No violet shade is inferred, and reverse inspection is required."}]},{"id":"1886-five-shillings-watermark-inverted","title":"Queen Victoria 5/- · inverted Crown CC watermark","date":"1886","datePrecision":"year","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The large-format five-shilling Victoria stamp with inverted Crown CC watermark.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVI, printed pp. 28–29: five-shilling inverted watermark and Crown CC reference list","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XVI.—The_Five_Shilling_Value."}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CC, inverted","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One selected documented watermark-orientation variety; rose shade gradations and the probable imperforate proof are excluded.","review":"The base stamp was introduced in 1886. No exact first appearance of the inverted-watermark variety is asserted.","stamps":[{"key":"five-shillings","title":"Queen Victoria 5/- · inverted watermark","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1886,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1886-five-shillings-five-shillings","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Séfi explicitly records inverted-watermark specimens and lists Crown CC for this issue. His prose says the paper remained the same as the lower values, an imprecise statement not allowed to override the explicit Crown CC reference list or the existing base record. The bounds mean base availability in 1886 and documented existence by 1913, not continuous production or a proven first-sale interval. Reverse-watermark authentication remains open."}]},{"id":"1902-one-pnney-error","title":"One Pnney · constant surcharge error","date":"1902-07-04","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A transposed-letter error in the local penny surcharge occurs once in each pane. This specialist entry is separate from the ordinary One Penny provisional.","scope":"One documented constant lettering error. Does not duplicate the ordinary surcharge or enumerate minor broken-type, shade and gum varieties.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XIX, pp34–35: surcharge setting and One Pnney error","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XIX.—The_“One_Penny”_Provisional."},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Crown CA","perforation":"14","printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (surcharge)","sheetSize":"120 stamps in two panes of 60; each pane surcharged separately"},"stamps":[{"key":"provisional","title":"One Pnney on Queen Victoria 2½d","denomination":"1d","underlyingDenomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1902-07-04","datePrecision":"day","verification":"Partially verified","varietyOf":"mt-1902-one-penny-provisional","overprint":"ONE PNNEY","format":"Constant surcharge error","colour":"Blue shades","quantity":12000,"review":"Séfi records the error at the second stamp from the left in the second row from the bottom of each pane, and reports 12,000 error stamps among 720,000 surcharged stamps. The reported total is historical, not a current census. The surcharge issue date is supported; no particular gum or shade is inferred for the illustrated example.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1902-one-pnney-error-provisional.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1902-one-pnney-error-provisional-thumb.webp","credit":"Alexander Joseph Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913); centre stamp cropped from contemporary corner-block illustration via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons source declares PD-scan / PD-old, 1913 publication; author Alexander Joseph Séfi died 1934","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913)_-_One_Penny_provisional_corner_block.png","type":"Monochrome 1913 handbook illustration of the centre ONE PNNEY error; original stamp is blue. Not a colour specimen scan; expert authentication is not supplied.","evidence":"Commons description and Séfi chapter XIX explicitly identify the centre stamp of this corner block as ONE PNNEY. The exact centre crop preserves the printed error without synthetic relettering. Whole block original and checksum remain in research; adjacent normal stamps establish the comparison context.","imageMatch":"The transposed PNNEY lettering is visibly present over TWO PENCE HALF PENNY. The historical illustration supports the documented variety; it does not certify a modern specimen, exact shade, gum or reverse watermark.","crop":{"left":437,"top":326,"width":246,"height":292},"width":246,"height":292,"sha256":"42eba991d9b3bc661106f3cdb07a565bff0493979415f30c232c5d52fe0484f7"}}]},{"id":"1926-melita-inverted-postage","title":"Melita · inverted POSTAGE · documented major variety","date":"1926","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The 3d Melita with inverted POSTAGE is a documented major variety with a disputed production and counter-sale history. It later became the subject of a parliamentary investigation.","scope":"One selected inverted-overprint variety; kept separate from the fourteen ordinary values. Not an exhaustive error inventory.","sources":[{"title":"Albert Ganado, The Melita 3d POSTAGE inverted, archival investigation, JMPS38(2),2009,pp3–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69836/1/JMPS38%282%29A1.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","colour":"Black on yellow"},"stamps":[{"key":"three-pence","title":"Melita · 3d · inverted POSTAGE","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":"1926","datePrecision":"year","verification":"Partially verified","varietyOf":"mt-1926-melita-postage-3d-black-yellow","overprint":"POSTAGE inverted","format":"Inverted overprint","review":"Ganado examines archival testimony and conflicting accounts of the overprint. The 1926 year attribution is retained without assigning the ordinary issue’s 1 April date to this variety. Quantity, first counter-sale day and specimen authentication remain unconfirmed; the illustration is not an expert certificate.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-inverted-postage-three-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-inverted-postage-three-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (issuer); Edward Caruana Dingli (designer); Corbitts Ltd (scan), 2017 auction; uploaded by Xwejnusgozo to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this 1926 government artwork and reproduction; historical artwork is more than 70 years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1926_Melita_Postage_3d_black_on_yellow_overprint_inverted.jpg","type":"Authentic scan showing inverted POSTAGE on the black-on-yellow 3d Melita. Expert authentication is not supplied.","evidence":"Original 643 × 779 scan visually inspected: inverted POSTAGE overprint, 3d values and black-on-yellow Melita visible. Exact file-page author, original auction source and PD-UKGov permission audited. Its 1 April 1926 date is not evidence of this variety’s exact first sale or production history and is not imported as catalogue chronology.","imageMatch":"Visible overprint orientation and denomination match the documented major variety. This front illustration does not establish expert authentication, watermark, provenance chain or whether a particular printing circumstance was authorised.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"0f3e690a3c37fb6f987c3032779a3510304f96ba57875448ae981436af72e848"}}]},{"id":"1925-postage-dues-provisional","title":"Postage dues · provisional imperforate numerals","date":"1925-04-16","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Ten locally printed provisional denominations on unwatermarked wove paper, with paper colour distinguishing value groups.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta","technique":"Typography","perforation":"Imperforate","watermark":"None"},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"All ten values are attributed to 16 April 1925 in the specimen study. Imperforate status is intrinsic to the original issue; tête-bêche arrangements or plate flaws are not additional basic stamps.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Provisional postage due · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-halfpenny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-halfpenny-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible ½d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":93,"sha256":"4136f263d9b4cf187fcdffbe6154b30d75ca581509840faae2dd12c4342d296e","crop":{"left":99,"top":2,"width":90,"height":93}}},{"key":"one-penny","title":"Provisional postage due · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-penny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-penny-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 1d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":92,"height":93,"sha256":"cdd66c479d9e9a99a4d36a82d6e96643bc4b8bfa69ffb9bcd59a652e85bbad7f","crop":{"left":317,"top":2,"width":92,"height":93}}},{"key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-and-half-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-and-half-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 1½d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":97,"sha256":"a484783b9f4375013c98b823dee1cbaba6f5c0dbd4d061753a54cafae052666c","crop":{"left":99,"top":121,"width":90,"height":97}}},{"key":"two-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-two-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-two-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 2d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":92,"height":97,"sha256":"832c4843cb7426dfcb01e88c58a34026ea3dd3a041912ce2b618453a6fb770a6","crop":{"left":317,"top":121,"width":92,"height":97}}},{"key":"two-and-half-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-two-and-half-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-two-and-half-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 2½d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":95,"sha256":"d61365a894b9450a54fab29471f3b3c50e91cc06e2516933015510966c44274a","crop":{"left":99,"top":243,"width":90,"height":95}}},{"key":"three-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"Grey wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-three-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-three-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 3d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":92,"height":95,"sha256":"429da5c9cb048ee004afc25017b393ef770528b329377526b16def25f347d52f","crop":{"left":317,"top":243,"width":92,"height":95}}},{"key":"four-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"Buff wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-four-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-four-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 4d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":105,"sha256":"d564eb743405fd7684bd8fefb930c017403cd825bdbd886e98d88e4becf97ebe","crop":{"left":99,"top":350,"width":90,"height":105}}},{"key":"six-pence","title":"Provisional postage due · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"Buff wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-six-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-six-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 6d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":92,"height":105,"sha256":"567d04259af6d2a09571457dc71c19fe933eae9a304ffa2549174a58e50681a5","crop":{"left":317,"top":350,"width":92,"height":105}}},{"key":"one-shilling","title":"Provisional postage due · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"Buff wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-shilling.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-shilling-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 1/- value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":101,"sha256":"df978de1e94fa4335787190f159803418a5133aa59ea3edb65af9fbb507ba4f7","crop":{"left":99,"top":480,"width":90,"height":101}}},{"key":"one-and-sixpence","title":"Provisional postage due · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-04-16","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"Buff wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-and-sixpence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-and-sixpence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 1/6 value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":92,"height":101,"sha256":"b0099c3058e7365a2f38fc644bc431ba4f017609e0ca052a64faffcbc41f8c28","crop":{"left":317,"top":480,"width":92,"height":101}}}]},{"id":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","title":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)"},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"two-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"six-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-shilling","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-and-sixpence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1925-07-21","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."}]},{"id":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","title":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1937","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co."},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1941","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The cited scan partly obscures the leading day digits. Only the securely readable issue year is recorded; the exact day remains unresolved. Paper, sideways watermark type 4 and line12 are explicitly identified in the specimen study.","datePrecision":"year"},{"key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1943-04-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1937","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The cited scan partly obscures the leading day digits. Only the securely readable issue year is recorded; the exact day remains unresolved. Paper, sideways watermark type 4 and line12 are explicitly identified in the specimen study.","datePrecision":"year"},{"key":"two-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"six-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-shilling","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1943-04-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-and-sixpence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1946-06-26","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."}],"datePrecision":"year"},{"id":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","title":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co."},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1953-11-05","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1953-11-05","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1953-11-05","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1957-03-20","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1953-11-05","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."},{"key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1953-11-05","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."}]},{"id":"1966-postage-dues-block-ca","title":"Postage due · 2d on chalk-surfaced Block CA paper","date":"1966-10-01","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"One 2d denomination changes watermark while retaining chalk-surfaced paper and line perforation.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Block CA (sideways)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co."},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"The specimen study attributes 1 October 1966 and sideways watermark type 5. The contemporary Said article explicitly identifies the predecessor 2d as Block CA, but describes collectors being presented with it in November without independently establishing its original first-sale day. The date remains an attributed specialist date, not a contemporaneously verified release notice. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","stamps":[{"key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · Block CA watermark · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1966-10-01","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open."}]},{"id":"1967-postage-dues-line-perf","title":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross watermark, line perforation","date":"1967-11-09","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Four denominations on ordinary Maltese-cross watermarked paper with line12 perforation, distinct from the existing ten-value comb-perforated1968 group.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","technique":"Photogravure (contemporary report)","paper":"Ordinary paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"scope":"Basic postage-due denomination/design types and documented major paper, watermark or perforation changes. Shade-only printings, plate flaws, errors, tête-bêche arrangements, multiples and unchanged reprints are excluded. Independent specialist verification remains open.","review":"The contemporary source explicitly distinguishes these four line-perforated values from the 1968 comb12½ stamps. Both are retained as separate major types. Photogravure is the contemporary author’s reported process and awaits independent physical confirmation.","stamps":[{"key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1967-11-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open."},{"key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1967-11-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open."},{"key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1967-11-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open."},{"key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","date":"1967-11-09","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open."}]},{"id":"2022-buses-ii","title":"Maltese Buses II","date":"2022-02-12","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four restored Maltese buses in their historic route liveries.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5239"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73033"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5248"}],"technical":{"designer":"MaltaPost","printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Cross"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated stamps in packs, booklets and sheet surrounds, personalised non-postal labels, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties are excluded. This is not an exhaustive specialist-variety claim.","stamps":[{"key":"ford-thames-596-0-30","title":"Ford Thames, ZXY 596 — orange Żurrieq livery","denomination":"€0.30","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Richard Stedall"},{"key":"bedford-ob-144-0-51","title":"Bedford OB, BXY 144 — Mosta livery","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Frans Galea"},{"key":"reo-speedwagon-0-59","title":"Reo Speedwagon — blue Rabat livery","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Manuel Cutajar"},{"key":"ford-thames-399-1-00","title":"Ford Thames, PXY 399 — green Sliema livery","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Leo Grech"}],"review":"The contemporary bilingual postal notice explicitly gives first sale on 12 February; SEPAC metadata gives 24 February. The postal notice is preferred pending an independently dated first-day specimen. Original and April reprint notices reverse the perforation numbers (14.0 × 13.9 / 13.9 × 14.0); no independent physical change is established and no duplicate reprint type is created."},{"id":"2022-pope-francis","title":"Pope Francis in Malta","date":"2022-04-02","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Single €5 stamp issued in a miniature sheet for the papal visit.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73701"}],"technical":{"designer":"MaltaPost plc","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated stamps in packs, booklets and sheet surrounds, personalised non-postal labels, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties are excluded. This is not an exhaustive specialist-variety claim.","stamps":[{"key":"pope-francis-5-00","title":"Pope Francis in Malta — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."}]},{"id":"2022-national-anthem-centenary","title":"Centenary of the first performance of Malta’s National Anthem","date":"2022-12-27","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two different €3 portrait stamps in one miniature sheet commemorate the anthem’s lyricist and composer.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=78538"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration account of the anthem issue","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pgid=78537"}],"technical":{"designer":"MaltaPost plc","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated stamps in packs, booklets and sheet surrounds, personalised non-postal labels, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties are excluded. This is not an exhaustive specialist-variety claim.","stamps":[{"key":"dun-karm-psaila","title":"Dun Karm Psaila — lyricist, left stamp","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."},{"key":"robert-samut","title":"Robert Samut — composer, right stamp","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."}],"review":"The postal-administration account dates the first public performance to 27 December 1922. The miniature sheet contains two €3 stamps, not one €6 stamp."},{"id":"2023-europa-peace","title":"EUROPA — Peace: the highest value of humanity","date":"2023-05-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"One €1.50 stamp depicts the common European peace design, an interlocking multicoloured knot and joined hands.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=81503"}],"technical":{"designer":"Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated stamps in packs, booklets and sheet surrounds, personalised non-postal labels, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties are excluded. This is not an exhaustive specialist-variety claim.","stamps":[{"key":"new-peace-symbol-1-50","title":"The New Peace Symbol","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."}]},{"id":"2023-sepac-traditional-markets","title":"SEPAC — Traditional markets","date":"2023-08-08","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two illustrations of Maltese market activities by Daniel Spiteri.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=83468"}],"technical":{"designer":"MaltaPost plc","illustrator":"Daniel Spiteri","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated stamps in packs, booklets and sheet surrounds, personalised non-postal labels, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties are excluded. This is not an exhaustive specialist-variety claim.","stamps":[{"key":"victoria-hawker-1-50","title":"Fruit and vegetable hawker, Victoria, Gozo","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."},{"key":"marsaxlokk-fisherman-1-80","title":"Fisherman cleaning lampuki, Marsaxlokk","denomination":"€1.80","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open."}]},{"id":"2024-year-of-dragon","title":"The Chinese Garden: Year of the Dragon","date":"2024-02-29","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A stamp celebrates the Year of the Dragon and the Chinese Garden in Santa Luċija.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Chinese Garden — Year of the Dragon","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=87865"}],"technical":{"dimensions":"39.5 × 48 mm","artist":"Fabio Agius"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The cited member page supplies the issue date, stamp size, illustration credit and €3.00 value. Printer, paper, watermark, perforation and printing process are not inferred from adjacent issues.","stamps":[{"key":"chinese-garden-year-of-the-dragon-3-00","title":"Chinese Garden — Year of the Dragon","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2024-europa","title":"Europa 2024: underwater fauna and flora","date":"2024-05-09","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two photographs depict a smooth starfish and a common octopus.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Europa 2024 — underwater fauna and flora","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=89483"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The member description explicitly maps both subjects to their printed values. Its misspelled scientific name for the starfish is not repeated. Unspecified printer, watermark and perforation remain unknown.","stamps":[{"key":"smooth-starfish-1-50","title":"Smooth starfish","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","photographer":"Professor Alan Deidun"},{"key":"common-octopus-2-00","title":"Common octopus","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","photographer":"Pedja Miletic"}]},{"id":"2024-upu-anniversary","title":"Universal Postal Union: hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary","date":"2024-10-31","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A commemorative stamp marks the Universal Postal Union’s anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — UPU hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96195"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","designer":"MaltaPost p.l.c."},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","stamps":[{"key":"universal-postal-union-anniversary-1-91","title":"Universal Postal Union anniversary","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2024-nativity","title":"The Nativity 2024","date":"2024-12-04","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two crib scenes portray the Holy Family through Maltese terracotta figures.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — The Nativity 2024","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96750"},{"title":"MaltaPost member description — Nativity 2024, expanded issue text","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pgid=96747"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The complete member description establishes two different designs and maps the figurine artists to values. Crib-maker and figurine-artist credits are distinct from a separately unconfirmed stamp designer.","stamps":[{"key":"holy-family-jesmond-micallef-figurines-0-45","title":"Holy Family — Jesmond Micallef figurines","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"Jesmond Micallef","cribMaker":"Laurie Gatt"},{"key":"holy-family-vince-dimech-figurines-1-91","title":"Holy Family — Vince Dimech figurines","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"Vince Dimech","cribMaker":"Laurie Gatt"}]},{"id":"2024-christmas","title":"Christmas 2024","date":"2024-12-04","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five illustrations combine Christmas traditions and religious imagery.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Christmas 2024","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96744"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","designer":"Marisa Attard"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The expanded member description explicitly enumerates five €0.45 designs, including two different Santa Claus illustrations. Neutral first/second captions avoid inventing a specific visual distinction between those two designs.","stamps":[{"key":"santa-claus-first-design-0-45","title":"Santa Claus — first design","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"santa-claus-second-design-0-45","title":"Santa Claus — second design","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"infant-jesus-holding-a-lamb-0-45","title":"Infant Jesus holding a lamb","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"virgin-mary-and-child-0-45","title":"Virgin Mary and Child","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"altar-boys-and-the-christmas-sermon-0-45","title":"Altar boys and the Christmas sermon","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2024-national-anniversaries","title":"National anniversaries 2024","date":"2024-12-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three miniature-sheet stamps commemorate independence, the republic and European Union accession.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Anniversaries 2024 — original three miniature sheets visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=97333"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","designer":"MaltaPost p.l.c."},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The original product image confirms independence €1.00, EU accession €2.00 and republic €3.00. The order of themes in the prose is not used to infer denominations. Stamp size is distinguished from the 60 × 60 mm miniature-sheet size.","stamps":[{"key":"sixty-years-of-independence-1-00","title":"Sixty years of independence","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"twenty-years-of-european-union-accession-2-00","title":"Twenty years of European Union accession","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"fifty-years-as-a-republic-3-00","title":"Fifty years as a republic","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2025-nativity","title":"The Nativity 2025","date":"2025-11-20","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two paintings by Paul Camilleri Cauchi portray the visits of the shepherds and the Magi.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Nativity 2025","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=106758"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The expanded member description maps the €0.45 painting to the Assumption parish church in Qrendi and the €1.50 painting to Sacro Cuor in Sliema. Paintings and photographs are credited separately.","stamps":[{"key":"arrival-of-the-shepherds-qrendi-0-45","title":"Arrival of the shepherds, Qrendi","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"Paul Camilleri Cauchi","photographer":"Mark Micallef Perconte"},{"key":"visit-of-the-magi-sliema-1-50","title":"Visit of the Magi, Sliema","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"Paul Camilleri Cauchi","photographer":"Mark Micallef Perconte"}]},{"id":"2025-christmas","title":"Christmas 2025","date":"2025-11-20","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Santa Claus and his nine reindeer form ten different festive designs.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Christmas 2025","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=106768"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","designer":"Fabio Agius"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The member description explicitly states ten stamps at €0.45 and enumerates Santa Claus and nine named reindeer. These are ten designs, not ten pane copies of one stamp.","stamps":[{"key":"santa-claus-0-45","title":"Santa Claus","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dasher-0-45","title":"Dasher","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dancer-0-45","title":"Dancer","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"prancer-0-45","title":"Prancer","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"vixen-0-45","title":"Vixen","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"comet-0-45","title":"Comet","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cupid-0-45","title":"Cupid","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"donner-0-45","title":"Donner","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"blitzen-0-45","title":"Blitzen","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"rudolph-0-45","title":"Rudolph","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2026-year-of-horse","title":"Year of the Horse 2026","date":"2026-02-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two horse illustrations combine Maltese and Chinese cultural motifs.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Year of the Horse","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=108157"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The member text maps each artist to a denomination. The lunar New Year celebration date of 17 February is not substituted for the published stamp first day of 9 February.","stamps":[{"key":"golden-horse-maria-christina-bugeja-0-45","title":"Golden horse — Maria Christina Bugeja","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Maria Christina Bugeja"},{"key":"reddish-brown-horse-fang-jun-1-91","title":"Reddish-brown horse — Fang Jun","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Fang Jun"}]},{"id":"2026-tramways","title":"Malta Tramways, 1905–1929","date":"2026-04-17","theme":"Transport","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three images revisit the tram routes through Floriana and beside the Wignacourt Aqueduct.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Malta Tramways","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6535"},{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Malta Tramways","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=109565"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2 (comb)"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The bilingual press notice disagrees on the €0.65 print quantity: English 10,000, Maltese 100,000. Quantities are omitted; all three designs, denominations and the 17 April release date are explicit.","stamps":[{"key":"tram-at-portes-des-bombes-0-45","title":"Tram at Portes des Bombes","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"Colourisation by Edgar Vella"},{"key":"trams-in-st-anne-street-0-65","title":"Trams in St Anne Street","denomination":"€0.65","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"tram-beside-the-wignacourt-aqueduct-3-85","title":"Tram beside the Wignacourt Aqueduct","denomination":"€3.85","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","artist":"John N. 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Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The official notice identifies the printer as “Printed Ltd.” The intended company has not been independently confirmed, so the printer is omitted. The issue marks seventy years of EUROPA stamps; the notice’s separate claim of a seventieth anniversary for PostEurop is not repeated.","stamps":[{"key":"europa-seventieth-anniversary-common-design-2-00","title":"EUROPA seventieth-anniversary common design","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2026-maltese-architecture","title":"Maltese architecture","date":"2026-06-26","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four photographs feature historic buildings in Mdina, Rabat and Gozo.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Maltese architecture","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=111189"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately, Maltese Architecture, original issue dated 26 June 2026: technical table","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/issues/issue/i26007"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Crosses"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The member description explicitly maps all four locations to values. Photographs are credited collectively to Maria Christina Bugeja and Mariah Grech; individual photo credits are not assigned without a source. MaltaPost's original issue technical table supplies the 14.1 × 14.2 comb perforation and Maltese-cross watermark; these are not extrapolated from a later reprint.","stamps":[{"key":"palazzo-gourgion-and-casa-gourgion-0-20","title":"Palazzo Gourgion and Casa Gourgion","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"our-lady-of-lourdes-chapel-gozo-0-45","title":"Our Lady of Lourdes chapel, Gozo","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"casino-notabile-rabat-1-50","title":"Casino Notabile, Rabat","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"clock-tower-and-old-prison-gozo-cittadella-2-00","title":"Clock tower and old prison, Gozo Ċittadella","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2026-euromed-mosaics","title":"Euromed 2026: traditional mosaics","date":"2026-07-13","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two miniature-sheet stamps contrast Roman and Neo-Byzantine mosaic traditions.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Euromed — traditional mosaics","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=111399"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately, Euromed 2026 Traditional Mosaics in the Mediterranean, original issue dated 13 July 2026: technical table","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/issues/issue/i26008"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Crosses"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The published stamp size is 35 × 35 mm; the surrounding miniature sheets are 80 × 80 mm. The two sheet values correspond to the two individually described stamp designs. MaltaPost's original issue technical table specifies 13.75 × 13.75 comb perforation and Maltese-cross watermark for the stamps.","stamps":[{"key":"roman-mosaic-domus-romana-2-00","title":"Roman mosaic, Domus Romana","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","photographer":"Daniel Cilia"},{"key":"christ-pantocrator-st-george-s-basilica-3-00","title":"Christ Pantocrator, St George’s Basilica","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","photographer":"Sebio Aquilina"}]},{"id":"2026-sepac-landmarks","title":"SEPAC 2026: iconic landmarks","date":"2026-08-07","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Salt pans and the Tritons’ Fountain represent distinctive Maltese landmarks.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — SEPAC — iconic landmarks","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=111698"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately, SEPAC 2026 Iconic Landmarks, original issue dated 7 August 2026: technical table","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/issues/issue/i26009"}],"technical":{"technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.2 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Crosses"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","stamps":[{"key":"xwejni-salt-pans-and-il-qolla-l-bajda-0-50","title":"Xwejni Salt Pans and Il-Qolla l-Bajda","denomination":"€0.50","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","photographer":"Mariah Grech"},{"key":"tritons-fountain-and-floriana-skyline-2-21","title":"Tritons’ Fountain and Floriana skyline","denomination":"€2.21","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","photographer":"Daniel Cilia"}],"review":"MaltaPost's original issue technical table specifies 14.1 × 14.2 comb perforation and Maltese-cross watermark. The 115 × 182 mm sheet measurement is distinct from the 44 × 31 mm stamp measurement already recorded."},{"id":"2026-festa-x","title":"Maltese Festa X","date":"2026-09-30","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Ten processional statues continue the Maltese religious heritage series.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maltese Festa X","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6552"},{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Maltese Festa X","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=112820"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese Cross","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types and documented major changes. Packaging copies, private personalised-label permutations, postal stationery, precious-metal replicas, unchanged reprints, errors and minor varieties excluded. 2026 is an issued-to-5-November snapshot, not a complete calendar year.","review":"The official notice individually enumerates ten different statue/locality subjects. The issue total of 150,000 stamps is not assigned as a quantity for each design. Photographs are by Mark Micallef Perconte.","stamps":[{"key":"our-lady-of-mount-carmel-birkirkara-0-45","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Birkirkara","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"our-lady-of-mount-carmel-fleur-de-lys-0-45","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Fleur-de-Lys","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christ-the-eucharistic-saviour-g-asri-0-45","title":"Christ the Eucharistic Saviour — Għasri","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"immaculate-conception-victoria-0-45","title":"Immaculate Conception — Victoria","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-paul-st-paul-s-bay-0-45","title":"St Paul — St Paul’s Bay","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-dominic-sliema-0-45","title":"St Dominic — Sliema","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-gregory-sliema-0-45","title":"St Gregory — Sliema","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-gregory-kercem-0-45","title":"St Gregory — Kerċem","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-john-of-the-cross-ta-xbiex-0-45","title":"St John of the Cross — Ta’ Xbiex","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-anne-marsaskala-0-45","title":"St Anne — Marsaskala","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2015-yalta-anniversary","title":"Seventieth anniversary of the Yalta Conference","date":"2015-02-04","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three different photographic scenes; all have the same denomination.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=472"},{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"montgomery-house-floriana-1-00","title":"Montgomery House, Floriana","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"churchill-roosevelt-and-stalin-at-yalta-1-00","title":"Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2015-flora-ii","title":"Maltese flora II","date":"2015-02-14","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three flowers photographed in Malta; adjacent labels are not stamps.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=475"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 44(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63919/1/JMPS44%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","photographer":"Guido Bonett","dimensions":"20 × 38 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"smooth-goatsbeard-0-26","title":"Smooth goatsbeard","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"crown-anemone-0-59","title":"Crown anemone","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"friar-s-cowl-1-16","title":"Friar’s cowl","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2015-aqueducts","title":"Treasures of Malta III — Aqueducts","date":"2015-04-21","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Treasures of Malta III — Aqueducts.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=489"},{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"wignacourt-water-tower-floriana-1-55","title":"Wignacourt Water Tower, Floriana","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2015-anzac-centenary","title":"ANZAC centenary","date":"2015-04-25","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A single miniature-sheet stamp commemorates Malta’s wartime medical role.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=491"},{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2016-wwf-shearwaters","title":"WWF — Endangered species","date":"2016-04-15","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four distinct photographs; positions refer to the two-by-two block in the original miniature sheet.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3598"},{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-sepac-seasons","title":"SEPAC — Seasons","date":"2016-06-21","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four seasons; autumn bears the SEPAC logo.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3613"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63463/1/JMPS46%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","designer":"Tony Calleja","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","review":"Press announcement says44×31mm, diary31×44mm. Orientation-specific dimensions are omitted pending original specification review.","stamps":[{"key":"spring-cittadella-gozo-0-26","title":"Spring — Cittadella, Gozo","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"summer-g-ajn-tuffie-a-0-51","title":"Summer — Għajn Tuffieħa","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"autumn-buskett-and-verdala-palace-0-59","title":"Autumn — Buskett and Verdala Palace","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"winter-g-ar-id-dud-sliema-2-00","title":"Winter — Għar id-Dud, Sliema","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-euromed-fish","title":"EuroMed — Fish of the Mediterranean","date":"2016-07-09","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"EuroMed — Fish of the Mediterranean.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3616"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63463/1/JMPS46%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)","designer":"Richard J. Caruana"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"lampuka-3-59","title":"Lampuka","denomination":"€3.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-rio-olympics","title":"Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro","date":"2016-08-05","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Shooting, swimming, athletics and weightlifting; precise subject-to-value mapping remains under review.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3622"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63463/1/JMPS46%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75 (comb)","designer":"Sean Cini"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"olympic-games-rio-de-janeiro-0-42-1","title":"Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro — €0.42","denomination":"€0.42","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"olympic-games-rio-de-janeiro-0-62-2","title":"Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro — €0.62","denomination":"€0.62","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"olympic-games-rio-de-janeiro-0-90-3","title":"Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro — €0.90","denomination":"€0.90","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"olympic-games-rio-de-janeiro-1-55-4","title":"Olympic Games — Rio de Janeiro — €1.55","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-dom-mintoff","title":"Centenary of Dom Mintoff’s birth","date":"2016-08-06","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The related silver-foil replica and coin are not additional postage stamps.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3623"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63463/1/JMPS46%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"dom-mintoff-portrait-3-00","title":"Dom Mintoff portrait","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-hms-hastings","title":"Maritime Malta IV — HMS Hastings","date":"2016-09-15","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Miniature-sheet stamp reproducing an historic harbour lithograph.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3628"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(2)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63494/1/JMPS46%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Maltese crosses","artist":"Charles Brockdorff","dimensions":"49 × 40.5 mm","perforation":"14.2 × 14.2 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"queen-adelaide-arriving-aboard-hms-hastings-3-59","title":"Queen Adelaide arriving aboard HMS Hastings","denomination":"€3.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2016-balcony-corbels","title":"Treasures of Malta — Balcony corbels","date":"2016-10-15","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three different balcony supports.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3638"},{"title":"John V. 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Individual locations remain under review.","stamps":[{"key":"treasures-of-malta-balcony-corbels-0-26-1","title":"Treasures of Malta — Balcony corbels — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"treasures-of-malta-balcony-corbels-1-00-2","title":"Treasures of Malta — Balcony corbels — €1.00","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"treasures-of-malta-balcony-corbels-1-16-3","title":"Treasures of Malta — Balcony corbels — €1.16","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2016-san-marino-joint","title":"Malta–San Marino joint issue","date":"2016-10-18","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two Malta miniature-sheet stamps depict the Cittadella and Prima Torre; exact subject-to-value mapping remains under review.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3640"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(2)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63494/1/JMPS46%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta","dimensions":"41 × 30.5 mm","perforation":"13.7 × 13.8 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"malta-san-marino-joint-issue-0-59-1","title":"Malta–San Marino joint issue — €0.59","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"malta-san-marino-joint-issue-3-00-2","title":"Malta–San Marino joint issue — €3.00","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2016-christmas","title":"Christmas — Joseph Pulo designs","date":"2016-11-18","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three Christmas designs.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3649"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(2)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63494/1/JMPS46%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Joseph Pulo","dimensions":"30.5 × 41 mm","perforation":"13.7 × 13.8 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","review":"The face-value list says€0.59; the printing-quantity paragraph has€0.53, an inconsistent figure not introduced as a fourth stamp.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-joseph-pulo-designs-0-26-1","title":"Christmas — Joseph Pulo designs — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"christmas-joseph-pulo-designs-0-59-2","title":"Christmas — Joseph Pulo designs — €0.59","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"christmas-joseph-pulo-designs-0-63-3","title":"Christmas — Joseph Pulo designs — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-eu-presidency","title":"Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union","date":"2017-01-12","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"One miniature-sheet stamp; silver replica and coin presentation excluded.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3675"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(2)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63494/1/JMPS46%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-eu-presidency-logo-3-59","title":"Maltese EU Presidency logo","denomination":"€3.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2017-flora-iv","title":"Maltese flora IV","date":"2017-02-24","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The official FDC and year pack identify seriesIV despite erroneous second/VI labels in other descriptions.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3693"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(2)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63494/1/JMPS46%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","photographer":"Guido Bonett","dimensions":"20 × 38 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"fan-lipped-orchid-0-26","title":"Fan-lipped orchid","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"yellow-bee-orchid-0-42","title":"Yellow bee-orchid","denomination":"€0.42","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"small-flowered-tongue-orchid-1-25","title":"Small-flowered tongue-orchid","denomination":"€1.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-balcony-corbels-ii","title":"Balcony corbels II","date":"2017-03-30","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three further balcony supports; precise locations remain under review.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3700"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 46(3)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63572/1/JMPS46%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","review":"The repeated31×34mm specification is not treated as proof for a guessed correction.","stamps":[{"key":"balcony-corbels-ii-0-51-1","title":"Balcony corbels II — €0.51","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"balcony-corbels-ii-1-32-2","title":"Balcony corbels II — €1.32","denomination":"€1.32","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"balcony-corbels-ii-1-55-3","title":"Balcony corbels II — €1.55","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-europa-castles","title":"Europa — Castles","date":"2017-05-09","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two defensive towers.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3707"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","review":"Release is9May2017, confirmed by first-day handstamp; the announcement incorrectly calls this dateMonday.","stamps":[{"key":"st-agatha-s-tower-0-59","title":"St Agatha’s Tower","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"gourgion-tower-2-19","title":"Gourgion Tower","denomination":"€2.19","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-postal-uniforms","title":"Postal uniforms","date":"2017-05-31","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The postal mascot demonstrates four eras of uniform.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3711"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"peppi-pustier-contemporary-grey-uniform-0-26","title":"Peppi Pustier — contemporary grey uniform","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"peppi-pustier-early2000s-yellow-and-blue-uniform-0-59","title":"Peppi Pustier — early2000s yellow-and-blue uniform","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"peppi-pustier-1980s-uniform-1-00","title":"Peppi Pustier —1980s uniform","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"peppi-pustier-early1900s-uniform-2-00","title":"Peppi Pustier — early1900s uniform","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-sepac-handcrafts","title":"SEPAC — Traditional handcrafts","date":"2017-06-28","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four traditional handcrafts; fish-trap making bears the SEPAC logo.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3717"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)","designer":"Toni Calleja"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"traditional-boat-carpentry-0-26","title":"Traditional boat carpentry","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"bamboo-fish-trap-making-0-59","title":"Bamboo fish-trap making","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"weaving-1-00","title":"Weaving","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"tberfil-on-a-carriage-wheel-3-51","title":"Tberfil on a carriage wheel","denomination":"€3.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-euromed-trees","title":"EuroMed — Trees of the Mediterranean","date":"2017-07-10","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two designs of Malta’s national tree.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3719"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)","designer":"Richard J. Caruana"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"araar-tree-0-10-0-10","title":"Araar tree —€0.10","denomination":"€0.10","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"araar-tree-3-63-3-63","title":"Araar tree —€3.63","denomination":"€3.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-pedestal-anniversary","title":"Seventy-five years since Operation Pedestal","date":"2017-08-10","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"One miniature-sheet stamp; the memorial is by Michael Sandle.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3726"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"siege-bell-memorial-valletta-3-00","title":"Siege Bell Memorial, Valletta","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2017-maltese-festa","title":"Maltese festa I — Assumption of Our Lady","date":"2017-08-14","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Ten distinct statues, one stamp for each parish; matching cards, envelopes and binder add no stamp types.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3731"},{"title":"John V. 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Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"assumption-statue-attard-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Attard","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-dingli-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Dingli","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-g-axaq-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Għaxaq","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-gudja-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Gudja","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-mgarr-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Mġarr","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-mosta-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Mosta","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-mqabba-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Mqabba","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-qrendi-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Qrendi","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-victoria-cathedral-gozo-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Victoria Cathedral, Gozo","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"assumption-statue-zebbug-gozo-0-26","title":"Assumption statue — Żebbuġ, Gozo","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-melchiorre-gafa","title":"Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death","date":"2017-09-04","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five wax models in the Mdina Cathedral Museum; precise work-to-value mapping remains under review.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3737"},{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"three-hundred-and-fifty-years-since-melchiorre-gafa-s-death-0-42-2","title":"Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €0.42","denomination":"€0.42","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"three-hundred-and-fifty-years-since-melchiorre-gafa-s-death-0-51-3","title":"Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €0.51","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"three-hundred-and-fifty-years-since-melchiorre-gafa-s-death-1-00-4","title":"Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €1.00","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"three-hundred-and-fifty-years-since-melchiorre-gafa-s-death-1-16-5","title":"Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €1.16","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-vessels-order","title":"Maritime Malta V — Vessels of the Order","date":"2017-09-29","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three ship models at the Malta Maritime Museum; individual vessel attribution remains under review.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary issue announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3742"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 47(1)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63255/1/JMPS47%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)","designer":"Sean Cini","photographer":"Sean Cini"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major physical changes. Repeated miniature-sheet or booklet copies, personalised non-postal labels, sheet surrounds, replicas, errors and minor varieties are excluded. Postage dues are separately audited.","stamps":[{"key":"maritime-malta-v-vessels-of-the-order-0-63-1","title":"Maritime Malta V — Vessels of the Order — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"maritime-malta-v-vessels-of-the-order-1-85-2","title":"Maritime Malta V — Vessels of the Order — €1.85","denomination":"€1.85","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"maritime-malta-v-vessels-of-the-order-3-59-3","title":"Maritime Malta V — Vessels of the Order — €3.59","denomination":"€3.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-christmas","title":"Christmas — Child Jesus figurines","date":"2017-11-17","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four figurines from parish churches in Malta and Gozo.","sources":[{"title":"John V. 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Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"child-jesus-cospicua-0-51","title":"Child Jesus — Cospicua","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"child-jesus-naxxar-0-59","title":"Child Jesus — Naxxar","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."},{"key":"child-jesus-nadur-0-63","title":"Child Jesus — Nadur","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open."}]},{"id":"2017-floor-tiles","title":"Traditional floor tile patterns","date":"2017-12-12","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four miniature sheets contain sixteen stamp copies but eight basic types:4+1+1+2.","sources":[{"title":"John V. 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Upright country/value inscriptions distinguish the four orientations of€0.25. The actual first-day covers show12-12-17, whereas SEPAC metadata says28December. The diary’s13.9×14perforation is not promoted without an independent physical check.","stamps":[{"key":"quarter-tile-pattern-upper-left-0-25","title":"Quarter tile pattern — upper left","denomination":"€0.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"quarter-tile-pattern-upper-right-0-25","title":"Quarter tile pattern — upper right","denomination":"€0.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"quarter-tile-pattern-lower-left-0-25","title":"Quarter tile pattern — lower left","denomination":"€0.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"quarter-tile-pattern-lower-right-0-25","title":"Quarter tile pattern — lower right","denomination":"€0.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"repeating-floral-tile-pattern-0-29","title":"Repeating floral tile pattern","denomination":"€0.29","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"repeating-red-star-tile-pattern-0-59","title":"Repeating red star tile pattern","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"geometric-tile-pattern-upper-left-lower-right-type-0-75","title":"Geometric tile pattern — upper-left/lower-right type","denomination":"€0.75","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"geometric-tile-pattern-upper-right-lower-left-type-0-75","title":"Geometric tile pattern — upper-right/lower-left type","denomination":"€0.75","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, face value and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specialist checks of paper, gum, perforation and watermark varieties remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2018-traditional-costumes","title":"Traditional costumes","date":"2018-02-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three reconstructed costumes illustrate historic Maltese dress.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Traditional costumes","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4763"},{"title":"John V. De Battista, contemporary postal diary, PSM 48(1), pp.38–39","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63060/1/JMPS48%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-0-26-0-26","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-0-59-0-59","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €0.59","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-1-16-1-16","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €1.16","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2018-maritime-vi","title":"Maritime Malta VI: vessels of the Order","date":"2018-03-23","theme":"Transport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two galley models and a brigantine model represent vessels from the period of the Order.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maritime Malta VI","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4770"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"galley-model-0-26-0-26","title":"Galley model — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"galley-model-0-42-0-42","title":"Galley model — €0.42","denomination":"€0.42","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"brigantine-model-1-00","title":"Brigantine model","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-europa","title":"Europa 2018: bridges","date":"2018-05-03","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two bridges connect Maltese landscapes and maritime infrastructure.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Europa — bridges","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4777"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Photographs by David P. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"madliena-bridge-0-59","title":"Madliena Bridge","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"grand-harbour-breakwater-bridge-2-19","title":"Grand Harbour breakwater bridge","denomination":"€2.19","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-valletta-culture","title":"Valletta: European Capital of Culture","date":"2018-05-22","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three paintings by Joseph Pulo celebrate Valletta’s cultural designation.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Valletta 2018","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4784"},{"title":"SEPAC member product — Valletta complete set; original specimen visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=45626"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"After paintings by Joseph Pulo","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The set contains both vertical and horizontal designs. The announcement gives one dimension order for all three, so individual dimensions are omitted. The silver-foil replica and coin are separate products.","stamps":[{"key":"valletta-painting-0-26-0-26","title":"Valletta painting — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"valletta-painting-0-63-0-63","title":"Valletta painting — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"valletta-painting-2-00-2-00","title":"Valletta painting — €2.00","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2018-world-cup","title":"Football World Cup 2018","date":"2018-06-14","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The tournament mascot Zabivaka appears on a miniature-sheet stamp.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — FIFA World Cup Russia","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4792"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"zabivaka-3-00","title":"Zabivaka","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2018-euromed-houses","title":"Euromed 2018: houses in the Mediterranean","date":"2018-07-09","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A medieval facade and a traditional townhouse illustrate domestic architecture.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Euromed — houses","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4797"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Photographs by David P. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"medieval-facade-mdina-0-20","title":"Medieval facade, Mdina","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"traditional-townhouse-0-90","title":"Traditional townhouse","denomination":"€0.90","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-operation-husky","title":"Operation Husky: seventy-fifth anniversary","date":"2018-07-10","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three wartime photographs recall preparations for the Allied invasion of Sicily.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Operation Husky","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4798"},{"title":"SEPAC member product — Operation Husky complete three-stamp strip; original specimen visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=46558"},{"title":"John V. 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Captions do not guess the identity of every person in each photograph.","stamps":[{"key":"operation-husky-preparations-left-photograph-1-00","title":"Operation Husky preparations — left photograph","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"operation-husky-preparations-centre-photograph-1-00","title":"Operation Husky preparations — centre photograph","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"operation-husky-preparations-right-photograph-1-00","title":"Operation Husky preparations — right photograph","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-sepac-views","title":"SEPAC 2018: spectacular views","date":"2018-07-27","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four winning photographs depict landscapes and structures in Malta and Gozo.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — SEPAC — spectacular views","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4804"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"xewkija-rotunda-0-26","title":"Xewkija Rotunda","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"g-ajn-tuffie-a-bay-0-42","title":"Għajn Tuffieħa Bay","denomination":"€0.42","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gozo-aqueduct-0-59","title":"Gozo Aqueduct","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dwejra-bay-1-25","title":"Dwejra Bay","denomination":"€1.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-festa-ii","title":"Maltese Festa II","date":"2018-08-14","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Ten processional statues represent churches in Malta and Gozo.","sources":[{"title":"John V. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","review":"SEPAC set metadata says 17 August, but the contemporary diary and inspected original first-day covers both show 14 August 2018. The metadata date is rejected.","stamps":[{"key":"st-paul-valletta-0-26","title":"St Paul, Valletta","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-peter-and-st-paul-nadur-0-26","title":"St Peter and St Paul, Nadur","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"immaculate-conception-amrun-0-26","title":"Immaculate Conception, Ħamrun","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"our-lady-of-mount-carmel-mdina-0-26","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mdina","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-cajetan-amrun-0-26","title":"St Cajetan, Ħamrun","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-julian-st-julian-s-0-26","title":"St Julian, St Julian’s","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-dominic-valletta-0-26","title":"St Dominic, Valletta","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-catherine-zurrieq-0-26","title":"St Catherine, Żurrieq","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-senglea-0-26","title":"Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Senglea","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"our-lady-of-consolation-gudja-0-26","title":"Our Lady of Consolation, Gudja","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2018-padre-pio","title":"Padre Pio: fiftieth death anniversary","date":"2018-09-22","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A painting by Patri Krispin Tabone portrays Padre Pio.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Padre Pio","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4827"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, after Patri Krispin Tabone","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"padre-pio-3-00","title":"Padre Pio","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2018-dogs","title":"Dogs","date":"2018-10-23","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen paintings present different dog breeds.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Dogs","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4844"},{"title":"SEPAC member product — Dogs complete sixteen-stamp sheet; original specimen visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=50962"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Andrew Micallef","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"row-1-column-1","title":"Dog breed — row 1, column 1","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-2","title":"Dog breed — row 1, column 2","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-3","title":"Dog breed — row 1, column 3","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-4","title":"Dog breed — row 1, column 4","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-1","title":"Dog breed — row 2, column 1","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-2","title":"Dog breed — row 2, column 2","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. 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A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-1","title":"Dog breed — row 4, column 1","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-2","title":"Dog breed — row 4, column 2","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-3","title":"Dog breed — row 4, column 3","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-4","title":"Dog breed — row 4, column 4","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the original issued sheet. A specific subject-name transcription remains unverified."}]},{"id":"2018-christmas","title":"Christmas 2018","date":"2018-11-16","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three figurines of the infant Jesus represent Maltese Christmas devotion.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Christmas 2018","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4854"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Photographs by Mark Micallef Perconte","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"infant-jesus-figurine-0-26-0-26","title":"Infant Jesus figurine — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"infant-jesus-figurine-0-59-0-59","title":"Infant Jesus figurine — €0.59","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"infant-jesus-figurine-0-63-0-63","title":"Infant Jesus figurine — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2018-kyrgyzstan-joint","title":"Malta–Kyrgyzstan: world heritage","date":"2018-11-23","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The joint issue depicts Valletta and the Burana Tower.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Malta–Kyrgyzstan joint issue","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4858"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"76 × 20 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Only Malta’s two euro-denominated stamps are included. Printer and technique are not specified in the cited official text and are not inferred.","stamps":[{"key":"valletta-1-16","title":"Valletta","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"burana-tower-1-16","title":"Burana Tower","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2019-maritime-vii","title":"Maritime Malta VII: vessels of the Order","date":"2019-02-21","theme":"Transport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two ceremonial boat models recall the Order’s maritime heritage.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maritime Malta VII","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4888"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"felucca-dorada-0-26","title":"Felucca Dorada","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gondola-of-grand-master-adrien-de-wignacourt-5-00","title":"Gondola of Grand Master Adrien de Wignacourt","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2019-council-europe","title":"Council of Europe: seventieth anniversary","date":"2019-05-04","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two logo designs mark the Council of Europe’s anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Council of Europe","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4911"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Council of Europe","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"council-of-europe-logo-0-63-0-63","title":"Council of Europe logo — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"council-of-europe-logo-2-00-2-00","title":"Council of Europe logo — €2.00","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2019-europa","title":"Europa 2019: national birds","date":"2019-05-09","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two photographs depict the blue rock thrush, Malta’s national bird.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Europa — national birds","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4915"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Photographs by Joe Sultana, BirdLife Malta","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"blue-rock-thrush-0-59-0-59","title":"Blue rock thrush — €0.59","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"blue-rock-thrush-2-00-2-00","title":"Blue rock thrush — €2.00","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2019-sette-giugno","title":"Sette Giugno: centenary","date":"2019-06-06","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A miniature-sheet stamp commemorates the events of June 1919.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Sette Giugno centenary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4924"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"sette-giugno-centenary-5-59","title":"Sette Giugno centenary","denomination":"€5.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2019-map-plotters","title":"Malta at war: the map plotters","date":"2019-06-10","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three photographs recall the wartime civilian aircraft plotters at the Lascaris War Rooms.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — The map plotters","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4932"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The announcement twice identifies June 2019; its closing sales paragraph erroneously says 2018. The chronological announcement and stated first day establish 10 June 2019.","stamps":[{"key":"wartime-map-plotters-0-28-0-28","title":"Wartime map plotters — €0.28","denomination":"€0.28","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"wartime-map-plotters-0-48-0-48","title":"Wartime map plotters — €0.48","denomination":"€0.48","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"wartime-map-plotters-2-28-2-28","title":"Wartime map plotters — €2.28","denomination":"€2.28","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2019-euromed-costumes","title":"Euromed 2019: traditional costumes","date":"2019-07-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three photographs illustrate traditional Maltese clothing.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Euromed — traditional costumes","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4939"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost Creative Studio, photographs by Heritage Malta","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-0-28-0-28","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €0.28","denomination":"€0.28","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-0-51-0-51","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €0.51","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."},{"key":"traditional-maltese-costume-1-25-1-25","title":"Traditional Maltese costume — €1.25","denomination":"€1.25","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The denomination identifies this design; a more specific subject caption has not been verified."}]},{"id":"2019-moon-landing","title":"Man on the Moon: fiftieth anniversary","date":"2019-07-20","theme":"Science","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A contemporary artistic interpretation commemorates the first lunar landing.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Man on the Moon","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4943"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Aidan Cassar","dimensions":"49 × 40.5 mm","perforation":"14.2 × 14.2 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, packaging repeats, private personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The artwork commemorates 1969 but does not purport to reproduce the historic scene literally.","stamps":[{"key":"artistic-interpretation-of-a-moon-landing-2-28","title":"Artistic interpretation of a Moon landing","denomination":"€2.28","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2019-sepac-houses","title":"SEPAC 2019: old residential houses","date":"2019-07-30","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four photographs depict historic Maltese residences.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — SEPAC — old residential houses","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4957"},{"title":"SEPAC member product — Residential houses complete set; original specimen visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=56499"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and source-supported major technical changes. 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Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"great-siege-fresco-map-3","title":"Great Siege fresco map — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"bartolo-map-of-gozo-and-comino-4","title":"Bartolo map of Gozo and Comino — Lm1.02","denomination":"Lm1.02","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-rotarians","title":"Rotary centenary","date":"2005-02-23","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Rotary International centenary.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-02-23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Martin Bonavia","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","perforation":"14 × 13.9 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"rotary-centenary-1","title":"Rotary centenary — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"rotary-centenary-2","title":"Rotary centenary — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-andersen","title":"Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary","date":"2005-03-03","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Malta stamps of the joint issue with Denmark; individual story captions remain under review.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-03-03","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","perforation":"13.6 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"hans-christian-andersen-bicentenary-1","title":"Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"hans-christian-andersen-bicentenary-2","title":"Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"hans-christian-andersen-bicentenary-3","title":"Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary — 60c","denomination":"60c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"hans-christian-andersen-bicentenary-4","title":"Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary — 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-pope-memoriam","title":"In memoriam Pope John Paul II","date":"2005-04-15","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Memorial stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-04-15","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"MaltaPost Graphic Design Section","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-insects","title":"Insects","date":"2005-04-20","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen different insects; keys do not assert unverified sheet positions.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-04-20","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary Bureau announcement, Times of Malta, 15 April 2005; sixteen subjects enumerated","url":"https://timesofmalta.com/article/philatelic-tribute-to-insects.93244"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"seven-spotted-ladybird-1","title":"Seven-spotted ladybird — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"green-lacewing-2","title":"Green lacewing — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"honeybee-3","title":"Honeybee — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"scarlet-darter-4","title":"Scarlet darter — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"emperor-dragonfly-5","title":"Emperor dragonfly — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"glow-worm-6","title":"Glow-worm — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"gourd-ladybird-7","title":"Gourd ladybird — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"common-earwig-8","title":"Common earwig — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"praying-mantis-9","title":"Praying mantis — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"common-potter-wasp-10","title":"Common potter wasp — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"oak-longhorn-beetle-11","title":"Oak longhorn beetle — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"two-spotted-field-cricket-12","title":"Two-spotted field cricket — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"large-carpenter-bee-13","title":"Large carpenter bee — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"cicada-14","title":"Cicada — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"mediterranean-slant-faced-grasshopper-15","title":"Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"rhinoceros-beetle-16","title":"Rhinoceros beetle — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-europa-gastronomy","title":"Europa — Gastronomy","date":"2005-05-09","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese cuisine.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-05-09","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary Bureau announcement, Independent, 9 May 2005","url":"https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2005-05-09/local-news/Maltapost-To-issue-Europa-2005-gastronomy-stamps-75198"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph P. 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Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-st-catherine-art","title":"St Catherine in art","date":"2005-06-08","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four distinct paintings, identified by value, orientation and frame; exact artwork titles remain under review.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-06-08","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration platform, original four-stamp set visually inspected; date corroborates actual diary","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=5394"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Exact artwork title and attribution await readable primary captions."},{"key":"st-catherine-painting-vertical-blue-frame","title":"St Catherine painting — vertical blue frame — 45c","denomination":"45c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct painting, value and orientation are visible on the original set. Exact artwork title and attribution await readable primary captions."},{"key":"st-catherine-painting-horizontal-peach-frame","title":"St Catherine painting — horizontal peach frame — 45c","denomination":"45c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct painting, value and orientation are visible on the original set. Exact artwork title and attribution await readable primary captions."}]},{"id":"2005-personalities","title":"Maltese personalities","date":"2005-07-13","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five Maltese personalities.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-07-13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary Bureau announcement, Independent, 9 July 2005","url":"https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2005-07-09/local-news/Maltese-Personalities-commemorated-in-latest-Maltapost-stamp-issue-77734"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"michael-azzopardi-1","title":"Michael Azzopardi — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"egidio-lapira-2","title":"Egidio Lapira — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"guzeppi-callus-3","title":"Ġużeppi Callus — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"geronimo-matteo-abos-4","title":"Geronimo Matteo Abos — 46c","denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"giovanni-francesco-abela-5","title":"Giovanni Francesco Abela — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2005-equines","title":"Equines in the Maltese environment","date":"2005-08-19","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four issued designs; a fifth submitted artwork was not issued.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-08-19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74276/1/JMPS34%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary Bureau announcement, Times of Malta, 12 August 2005; values and subjects","url":"https://timesofmalta.com/article/stamps-with-horse-power.81274"},{"title":"Gozo Philatelic Society Newsletter 59, original artist proofs and 19 August 2005 issue date","url":"https://stamps-gozo.org/pdf/news/newsletter59.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Damian Borg Nicolas","printer":"Printex Limited"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"matchless-g3-l-1941-2","title":"Matchless G3/L 1941 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"minerva-1903-3","title":"Minerva 1903 — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"triumph-speed-twin-police-motorcycle-4","title":"Triumph Speed Twin police motorcycle — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-occasions","title":"Occasions","date":"2007-09-28","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Six different greeting designs; personalised tabs are not additional stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(3), entry 2007-09-28","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/73690/1/JMPS36%283%29A5.pdf"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration platform, original six-stamp set and dual faces visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=5418"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"balloons","title":"Balloons — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."},{"key":"champagne-flutes","title":"Champagne flutes — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."},{"key":"roses","title":"Roses — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."},{"key":"teddy-bears","title":"Teddy bears — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."},{"key":"stars","title":"Stars — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."},{"key":"hearts","title":"Hearts — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"verification":"Partially verified","review":"Original subject and dual values visually confirmed; independent technical specimen checks remain open."}],"review":"Diary and SEPAC say35×35mm; Times announcement says35×23mm. The square description is corroborated by the original set; the inconsistent press measurement is retained as a research conflict."},{"id":"2007-scenery","title":"Scenery — Malta and Gozo","date":"2007-10-01","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five watercolour landscapes.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(3), entry 2007-10-01","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/73690/1/JMPS36%283%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"John Martin Borg","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"mdina-skyline-1","title":"Mdina skyline — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"qrendi-windmill-2","title":"Qrendi windmill — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"vittoriosa-waterfront-3","title":"Vittoriosa waterfront — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.86","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"mgarr-harbour-gozo-4","title":"Mġarr Harbour, Gozo — 46c","denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.07","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"xlendi-5","title":"Xlendi — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.77","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-tree-planting","title":"34U tree-planting campaign","date":"2007-10-18","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"New denomination of the olive design; sheet surround by 26th Frame. Donation from proceeds is not an additional printed postal premium.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(3), entry 2007-10-18","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/73690/1/JMPS36%283%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"olive-tree-planting-sheet-1","title":"Olive — tree-planting sheet — 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.75","currency":"EUR"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-bands","title":"Maltese bands","date":"2007-11-13","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five aspects of Maltese band history.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(3), entry 2007-11-13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/73690/1/JMPS36%283%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joe Mark Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-bands-1","title":"Maltese bands — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.09","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"maltese-bands-2","title":"Maltese bands — 15c","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.35","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"maltese-bands-3","title":"Maltese bands — 21c","denomination":"21c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.49","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"maltese-bands-4","title":"Maltese bands — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"maltese-bands-5","title":"Maltese bands — Lm1","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€2.33","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-christmas","title":"Christmas — joint issue with Vatican City","date":"2007-11-20","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Details of Giuseppe Calì’s Nativity at Luqa. Only the Malta stamps are counted.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(3), entry 2007-11-20","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/73690/1/JMPS36%283%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"nativity-8c-detail-1","title":"Nativity — 8c detail — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"nativity-16c-detail-2","title":"Nativity — 16c detail — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"nativity-27c-detail-3","title":"Nativity — 27c detail — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-anniversaries-personalities","title":"Anniversaries and personalities","date":"2007-12-29","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five ordinary stamps and a distinct Treaty of Rome miniature-sheet stamp; both printed currency values are recorded.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2007-12-29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration platform, original five ordinary stamps and printed dual faces visually inspected","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=5422"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"youth-football-association-1","title":"Youth Football Association — 4m","denomination":"4m","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.01","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"society-of-christian-doctrine-2","title":"Society of Christian Doctrine — 9c","denomination":"9c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.21","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"francesco-bonnici-3","title":"Francesco Bonnici — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"manwel-magri-4","title":"Manwel Magri — 43c","denomination":"43c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"carolina-cauchi-5","title":"Carolina Cauchi — 86c","denomination":"86c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"treaty-of-rome-6","title":"Treaty of Rome — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€1.77","currency":"EUR"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","dimensions":"41 × 30.5 mm","perforation":"13.5 × 13.5 (comb)","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2007-last-lira-coins","title":"Last Maltese decimal coinage","date":"2007-12-31","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The last-day issue is retained in 2007.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2007-12-31","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"last-lm1-coin-1","title":"Last Lm1 coin — Lm1","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"€2.33","currency":"EUR"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2008-euro-coins","title":"Malta’s new euro coinage","date":"2008-01-01","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Euro-first dual-currency miniature-sheet stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2008-01-01","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"},{"title":"Original MaltaPost joint-sheet illustration in contemporary announcement, both MALTA inscriptions and dual faces visually inspected","url":"https://gozo.news/1934/miniature-sheets-issued-to-commemorate-new-euro-coinage/"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"malta-euro-coin-1","title":"Malta euro coin — €1.00","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"43c","currency":"MTL"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2008-cyprus-joint","title":"Euro adoption — Malta and Cyprus joint issue","date":"2008-01-01","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Both perforated stamps in the Malta miniature sheet are inscribed MALTA; the Cyprus label in the diary refers to the subject.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2008-01-01","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"},{"title":"Original MaltaPost joint-sheet illustration in contemporary announcement, both MALTA inscriptions and dual faces visually inspected","url":"https://gozo.news/1934/miniature-sheets-issued-to-commemorate-new-euro-coinage/"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"14.28 × 14.28 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"sleeping-lady-1","title":"Sleeping Lady — €1.00","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"43c","currency":"MTL"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"aphrodite-2","title":"Aphrodite — €1.00","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"43c","currency":"MTL"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2008-door-knockers","title":"Door knockers","date":"2008-03-05","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four Valletta door knockers.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2008-03-05","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"ministry-of-finance-door-knocker-1","title":"Ministry of Finance door knocker — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"museum-of-fine-arts-door-knocker-2","title":"Museum of Fine Arts door knocker — €0.51","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"industrial-and-employment-relations-door-knocker-3","title":"Industrial and Employment Relations door knocker — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"museum-of-archaeology-door-knocker-4","title":"Museum of Archaeology door knocker — €1.77","denomination":"€1.77","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2008-olympics","title":"Beijing Olympic Games","date":"2008-03-07","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three sporting disciplines.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(1), entry 2008-03-07","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70926/1/JMPS37%281%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Darren Duncan","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"shooting-1","title":"Shooting — €0.05","denomination":"€0.05","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"swimming-2","title":"Swimming — €0.12","denomination":"€0.12","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"athletics-3","title":"Athletics — €1.57","denomination":"€1.57","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"67c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}]},{"id":"2008-europa-letters","title":"Europa — Letters","date":"2008-05-09","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two versions of a historical postal scene; booklet repeats the low value.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(2), entry 2008-05-09","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/71875/1/JMPS37%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Edward D. Pirotta","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"48 × 39.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"postman-and-bicycle-037","title":"Postman and bicycle — €0.37","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"postman-and-bicycle-119","title":"Postman and bicycle — €1.19","denomination":"€1.19","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"51c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."}],"review":"Contemporary diary assigns low value monochrome and high value sepia; original specimen colour mapping remains unconfirmed and is omitted from identifying titles. The 2 October reprint is not counted separately because removal of the lira face has not been established."},{"id":"2008-annus-paulinus","title":"Annus Paulinus","date":"2008-06-28","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three ordinary stamps and a distinct Valletta miniature-sheet stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary, PSM 37(2), entry 2008-06-28","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/71875/1/JMPS37%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Paul Psaila","printer":"Printex Limited","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.","stamps":[{"key":"st-paul-statue-al-safi-1","title":"St Paul statue, Ħal Safi — €0.19","denomination":"€0.19","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"st-paul-statue-munxar-2","title":"St Paul statue, Munxar — €0.68","denomination":"€0.68","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"29c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"st-paul-statue-rabat-3","title":"St Paul statue, Rabat — €1.08","denomination":"€1.08","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL"}],"review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open."},{"key":"st-paul-statue-valletta-4","title":"St Paul statue, Valletta — €3.00","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","verification":"Partially verified","additionalDenominations":[{"denomination":"Lm1.29","currency":"MTL"}],"format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary diary corrects the bulletin illustration’s erroneous 17 March date; the actual first day was 17 April.","stamps":[{"key":"benedict-xvi-300","title":"Pope Benedict XVI","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2010-europa","title":"Europa 2010: children’s books","date":"2010-05-04","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two Maltese children’s books supply the Europa designs.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 40(1), 4 May 2010, pp.29 onward","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69155/1/JMPS40%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Edward D. 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No documented physical difference justifies extra detached-stamp types.","stamps":[{"key":"host-flags-063","title":"Flags of host nations","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"zakumi-250","title":"Zakumi and the South African flag","denomination":"€2.50","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2010-biodiversity","title":"International Year of Biodiversity","date":"2010-09-23","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four species illustrate biodiversity in the Maltese islands.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 40(1), 23 September 2010, pp.36 onward","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69155/1/JMPS40%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"birkirkara-reo-0-20","title":"Birkirkara — Reo","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"zabbar-dodge-t110l-0-20","title":"Żabbar — Dodge T110L","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"zurrieq-leyland-comet-0-20","title":"Żurrieq — Leyland Comet","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"zebbug-siggiewi-ford-v8-0-20","title":"Żebbuġ–Siġġiewi — Ford V8","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gudja-g-axaq-bedford-sld-0-20","title":"Gudja–Għaxaq — Bedford SLD","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gozo-mail-bus-malta-built-chassis-0-20","title":"Gozo Mail Bus — Malta-built chassis","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"kalafrana-federal-0-20","title":"Kalafrana — Federal","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"siggiewi-dodge-t110l-0-20","title":"Siġġiewi — Dodge T110L","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"rabat-indiana-0-20","title":"Rabat — Indiana","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"zejtun-austin-cxd-0-20","title":"Żejtun — Austin CXD","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sliema-ford-v8-wayne-0-69","title":"Sliema — Ford V8, Wayne","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"lija-commer-q4-0-69","title":"Lija — Commer Q4","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mosta-naxxar-fordson-bb-0-69","title":"Mosta/Naxxar — Fordson BB","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mellie-a-thornycroft-sturdy-ze-0-69","title":"Mellieħa — Thornycroft Sturdy ZE","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cospicua-bedford-ql-0-69","title":"Cospicua — Bedford QL","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"all-routes-magirus-deutz-o3500-0-69","title":"All routes — Magirus Deutz O3500","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"naxxar-commer-q4-0-69","title":"Naxxar — Commer Q4","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gozo-bedford-sb8-0-69","title":"Gozo — Bedford SB8","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"birkirkara-st-julian-s-thames-et7-0-69","title":"Birkirkara–St Julian’s — Thames ET7","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"private-hire-bedford-ql-0-69","title":"Private hire — Bedford QL","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2011-maritime-malta","title":"Maritime Malta","date":"2011-08-10","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four vessels represent transport, security and harbour services.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maritime Malta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=64"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 41(2), 10 August 2011, pp.43 onward","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/54698/1/THE%20PSM%20MAGAZINE%2041%282%29_2012.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Only Malta’s stamp is included. The corrected whole-sheet size is 120 × 80 mm; it is not confused with the 44 × 31 mm stamp measurement.","stamps":[{"key":"mgarr-207","title":"Mġarr, Gozo","denomination":"€2.07","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2011-christmas","title":"Christmas 2011","date":"2011-11-15","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three Old Master paintings represent the Holy Family.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Christmas 2011","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=101"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(1), 15 November 2011","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68214/1/JMPS42%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"holy-family-interior-020","title":"Holy Family in an interior","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"madonna-infant-john-037","title":"Madonna and Child with Infant St John","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"rest-flight-egypt-063","title":"Rest on the Flight into Egypt","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2011-senate-assembly","title":"Senate and Legislative Assembly: ninetieth anniversary","date":"2011-12-02","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A new stamp reproduces Melita from the 1922 issue.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Senate and Legislative Assembly anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=105"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(1), 2 December 2011","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68214/1/JMPS42%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, after Edward Caruana Dingli","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"melita-416","title":"Melita","denomination":"€4.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2012-definitive-additions","title":"Historical definitives: additional values","date":"2012-03-07","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"New denominations and background colours extend the historical definitive issue.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Definitive additional values","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=139"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 7 March 2012, pp.4 onward","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"These are new denominations and colours, not duplicates of the 2009 stamps. Official and diary print quantities disagree for €0.20; quantities are omitted.","stamps":[{"key":"byzantine-coin-020","title":"Byzantine gold coin","denomination":"€0.20","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"george-cross-069","title":"George Cross medal","denomination":"€0.69","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2012-international-artists","title":"International artists and Malta","date":"2012-03-23","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Paintings by H. M. Bateman and Edward Lear depict Maltese and Gozitan scenes.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — International artists and Malta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=142"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 23 March 2012, p.5: explicit value/painting mappings","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"marsalforn-020","title":"Marsalforn, H. M. 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Bateman","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"girgenti-067","title":"Inquisitor’s Palace, Girgenti, Edward Lear","denomination":"€0.67","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gran-fontana-097","title":"Gran Fontana, Edward Lear","denomination":"€0.97","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2012-occasions","title":"Occasions 2012","date":"2012-04-03","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Eight designs offer stamps for personal occasions and general correspondence.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Occasions 2012","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=144"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 3 April 2012, p.6","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Personalised blank labels and MaltaPost-logo labels are repeated formats, not additional postage-stamp designs.","stamps":[{"key":"wedding-037","title":"Wedding","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"graduation-037","title":"Graduation","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sports-037","title":"Sports","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-037","title":"Christmas","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"celebrations-champagne-037","title":"Celebrations, champagne","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-john-s-co-cathedral-and-fireworks-037","title":"St John’s Co-Cathedral and fireworks","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"comino-037","title":"Comino","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"auberge-de-castille-037","title":"Auberge de Castille","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2012-george-cross-anniversary","title":"Award of the George Cross: seventieth anniversary","date":"2012-04-14","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A stamp depicting the George Cross accompanies an image of the award ceremony.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — George Cross anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=148"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 14 April 2012","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"george-cross-416","title":"George Cross","denomination":"€4.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2012-europa","title":"Europa 2012: visit Malta","date":"2012-05-09","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two se-tenant stamps combine into a panoramic view of the Grand Harbour.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Europa 2012 — visit Malta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=152"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 9 May 2012, pp.8–9","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The source’s 88 × 31 mm measurement applies to the se-tenant pair; individual stamp dimensions are not inferred. The five-stamp €0.37 booklet is not duplicated without a diagnostic physical difference.","stamps":[{"key":"grand-harbour-panorama-0-37","title":"Grand Harbour panorama — €0.37","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"grand-harbour-panorama-1-19","title":"Grand Harbour panorama — €1.19","denomination":"€1.19","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2012-olympic-games","title":"London Olympic Games","date":"2012-07-27","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The London Games logo and mascot Wenlock form a two-stamp miniature sheet.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — London Olympic Games","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=172"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 42(2), 27 July 2012","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/68300/1/JMPS42%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Vessel names come from the contemporary enumeration; original inscription and spelling audit remains partial.","stamps":[{"key":"almeria-lykes-026","title":"Almeria Lykes","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"brisbane-star-026","title":"Brisbane Star","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"clan-ferguson-026","title":"Clan Ferguson","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"deucalion-026","title":"Deucalion","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dorset-026","title":"Dorset","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"empire-hope-026","title":"Empire Hope","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially 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Eagle","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-phoebe-026","title":"HMS Phoebe","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-sirius-026","title":"HMS Sirius","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-charybdis-026","title":"HMS Charybdis","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-laforey-026","title":"HMS Laforey","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-lightning-026","title":"HMS Lightning","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-lookout-026","title":"HMS Lookout","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially 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Wishart","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-vansittart-026","title":"HMS Vansittart","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-westcott-026","title":"HMS Westcott","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-wrestler-026","title":"HMS Wrestler","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary diary misspells this name as Westler; the destroyer association identifies HMS Wrestler and its commemorative stamp."},{"key":"hms-zetland-026","title":"HMS Zetland","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-wilton-026","title":"HMS Wilton","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially 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Bramham","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-derwent-026","title":"HMS Derwent","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-foresight-026","title":"HMS Foresight","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-fury-026","title":"HMS Fury","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-icarus-026","title":"HMS Icarus","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-intrepid-026","title":"HMS Intrepid","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-ledbury-026","title":"HMS Ledbury","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially 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Sources report 20 × 76 mm for each miniature-sheet stamp and 20 × 38 mm for each pane stamp; axis order is ambiguous against the sheet measurements, so stamp dimensions are omitted pending visual measurement.","stamps":[{"key":"mechanical-nativity-crib-0-26","title":"Mechanical Nativity crib — €0.26","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mechanical-nativity-crib-0-37","title":"Mechanical Nativity crib — €0.37","denomination":"€0.37","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mechanical-nativity-crib-0-63","title":"Mechanical Nativity crib — €0.63","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-design-1-100","title":"Mechanical Nativity crib — miniature-sheet design 1","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"miniature-design-2-100","title":"Mechanical Nativity crib — miniature-sheet design 2","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2014-fountains-ii","title":"Treasures of Malta: fountains II","date":"2014-01-03","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three further fountains continue the series.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Fountains II","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=345"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(2), 3 January 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/64975/1/JMPS43%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The tête-bêche arrangement and adjoining labels do not create a second stamp design. Only the Maltese stamp is included.","stamps":[{"key":"hospitaller-halls-051","title":"Hospitaller halls, Valletta and Acre","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-maritime-commemorations","title":"Maritime Malta II: commemorations","date":"2014-03-18","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps commemorate the end of the military facilities agreement and the Malta Police Force anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maritime Malta II","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=367"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 18 March 2014, p.16","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"SEPAC member product: original complete four-stamp set, visually inspected for printed values and vessel types","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/%26pid%3D11570"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Cedric Galea Pirotta","dimensions":"40 × 33 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The original complete set was visually inspected on the SEPAC member product page: both police launches are €0.26 and both naval vessels are €1.55. This confirms the official announcement. The contemporary diary reverses those denominations and its mapping is rejected. Police-location captions remain neutral pending precise inscription verification.","stamps":[{"key":"police-boat-design-1-026","title":"Police boat — first design","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"police-boat-design-2-026","title":"Police boat — second design","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-alexander-155","title":"HMS Alexander","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"hms-london-155","title":"HMS London","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-papal-canonisation","title":"Canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II","date":"2014-04-26","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two portraits mark the canonisation of the popes.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Canonisation of the popes","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=379"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 26 April 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"john-xxiii-026","title":"Pope John XXIII","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"john-paul-ii-185","title":"Pope John Paul II","denomination":"€1.85","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2014-eu-accession-anniversary","title":"EU accession: tenth anniversary","date":"2014-04-30","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The Maltese and European Union flags mark ten years of membership.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — EU accession tenth anniversary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=380"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 30 April 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, in-house","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The later personalised-label version is repeated packaging and is not added as a separate type.","stamps":[{"key":"eu-malta-flags-059","title":"Maltese and European Union flags","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-europa","title":"Europa 2014: national musical instruments","date":"2014-05-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Bagpipe and drum players are reproduced from a painting by Girolamo Gianni.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Europa national musical instruments","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=383"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 9 May 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Original posted cover bearing both Europa 2014 stamps, visually inspected for printed denominations and instruments","url":"https://timbredujura.blogspot.com/2014/07/serie-europa-2014-malte.html"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, after Girolamo Gianni","perforation":"13.6 × 13.7 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The official prose omits the second value; an inspected original cover confirms €2.19. The reported 47.15 × 20.5 mm measurements have ambiguous axis order against the vertical stamps; dimensions are omitted.","stamps":[{"key":"bagpipe-059","title":"Bagpipe player","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"drum-219","title":"Drum player","denomination":"€2.19","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-independence-republic","title":"Independence and Republic anniversaries","date":"2014-05-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Reproduced Emvin Cremona designs mark fifty years of independence and forty years as a republic.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Independence and Republic anniversaries","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=389"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 15 May 2014, pp.22–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, after Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The official announcement misdates the earlier independence design to 1962; the contemporary diary identifies 1964. No obsolete denomination is treated as the face value of the 2014 stamp.","stamps":[{"key":"independence-059","title":"Independence anniversary","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","dimensions":"27 × 33 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0"},{"key":"republic-300","title":"Republic anniversary","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.1 × 13.9"}]},{"id":"2014-world-cup","title":"Football World Cup 2014","date":"2014-06-12","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The Brazil tournament emblem and mascot Fuleco form a miniature-sheet pair.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — FIFA World Cup 2014","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=396"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 12 June 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Sean Cini","dimensions":"35 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.75 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"brazil-emblem-059","title":"Brazil 2014 official emblem","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"fuleco-155","title":"Fuleco","denomination":"€1.55","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2014-maltese-flora","title":"Maltese flora","date":"2014-06-27","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three countryside flowers feature in the set.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Maltese flora","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=397"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 27 June 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"MaltaPost, photographs by Guido Bonett","dimensions":"20 × 38 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"field-gladiolus-026","title":"Field gladiolus","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wavy-leaf-mullein-059","title":"Wavy-leaf mullein","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"conical-orchid-116","title":"Conical orchid","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-euromed","title":"Euromed Postal: the Mediterranean Sea","date":"2014-07-09","theme":"Society","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"An omnibus design depicts the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Postal Union for the Mediterranean","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=404"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 9 July 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Amany Ahmed Ali","dimensions":"41 × 30.5 mm","perforation":"13.7 × 13.8 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"mediterranean-sea-185","title":"Mediterranean Sea","denomination":"€1.85","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2014-grandmasters","title":"Grandmasters of the Order of Malta, 1530–1798","date":"2014-09-30","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Twenty-eight portraits represent the grandmasters who governed Malta during the Order’s rule.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Grandmasters of the Order of Malta","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=432"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 30 September 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"SEPAC member product: original complete three-sheet set, visually inspected for layout and distinct portraits","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=13791"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","review":"All 28 different €0.26 stamps are included: one sheet of eight and two sheets of ten. Positional captions avoid unverified personal-name mappings. Marginal maps and coats of arms are not stamps.","stamps":[{"key":"sheet-1-row-1-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 1, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-1-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 1, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-1-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 1, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-1-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 1, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-2-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 2, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-2-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 2, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-2-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 2, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-1-row-2-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 1, row 2, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-1-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 1, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-1-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 1, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-1-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 1, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-1-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 1, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-1-column-5-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 1, column 5","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-2-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 2, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-2-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 2, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-2-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 2, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-2-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 2, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-2-row-2-column-5-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 2, row 2, column 5","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-1-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-1-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-1-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-1-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-1-column-5-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 5","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-2-column-1-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 2, column 1","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-2-column-2-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 2, column 2","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-2-column-3-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 2, column 3","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-2-column-4-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 2, column 4","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."},{"key":"sheet-3-row-2-column-5-026","title":"Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 2, column 5","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified."}]},{"id":"2014-first-world-war","title":"First World War centenary","date":"2014-11-07","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Hospitals and a hospital ship recall Malta’s wartime medical role.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — First World War centenary","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=443"},{"title":"Joseph Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 43(3), 7 November 2014","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/65717/1/JMPS43%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Offset lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses","designer":"Paul Psaila","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14.0 (comb)"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. 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Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"nativity-026","title":"Nativity scene","denomination":"€0.26","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"magi-059","title":"Visit of the Magi","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"shepherds-063","title":"Shepherds by a fire","denomination":"€0.63","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"holy-family-116","title":"Holy Family in the stable","denomination":"€1.16","currency":"EUR","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1995-commemorations","title":"Commemorations 1995","date":"1995-02-27","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta postal administration","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Commemorations 1995: 5 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"Farrugia, issue studies, PSM 25(1–3), pp. 32–37","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77004/1/JMPS25%281-2-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","designer":"Anna Grima","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","perforation":"14 × 13.75"},"scope":"Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-2c","title":"Commemorations 1995 · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-02-5c","title":"Commemorations 1995 · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-03-14c","title":"Commemorations 1995 · 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-04-20c","title":"Commemorations 1995 · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-05-25c","title":"Commemorations 1995 · 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1995-europa","title":"Europa 1995 · peace and freedom","date":"1995-03-29","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta postal administration","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Europa 1995 · peace and freedom: 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"Farrugia, issue studies, PSM 25(1–3), pp. 32–37","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77004/1/JMPS25%281-2-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","designer":"Harry Borg"},"scope":"Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-14c","title":"Europa 1995 · peace and freedom · 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-02-30c","title":"Europa 1995 · peace and freedom · 30c","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1995-anniversaries","title":"Anniversaries 1995","date":"1995-04-21","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta postal administration","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Anniversaries 1995: 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"Farrugia, issue studies, PSM 25(1–3), pp. 32–37","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77004/1/JMPS25%281-2-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","designer":"Frank Ancilleri"},"scope":"Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-5c","title":"Anniversaries 1995 · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-02-14c","title":"Anniversaries 1995 · 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-03-35c","title":"Anniversaries 1995 · 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1995-telecommunications-electricity","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity","date":"1995-06-15","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta postal administration","serviceType":"Postage","description":"History of telecommunications and electricity: 5 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"Farrugia, issue studies, PSM 27(1), pp. 33–35","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76683/1/JMPS27%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlò","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","perforation":"14 × 13.75"},"scope":"Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-2c","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-02-5c","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-03-9c","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity · 9c","denomination":"9c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-04-14c","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity · 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-05-20c","title":"History of telecommunications and electricity · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. 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The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-04-37c","title":"Commemorations 1997 · 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. 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Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-6c","title":"Exhibited Maltese costume · 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue identity and stated fields are sourced. Independent original-specimen and remaining technical checks are still open."},{"key":"type-02-16c","title":"Exhibited Maltese costume · 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue identity and stated fields are sourced. Independent original-specimen and remaining technical checks are still open."},{"key":"type-03-6c","title":"Costume in a painting by Antoine de Favray · 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue identity and stated fields are sourced. 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Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.","stamps":[{"key":"type-01-2c","title":"International Year of the Ocean · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-02-6c","title":"International Year of the Ocean · 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open."},{"key":"type-03-16c","title":"International Year of the Ocean · 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. 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The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1999-smom","title":"Sovereign Military Order of Malta · ninth centenary","date":"1999-02-26","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sovereign Military Order of Malta · ninth centenary: 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary 1999 postal diary, PSM 29(2), pp. 31–38","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76121/1/JMPS29%282%29A2.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank X. Ancilleri","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","watermark":"None"},"scope":"Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"sport-2000-6c","title":"Sport 2000 — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sport-2000-37c","title":"Sport 2000 — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2000-sydney-olympics","title":"Sydney Olympic Games","date":"2000-03-28","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps mark the Sydney Olympic Games.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 28 March 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Ludwig Flask"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"sydney-olympics-16c","title":"Sydney Olympics — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sydney-olympics-26c","title":"Sydney Olympics — 26c","denomination":"26c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2000-europa","title":"Europa 2000","date":"2000-05-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Children building star-shaped blocks represent Europe’s future in the common Europa design.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 9 May 2000; printed p.31 visually inspected","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Jean Paul Cousin, common PostEurop design"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary release entry explicitly says 9 May; its illustrated handstamp appears to read 8 May. The stated release date is retained, with the illustration conflict awaiting independent official confirmation.","stamps":[{"key":"building-europe-16c","title":"Building Europe — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"building-europe-46c","title":"Building Europe — 46c","denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2000-air-transport","title":"Air transport 1900–2000","date":"2000-06-28","theme":"Aviation","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two se-tenant pairs trace a century of air transport.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 28 June 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. 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Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"air-transport-1900-2000-6c-design-2","title":"Air transport 1900–2000 — 6c · design 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"air-transport-1900-2000-16c-design-3","title":"Air transport 1900–2000 — 16c · design 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"air-transport-1900-2000-16c-design-4","title":"Air transport 1900–2000 — 16c · design 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."}]},{"id":"2000-fireworks","title":"Fireworks","date":"2000-07-19","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five denominations celebrate fireworks.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 19 July 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Martin Bonavia"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"fireworks-2c","title":"Fireworks — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"fireworks-6c","title":"Fireworks — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"fireworks-16c","title":"Fireworks — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"fireworks-20c","title":"Fireworks — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"fireworks-50c","title":"Fireworks — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2000-flowers-definitives-ii","title":"Maltese flowers definitives II","date":"2000-09-13","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Six denominations extend the Maltese flowers definitive series.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 13 September 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-1c","title":"Maltese flowers II — 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-3c","title":"Maltese flowers II — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-10c","title":"Maltese flowers II — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-12c","title":"Maltese flowers II — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-20c","title":"Maltese flowers II — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-ii-lm2","title":"Maltese flowers II — Lm2","denomination":"Lm2","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2000-childrens-designs","title":"Children’s stamp designs","date":"2000-10-18","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four winning children’s designs appear on six-cent stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 29(3), 18 October 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76204/1/JMPS29%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Jean Paul Zammit; Bettina Paris; Chiara Borg; Roxane Caruana"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The diary names the four winning artists but does not map each to a particular stamp. Numbered design keys preserve four distinct types without inventing artist mappings.","stamps":[{"key":"children-s-stamp-designs-6c-design-1","title":"Children’s stamp designs — 6c · design 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"children-s-stamp-designs-6c-design-2","title":"Children’s stamp designs — 6c · design 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"children-s-stamp-designs-6c-design-3","title":"Children’s stamp designs — 6c · design 3","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"children-s-stamp-designs-6c-design-4","title":"Children’s stamp designs — 6c · design 4","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."}]},{"id":"2000-christmas","title":"Christmas 2000","date":"2000-11-18","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A plain six-cent stamp accompanies three stamps with charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(1), 18 November 2000","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75471/1/JMPS30%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Ġorġ Mallia"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The miniature sheet repeats these four stamps; no distinguishing technical difference is established here.","stamps":[{"key":"plain-6c","title":"Christmas 2000 — plain 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"charity-6c","title":"Christmas 2000 — 6c with premium","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"},{"key":"charity-16c","title":"Christmas 2000 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"},{"key":"charity-26c","title":"Christmas 2000 — 26c","denomination":"26c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"2001-carnival","title":"Malta Carnival 2001","date":"2001-02-23","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five pane stamps and two additional miniature-sheet denominations mark Carnival.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(1), 23 February 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75471/1/JMPS30%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"carnival-2001-6c","title":"Carnival 2001 — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"carnival-2001-11c","title":"Carnival 2001 — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"carnival-2001-16c","title":"Carnival 2001 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"carnival-2001-19c","title":"Carnival 2001 — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"carnival-2001-27c","title":"Carnival 2001 — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-12c","title":"Carnival 2001 — miniature-sheet 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"miniature-37c","title":"Carnival 2001 — miniature-sheet 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2001-lighthouses","title":"Lighthouses in Malta","date":"2001-03-21","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps depict Maltese lighthouses.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(1), 21 March 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75471/1/JMPS30%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"lighthouses-in-malta-6c","title":"Lighthouses in Malta — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"lighthouses-in-malta-16c","title":"Lighthouses in Malta — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"lighthouses-in-malta-22c","title":"Lighthouses in Malta — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-caruana-dingli-folklore","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore","date":"2001-04-18","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps reproduce folklore subjects associated with Caruana Dingli.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(2), 18 April 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","watermark":"Unwatermarked"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"caruana-dingli-s-folklore-2c","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"caruana-dingli-s-folklore-4c","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"caruana-dingli-s-folklore-6c","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"caruana-dingli-s-folklore-10c","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"caruana-dingli-s-folklore-26c","title":"Caruana Dingli’s folklore — 26c","denomination":"26c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-papal-visit","title":"Visit of Pope John Paul II","date":"2001-05-04","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two pane denominations and a separate miniature-sheet stamp mark the papal visit.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(2), 4 May 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph Mizzi","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","watermark":"Unwatermarked"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"pope-john-paul-ii-visit-6c","title":"Pope John Paul II visit — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"pope-john-paul-ii-visit-16c","title":"Pope John Paul II visit — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-75c","title":"Pope John Paul II visit — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2001-europa","title":"Europa 2001","date":"2001-05-23","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps form Malta’s Europa contribution for 2001.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(2), 23 May 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Trevor Zahra","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","watermark":"Unwatermarked"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"europa-2001-16c","title":"Europa 2001 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"europa-2001-46c","title":"Europa 2001 — 46c","denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-birds","title":"Birds of Malta","date":"2001-06-22","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen different bird designs share the six-cent denomination.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 30(2), 22 June 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Original complete Birds of Malta sheet, specimen visually inspected; independent bird subject identification","url":"https://www.birdtheme.org/country/malta.html"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","watermark":"Unwatermarked"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"row-1-column-1-6c","title":"Yellow-legged gull","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-1-column-2-6c","title":"Kestrel","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-1-column-3-6c","title":"Golden oriole","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-1-column-4-6c","title":"Chaffinch and goldfinch","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-2-column-1-6c","title":"Blue rock thrush","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-2-column-2-6c","title":"Bee-eater","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-2-column-3-6c","title":"House martin and swallow","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-2-column-4-6c","title":"Spanish sparrow","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-3-column-1-6c","title":"Spectacled warbler","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-3-column-2-6c","title":"Turtle dove","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-3-column-3-6c","title":"Pintail","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-3-column-4-6c","title":"Little bittern","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-4-column-1-6c","title":"Woodcock","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-4-column-2-6c","title":"Short-eared owl","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-4-column-3-6c","title":"Lapwing","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"},{"key":"row-4-column-4-6c","title":"Moorhen","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp"}]},{"id":"2001-musical-instruments","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments","date":"2001-08-22","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict traditional musical instruments.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(1), 22 August 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75306/1/JMPS31%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Ġorġ Mallia"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"old-maltese-musical-instruments-1c","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments — 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"old-maltese-musical-instruments-3c","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"old-maltese-musical-instruments-14c","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments — 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"old-maltese-musical-instruments-20c","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"old-maltese-musical-instruments-25c","title":"Old Maltese musical instruments — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-flowers-definitives-iii","title":"Maltese flowers definitives III","date":"2001-09-19","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Six further denominations extend the flowers definitive series.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(1), 19 September 2001; printed p.31 visually inspected","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75306/1/JMPS31%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-5c","title":"Maltese flowers III — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-11c","title":"Maltese flowers III — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-19c","title":"Maltese flowers III — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-27c","title":"Maltese flowers III — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-50c","title":"Maltese flowers III — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iii-lm1","title":"Maltese flowers III — Lm1","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-dogs","title":"Dogs","date":"2001-10-20","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps depict dogs.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(1), 20 October 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75306/1/JMPS31%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Ludwig Flask","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"dogs-6c","title":"Dogs — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dogs-16c","title":"Dogs — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dogs-19c","title":"Dogs — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dogs-35c","title":"Dogs — 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2001-christmas","title":"Christmas 2001","date":"2001-11-29","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four Christmas stamps include separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(1), 29 November 2001","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75306/1/JMPS31%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Aldo Gatt (Gattaldo)","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-6c","title":"Christmas 2001 — 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-15c","title":"Christmas 2001 — 15c","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-16c","title":"Christmas 2001 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-19c","title":"Christmas 2001 — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"2002-postage-labels","title":"Variable-value postage labels","date":"2002-01-09","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four scenic designs were introduced at Malta’s first postage-label dispenser at the airport.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(3), 9 January 2002, printed pp.24–25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary diary enumerates four designs and confirms the launch and FDC date, 9 January 2002. Variable denominations are design types, not an invented finite face-value inventory. The source gives no value range.","stamps":[{"key":"valletta-night","title":"Valletta by night","denomination":"Variable","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","valueType":"variable","format":"Postage label"},{"key":"azure-window","title":"Azure Window, Dwejra, Gozo","denomination":"Variable","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","valueType":"variable","format":"Postage label"},{"key":"mdina-gate","title":"Mdina Gate","denomination":"Variable","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","valueType":"variable","format":"Postage label"},{"key":"blue-lagoon","title":"Blue Lagoon, Comino","denomination":"Variable","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","valueType":"variable","format":"Postage label"}]},{"id":"2002-seahorses","title":"WWF seahorses","date":"2002-01-30","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four seahorse stamps form two pairs of denominations.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(3), 30 January 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Martin Bonavia","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"wwf-seahorses-6c-design-1","title":"WWF seahorses — 6c · design 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"wwf-seahorses-6c-design-2","title":"WWF seahorses — 6c · design 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"wwf-seahorses-16c-design-3","title":"WWF seahorses — 16c · design 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."},{"key":"wwf-seahorses-16c-design-4","title":"WWF seahorses — 16c · design 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Distinct se-tenant design; provisional ordinal identifies the supported separate type. Exact subject-to-position mapping remains to be verified."}]},{"id":"2002-antique-furniture","title":"Antique Maltese furniture","date":"2002-03-27","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict antique furniture.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(3), 27 March 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"antique-maltese-furniture-2c","title":"Antique Maltese furniture — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-maltese-furniture-4c","title":"Antique Maltese furniture — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-maltese-furniture-11c","title":"Antique Maltese furniture — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-maltese-furniture-26c","title":"Antique Maltese furniture — 26c","denomination":"26c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-maltese-furniture-60c","title":"Antique Maltese furniture — 60c","denomination":"60c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2002-europa","title":"Europa 2002: circus","date":"2002-05-09","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A clown design forms Malta’s single-stamp Europa issue.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(3), 9 May 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Roberta Zahra","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"clown-16c","title":"Clown","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2002-moths-butterflies","title":"Moths and butterflies","date":"2002-06-26","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen different moth and butterfly designs share the six-cent denomination.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 31(3), 26 June 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Original complete Moths/Butterflies and Seashells sheets, visually inspected specimen photograph, four-by-four design positions","url":"https://www.stampboards.com/images/miscr/OVpZUcV.png"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"row-1-column-1-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 1, column 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-2-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 1, column 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-3-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 1, column 3","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-4-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 1, column 4","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-1-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 2, column 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-2-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 2, column 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-3-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 2, column 3","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-4-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 2, column 4","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-1-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 3, column 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-2-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 3, column 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-3-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 3, column 3","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-4-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 3, column 4","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-1-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 4, column 1","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-2-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 4, column 2","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-3-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 4, column 3","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-4-6c","title":"Moths and butterflies — row 4, column 4","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."}]},{"id":"2002-maltese-cuisine","title":"Maltese cuisine","date":"2002-08-13","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four pane stamps and a separate miniature-sheet denomination depict Maltese cuisine.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(1), 13 August 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74610/1/JMPS32%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joe P. Smith","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-cuisine-7c","title":"Maltese cuisine — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-cuisine-12c","title":"Maltese cuisine — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-cuisine-16c","title":"Maltese cuisine — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-cuisine-27c","title":"Maltese cuisine — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-75c","title":"Maltese cuisine — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2002-cacti-succulents","title":"Cacti and succulents","date":"2002-09-25","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict cacti and succulents, including an ecotourism design.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(1), 25 September 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74610/1/JMPS32%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","dimensions":"23.02 × 27.32 mm"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"cacti-and-succulents-1c","title":"Cacti and succulents — 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cacti-and-succulents-7c","title":"Cacti and succulents — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cacti-and-succulents-28c","title":"Cacti and succulents — 28c","denomination":"28c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cacti-and-succulents-37c","title":"Cacti and succulents — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cacti-and-succulents-76c","title":"Cacti and succulents — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2002-personalities","title":"Maltese personalities","date":"2002-10-18","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five denominations honour personalities.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(1), 18 October 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74610/1/JMPS32%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The diary notes a missing denomination-dot printing flaw affecting some 15c and 35c stamps. Minor printing flaws are excluded from this basic inventory.","stamps":[{"key":"personality-3c","title":"Maltese personalities — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"personality-7c","title":"Maltese personalities — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"kircher-15c","title":"Athanasius Kircher","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cassar-35c","title":"Saverio Cassar","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"personality-50c","title":"Maltese personalities — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2002-christmas","title":"Christmas 2002","date":"2002-11-20","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five Christmas stamps were issued without charitable premiums; collection boxes replaced the surcharge.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(1), 20 November 2002","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74610/1/JMPS32%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Debbie Caruana Dingli","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-2002-7c","title":"Christmas 2002 — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2002-16c","title":"Christmas 2002 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2002-22c","title":"Christmas 2002 — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2002-37c","title":"Christmas 2002 — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2002-75c","title":"Christmas 2002 — 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-flowers-definitives-iv","title":"Maltese flowers definitives IV","date":"2003-01-30","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Six additional flowers definitives respond to postal denomination needs.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 30 January 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-7c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-22c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-28c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 28c","denomination":"28c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-37c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-45c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 45c","denomination":"45c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-flowers-iv-76c","title":"Maltese flowers IV — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-vintage-cars","title":"Vintage cars","date":"2003-02-26","theme":"Transport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict vintage cars.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 26 February 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joe P. Smith","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"vintage-cars-2c","title":"Vintage cars — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"vintage-cars-7c","title":"Vintage cars — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"vintage-cars-10c","title":"Vintage cars — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"vintage-cars-26c","title":"Vintage cars — 26c","denomination":"26c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"vintage-cars-35c","title":"Vintage cars — 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-military-architecture","title":"Military architecture","date":"2003-03-21","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict military architecture.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 21 March 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Stephen C. Spiteri","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"military-architecture-1c","title":"Military architecture — 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"military-architecture-4c","title":"Military architecture — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"military-architecture-11c","title":"Military architecture — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"military-architecture-16c","title":"Military architecture — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"military-architecture-44c","title":"Military architecture — 44c","denomination":"44c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-st-george-paintings","title":"St George paintings","date":"2003-04-23","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five religious paintings of St George are reproduced.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 23 April 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph Mizzi","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"painting-3c","title":"St George paintings — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"painting-7c","title":"St George paintings — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"victoria-painting-14c","title":"St George, Victoria basilica","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"qormi-painting-19c","title":"Martyrdom of St George, Qormi parish church","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"painting-27c","title":"St George paintings — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-europa","title":"Europa 2003: poster art","date":"2003-05-09","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two poster subjects form the Europa issue.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 9 May 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Debbie Caruana Dingli","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The diary identifies Cisk Beer and Carnival 1939 but does not explicitly map each poster to its value; neutral value titles remain.","stamps":[{"key":"europa-poster-art-16c","title":"Europa poster art — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"europa-poster-art-46c","title":"Europa poster art — 46c","denomination":"46c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-small-states-games","title":"Games of the Small States of Europe","date":"2003-05-26","theme":"Sport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four denominations commemorate the games in Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 26 May 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"small-states-games-25c","title":"Small States Games — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"small-states-games-50c","title":"Small States Games — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"small-states-games-75c","title":"Small States Games — 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"small-states-games-lm3","title":"Small States Games — Lm3","denomination":"Lm3","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-coronation-jubilee","title":"Queen Elizabeth II coronation golden jubilee","date":"2003-06-03","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four pane stamps accompany a separate one-lira miniature-sheet stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(2), 3 June 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74789/1/JMPS32%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"coronation-golden-jubilee-12c","title":"Coronation golden jubilee — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"coronation-golden-jubilee-15c","title":"Coronation golden jubilee — 15c","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"coronation-golden-jubilee-22c","title":"Coronation golden jubilee — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"coronation-golden-jubilee-60c","title":"Coronation golden jubilee — 60c","denomination":"60c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-lm1","title":"Coronation golden jubilee — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2003-elton-john","title":"Elton John commemorative sheet","date":"2003-07-01","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A scenic postage stamp accompanies four portraits of Elton John in the sheet’s surrounding design.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 1 July 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"J. 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The diary identifies the scenic design as reused from the 2002 label issue.","stamps":[{"key":"valletta-night-lm1-50","title":"Valletta by night","denomination":"Lm1.50","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2003-seashells","title":"Seashells","date":"2003-08-20","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen different Mediterranean seashell designs share the seven-cent denomination.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 20 August 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Original complete Moths/Butterflies and Seashells sheets, visually inspected specimen photograph, four-by-four design positions","url":"https://www.stampboards.com/images/miscr/OVpZUcV.png"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"row-1-column-1-7c","title":"Seashells — row 1, column 1","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-2-7c","title":"Seashells — row 1, column 2","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-3-7c","title":"Seashells — row 1, column 3","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-4-7c","title":"Seashells — row 1, column 4","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-1-7c","title":"Seashells — row 2, column 1","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-2-7c","title":"Seashells — row 2, column 2","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-3-7c","title":"Seashells — row 2, column 3","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-4-7c","title":"Seashells — row 2, column 4","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-1-7c","title":"Seashells — row 3, column 1","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-2-7c","title":"Seashells — row 3, column 2","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-3-7c","title":"Seashells — row 3, column 3","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-4-7c","title":"Seashells — row 3, column 4","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-1-7c","title":"Seashells — row 4, column 1","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-2-7c","title":"Seashells — row 4, column 2","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-3-7c","title":"Seashells — row 4, column 3","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-4-7c","title":"Seashells — row 4, column 4","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."}]},{"id":"2003-sailing","title":"Sailing","date":"2003-09-30","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps depict sailing.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 30 September 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. Ancilleri","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"sailing-8c","title":"Sailing — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sailing-22c","title":"Sailing — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sailing-35c","title":"Sailing — 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-self-adhesive-booklets","title":"Self-adhesive flowers booklet stamps","date":"2003-10-22","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two self-adhesive denominations were introduced in small stamp booklets.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 22 October 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary MaltaPost launch announcement, Times of Malta, 16 October 2003: two values and artist","url":"https://timesofmalta.com/article/self-adhesive-stamps.138775"}],"technical":{"dimensions":"23 × 23 mm","gum":"Self-adhesive","designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The diary specifies 12×7c and 6×16c self-adhesive booklets and a shared first-day handstamp; the contemporary announcement confirms the artist. Two stamp types are counted, not every repeated copy. Printer and flower identification await independent support. A reported 2004 booklet reprint is not added without a documented diagnostic stamp difference.","stamps":[{"key":"self-adhesive-flowers-booklet-stamp-7c","title":"Self-adhesive flowers booklet stamp — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Booklet stamp"},{"key":"self-adhesive-flowers-booklet-stamp-16c","title":"Self-adhesive flowers booklet stamp — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Booklet stamp"}]},{"id":"2003-windmills","title":"Maltese windmills","date":"2003-10-29","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps depict windmills.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 29 October 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Mark A. Vella","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-windmills-11c","title":"Maltese windmills — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-windmills-27c","title":"Maltese windmills — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-windmills-45c","title":"Maltese windmills — 45c","denomination":"45c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2003-christmas","title":"Christmas 2003","date":"2003-11-12","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four Christmas stamps carry no charitable premium.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 12 November 2003","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74813/1/JMPS32%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-2003-7c","title":"Christmas 2003 — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2003-16c","title":"Christmas 2003 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2003-22c","title":"Christmas 2003 — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2003-50c","title":"Christmas 2003 — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-letter-boxes","title":"Letter boxes","date":"2004-03-12","theme":"Heritage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict postal letter boxes.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(1), 12 March 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74483/1/JMPS33%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Alfred Caruana Ruggier","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"letter-boxes-1c","title":"Letter boxes — 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"letter-boxes-16c","title":"Letter boxes — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"letter-boxes-22c","title":"Letter boxes — 22c","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"letter-boxes-37c","title":"Letter boxes — 37c","denomination":"37c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"letter-boxes-76c","title":"Letter boxes — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-cats","title":"Cats","date":"2004-03-26","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict cats.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(1), 26 March 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74483/1/JMPS33%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"cats-7c","title":"Cats — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cats-27c","title":"Cats — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cats-28c","title":"Cats — 28c","denomination":"28c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cats-50c","title":"Cats — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cats-60c","title":"Cats — 60c","denomination":"60c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-salesians","title":"Salesians of Don Bosco in Malta","date":"2004-04-07","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A seventy-five-cent stamp marks the Salesians in Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(2), 7 April 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Paul Camilleri Cauchi","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"salesians-75c","title":"Salesians of Don Bosco in Malta","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2004-mammals-reptiles","title":"Mammals and reptiles","date":"2004-04-21","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Sixteen different mammals and reptiles appear on sixteen-cent stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(2), 21 April 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary issue announcement and original full-sheet image, Times of Malta, April 2004","url":"https://timesofmalta.com/article/mammals-and-reptiles-stamps.125103"}],"technical":{"designer":"Andrew Micallef","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"row-1-column-1-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 1, column 1","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-2-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 1, column 2","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-3-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 1, column 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-1-column-4-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 1, column 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-1-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 2, column 1","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-2-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 2, column 2","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-3-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 2, column 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-2-column-4-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 2, column 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-1-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 3, column 1","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-2-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 3, column 2","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-3-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 3, column 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-3-column-4-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 3, column 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-1-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 4, column 1","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-2-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 4, column 2","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-3-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 4, column 3","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified."},{"key":"row-4-column-4-16c","title":"Mammals and reptiles — row 4, column 4","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Sheetlet stamp","review":"Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"europa-vacations-16c","title":"Europa vacations — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"europa-vacations-51c","title":"Europa vacations — 51c","denomination":"51c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-wayside-chapels","title":"Wayside chapels","date":"2004-06-16","theme":"Architecture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five stamps depict wayside chapels.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(2), 16 June 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Rene Sacco","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"wayside-chapels-3c","title":"Wayside chapels — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wayside-chapels-7c","title":"Wayside chapels — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wayside-chapels-39c","title":"Wayside chapels — 39c","denomination":"39c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wayside-chapels-48c","title":"Wayside chapels — 48c","denomination":"48c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wayside-chapels-66c","title":"Wayside chapels — 66c","denomination":"66c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-trams","title":"Trams","date":"2004-07-14","theme":"Transport","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps depict trams in two formats.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 33(2), 14 July 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Debbie Caruana Dingli","printer":"Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","review":"The diary records premature distribution of 19c/75c pairs through foreign agents on 19 March, stopped shortly afterwards. No examples used before the official first day were known. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"athens-olympics-11c","title":"Athens Olympics — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"athens-olympics-16c","title":"Athens Olympics — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"athens-olympics-76c","title":"Athens Olympics — 76c","denomination":"76c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-maltese-festivals","title":"Maltese festivals","date":"2004-09-15","theme":"Culture","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five denominations celebrate Maltese festivals.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(1), 15 September 2004; original page visually inspected","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74121/1/JMPS34%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Francis X. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-festivals-5c","title":"Maltese festivals — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-festivals-15c","title":"Maltese festivals — 15c","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-festivals-27c","title":"Maltese festivals — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-festivals-51c","title":"Maltese festivals — 51c","denomination":"51c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-festivals-lm1","title":"Maltese festivals — Lm1","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"2004-works-art","title":"Works of art","date":"2004-10-13","theme":"Art","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four pane stamps accompany a separate seventy-two-cent miniature-sheet stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(1), 13 October 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74121/1/JMPS34%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph Casha","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","watermark":"Maltese crosses","technique":"Offset lithography"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"works-of-art-2c","title":"Works of art — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"works-of-art-20c","title":"Works of art — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"works-of-art-57c","title":"Works of art — 57c","denomination":"57c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"works-of-art-62c","title":"Works of art — 62c","denomination":"62c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"miniature-72c","title":"Works of art — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"72c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"2004-christmas","title":"Christmas 2004","date":"2004-11-10","theme":"Religion","authority":"MaltaPost plc","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four Christmas stamps were printed in Malta on watermarked paper.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(1), 10 November 2004","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74121/1/JMPS34%281%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary MaltaPost issue announcement, Times of Malta, 5 November 2004: value-specific Baby Jesus effigies","url":"https://timesofmalta.com/article/christmas-stamps-out-on-wednesday.107837"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. 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Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-2004-7c","title":"Papier-mâché Baby Jesus from Lecce","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2004-16c","title":"Wax Baby Jesus under a decorated glass dome","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2004-22c","title":"Wax Baby Jesus by Karmenu Buttigieg","denomination":"22c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"christmas-2004-50c","title":"Antique beeswax Baby Jesus","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1985-post-office-centenary","title":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office","date":"1985-01-02","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 14(3), pp. 24–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81369/1/JMPS14%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Norbert Attard","perforation":"14 × 13.9"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-3c","title":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office · 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-12c","title":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office · 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Centenary of the Malta Post Office · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-post-office-centenary-sheet","title":"Post Office centenary · miniature-sheet watermark","date":"1985-01-02","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps from the centenary souvenir sheet have sideways watermarks, opposite to the upright watermarks of the normal pane stamps.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 14(3), pp. 24–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81369/1/JMPS14%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","designer":"Norbert Attard"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-3c","title":"Post Office centenary · miniature-sheet watermark · 3c · sideways watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Post Office centenary · miniature-sheet watermark · 8c · sideways watermark","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"value-12c","title":"Post Office centenary · miniature-sheet watermark · 12c · sideways watermark","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Post Office centenary · miniature-sheet watermark · 20c · sideways watermark","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1985-youth-year","title":"International Youth Year","date":"1985-03-07","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"International Youth Year, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 14(3), pp. 24–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81369/1/JMPS14%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Tony Bugeja"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-2c","title":"International Youth Year · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-13c","title":"International Youth Year · 13c","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-27c","title":"International Youth Year · 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-europa","title":"Europa 1985 · music","date":"1985-04-25","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Europa 1985 · music, issued as 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 14(3), pp. 24–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81369/1/JMPS14%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Luciano Micallef","perforation":"14.1 × 14","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-8c","title":"Nicolò Baldacchino","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."},{"key":"value-30c","title":"Francesco Azopardi","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-sette-giugno","title":"7 June 1919","date":"1985-06-07","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"7 June 1919, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-7c","title":"7 June 1919 · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-35c","title":"7 June 1919 · 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-united-nations","title":"Fortieth anniversary of the United Nations","date":"1985-07-26","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Fortieth anniversary of the United Nations, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 15(1), pp. 38–40","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80808/1/JMPS15%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","designer":"Donald Friggieri","perforation":"13.3 × 13.8"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-4c","title":"Fortieth anniversary of the United Nations · 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-11c","title":"Fortieth anniversary of the United Nations · 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-31c","title":"Fortieth anniversary of the United Nations · 31c","denomination":"31c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-personalities","title":"Maltese personalities 1985","date":"1985-10-03","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese personalities 1985, issued as 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-12c","title":"Maltese personalities 1985 · 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1985-christmas","title":"Christmas 1985 · terracotta relief","date":"1985-10-10","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three charity stamps reproduce details of a terracotta relief by Ġanni Bonnici.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 15(1), pp. 38–40","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80808/1/JMPS15%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","designer":"Ġanni Bonnici","perforation":"13.6 × 13.8"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-2c","title":"Christmas 1985 · terracotta relief · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Christmas 1985 · terracotta relief · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Christmas 1985 · terracotta relief · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1985-ships-three","title":"Maltese ships III","date":"1985-11-27","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese ships III, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 15(2), pp. 25–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80929/1/JMPS15%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Norbert Attard","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-3c","title":"Maltese ships III · 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-7c","title":"Maltese ships III · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-15c","title":"Gleneagles","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."},{"key":"value-23c","title":"Maltese ships III · 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. 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Independent specimen comparison remains open.","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1985,"end":1986}}]},{"id":"1986-peace-year","title":"International Year of Peace","date":"1986-01-28","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"International Year of Peace, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 15(2), pp. 25–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80929/1/JMPS15%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-8c","title":"International Year of Peace · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","designer":"Anthony Agius"},{"key":"value-11c","title":"International Year of Peace · 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","designer":"Tony Bugeja"},{"key":"value-27c","title":"International Year of Peace · 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","designer":"Tony Bugeja"}]},{"id":"1986-europa","title":"Europa 1986 · nature and the environment","date":"1986-04-03","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Europa 1986 · nature and the environment, issued as 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 15(2), pp. 25–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80929/1/JMPS15%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlò","perforation":"14 × 13.9"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-8c","title":"Painted lady, red admiral and common blue butterflies","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."},{"key":"value-35c","title":"Earth, air, fire and water · Filfla","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1986-world-cup","title":"FIFA World Cup 1986","date":"1986-05-30","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"FIFA World Cup 1986, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-7c","title":"FIFA World Cup 1986 · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-23c","title":"FIFA World Cup 1986 · 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1986-world-cup-sheet","title":"World Cup 1986 · miniature-sheet watermark","date":"1986-05-30","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The three souvenir-sheet stamps have sideways watermarks, opposite to the normal pane stamps.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(1), pp. 28–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80211/1/JMPS16%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","designer":"Tony Bugeja"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-3c","title":"World Cup 1986 · miniature-sheet watermark · 3c · sideways watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"value-7c","title":"World Cup 1986 · miniature-sheet watermark · 7c · sideways watermark","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"value-23c","title":"World Cup 1986 · miniature-sheet watermark · 23c · sideways watermark","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1986-philanthropists","title":"Maltese philanthropists","date":"1986-08-28","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese philanthropists, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(1), pp. 28–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80211/1/JMPS16%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Luciano Micallef","perforation":"14 × 14"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-2c","title":"Maltese philanthropists · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-3c","title":"Maltese philanthropists · 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Maltese philanthropists · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-27c","title":"Maltese philanthropists · 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1986-christmas","title":"Christmas 1986 · paintings by Giuseppe d’Arena","date":"1986-10-10","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Christmas 1986 · paintings by Giuseppe d’Arena, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(2), pp. 29–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80552/1/JMPS16%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Luciano Micallef"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-2c","title":"Christmas 1986 · paintings by Giuseppe d’Arena · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Christmas 1986 · paintings by Giuseppe d’Arena · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Christmas 1986 · paintings by Giuseppe d’Arena · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1986-ships-four","title":"Maltese ships IV","date":"1986-11-19","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese ships IV, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(2), pp. 29–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80552/1/JMPS16%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Norbert Attard","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-7c","title":"Maltese ships IV · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-10c","title":"Maltese ships IV · 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-12c","title":"Maltese ships IV · 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Maltese ships IV · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-ornithological-society","title":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary","date":"1987-01-26","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(2), pp. 29–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80552/1/JMPS16%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Richard J. Caruana","perforation":"14 × 14"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-3c","title":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary · 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-13c","title":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary · 13c","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-23c","title":"Ornithological Society · twenty-fifth anniversary · 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-europa","title":"Europa 1987 · modern architecture","date":"1987-04-15","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Europa 1987 · modern architecture, issued as 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(3), pp. 37–40","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80617/1/JMPS16%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Richard England","perforation":"14 × 13.9"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-8c","title":"Aquasan Lido","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."},{"key":"value-35c","title":"Saint Joseph’s Church, Manikata","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-uniforms-one","title":"Maltese uniforms I","date":"1987-06-10","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese uniforms I, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-7c","title":"Maltese uniforms I · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-10c","title":"Maltese uniforms I · 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-27c","title":"Maltese uniforms I · 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-commemorations","title":"Commemorations 1987","date":"1987-08-18","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Commemorations 1987, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(3), pp. 37–40","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80617/1/JMPS16%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","designer":"Antoine Camilleri","perforation":"14 × 14"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-5c","title":"Commemorations 1987 · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Commemorations 1987 · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-23c","title":"Commemorations 1987 · 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-ships-five","title":"Maltese ships V","date":"1987-10-16","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese ships V, issued as 4 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 16(3), pp. 37–40","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/80617/1/JMPS16%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Norbert Attard","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"value-2c","title":"Maltese ships V · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-11c","title":"Maltese ships V · 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-13c","title":"Għawdex","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open."},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Maltese ships V · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1987-christmas","title":"Christmas 1987 · illuminated choir books","date":"1987-11-06","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Christmas 1987 · illuminated choir books, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"value-8c","title":"Christmas 1987 · illuminated choir books · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"value-20c","title":"Christmas 1987 · illuminated choir books · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1987-seabed","title":"UN resolution on the seabed · twentieth anniversary","date":"1987-12-18","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"UN resolution on the seabed · twentieth anniversary, issued as 2 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary issue study, PSM 17(1), pp. 37–39","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79911/1/JMPS17%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","designer":"Salvu Mallia","perforation":"14 × 14"},"scope":"Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. 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A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."},{"key":"value-25c","title":"Maltese uniforms II · 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","review":"First day and denomination are supported by the contemporary report. A precise design-to-value caption and independent specimen cross-check remain open."}]},{"id":"1988-olympiad","title":"Twenty-fourth Olympiad","date":"1988-09-17","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Twenty-fourth Olympiad, issued as 3 basic design/value types.","sources":[{"title":"J. 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Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"gpo-10c","title":"General Post Office, Auberge d’Italie, Valletta","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"27 × 33 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.75","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"zebbug-post-office-35c","title":"Żebbuġ Branch Post Office","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"}]},{"id":"1990-commemorations","title":"Commemorations 1990","date":"1990-04-07","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four denominations mark the commemorations of 1990.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(2-3), pp. 61–62","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79375/1/JMPS20%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Tony Bugeja","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The perforation table repeats 20c in its second row although other fields identify 19c. The unresolved 19c measurement is omitted. Value-specific subjects remain unmapped.","stamps":[{"key":"commemorations-3c","title":"Commemorations 1990 — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","perforation":"14 × 13.9"},{"key":"commemorations-4c","title":"Commemorations 1990 — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","perforation":"13.9 × 14"},{"key":"commemorations-19c","title":"Commemorations 1990 — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"commemorations-20c","title":"Commemorations 1990 — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","perforation":"14 × 13.9"}]},{"id":"1990-british-men-of-letters","title":"British men of letters","date":"1990-05-03","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps honour British literary figures.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(2-3), pp. 61–62","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79375/1/JMPS20%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Anton Grech","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47.15 × 20.5 mm","perforation":"13.4 × 13.5","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"british-men-of-letters-4c","title":"British men of letters — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"british-men-of-letters-10c","title":"British men of letters — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"british-men-of-letters-12c","title":"British men of letters — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"british-men-of-letters-25c","title":"British men of letters — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1990-pope-john-paul-ii","title":"Visit of Pope John Paul II","date":"1990-05-25","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"St Paul and Pope John Paul II mark the papal visit to Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(2-3), pp. 63–66","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79375/1/JMPS20%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Noel Galea Bason","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 13.85","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Farrugia explicitly confirms sheetlet and large-pane stamps have the same perforation and watermark, and cannot be distinguished individually. No duplicate sheetlet records are added.","stamps":[{"key":"st-paul-4c","title":"St Paul","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"pope-25c","title":"Pope John Paul II","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1990-world-cup","title":"Football World Cup 1990","date":"1990-06-08","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Football designs occur in ordinary panes and souvenir sheets with different watermark directions.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(1), pp. 42–44","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79067/1/JMPS21%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Tony Bugeja","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.8 × 13.8"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary physical study explicitly distinguishes upright watermarks in pane stamps from sideways watermarks in all three souvenir-sheet stamps.","stamps":[{"key":"football-5c-upright","title":"World Cup 1990 — upright watermark","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-5c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1990 — sideways watermark","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-10c-upright","title":"World Cup 1990 — upright watermark","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-10c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1990 — sideways watermark","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-14c-upright","title":"World Cup 1990 — upright watermark","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-14c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1990 — sideways watermark","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1990-maltese-uniforms-iv","title":"Maltese uniforms IV","date":"1990-08-25","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four uniforms continue the historical series.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(1), pp. 42–44","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79067/1/JMPS21%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Luciano Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 13.8","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-uniforms-iv-3c","title":"Maltese uniforms IV — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-iv-4c","title":"Maltese uniforms IV — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-iv-10c","title":"Maltese uniforms IV — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-iv-25c","title":"Maltese uniforms IV — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1990-christmas","title":"Christmas 1990","date":"1990-11-10","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The Christmas issue carries separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(2-3), pp. 41–42","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79119/1/JMPS21%282-3%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(1), diary, 10 November 1990","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79229/1/JMPS20%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Għaqda Ħbieb tal-Presepju","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The Bureau bulletin month is October; the actual first day is 10 November, confirmed by both the contemporary issue study and postal diary.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-3c","title":"Christmas — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c","dimensions":"26.5 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.4 × 13.5"},{"key":"christmas-10c","title":"Christmas — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14"},{"key":"christmas-25c","title":"Christmas — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c","dimensions":"26.5 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.4 × 13.5"}]},{"id":"1991-philatelic-society","title":"Philatelic Society silver jubilee","date":"1991-03-06","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A single stamp marks twenty-five years of the Philatelic Society of Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(2-3), pp. 41–42","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79119/1/JMPS21%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph L. Mallia","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"society-10c","title":"Philatelic Society of Malta silver jubilee","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1991-europa","title":"Europa 1991","date":"1991-03-16","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"European satellites and launch vehicles illustrate the Europa space theme.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(2-3), pp. 43–44","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79119/1/JMPS21%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"27 × 33 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.8","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"eurostar-10c","title":"Eurostar satellite","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"ariane-hotol-35c","title":"Ariane 4 and HOTOL","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1991-religious-commemorations","title":"Religious commemorations","date":"1991-04-29","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps mark religious commemorations.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 22(1), pp. 34–36","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77931/1/JMPS22%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph L. Mallia","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"religious-commemorations-3c","title":"Religious commemorations — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"religious-commemorations-4c","title":"Religious commemorations — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"religious-commemorations-30c","title":"Religious commemorations — 30c","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1991-maltese-uniforms-v","title":"Maltese uniforms V","date":"1991-08-13","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four uniforms complete the fifth issue of the series.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 22(1), pp. 34–36","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77931/1/JMPS22%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Luciano Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"14 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-uniforms-v-3c","title":"Maltese uniforms V — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-v-10c","title":"Maltese uniforms V — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-v-19c","title":"Maltese uniforms V — 19c","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-uniforms-v-25c","title":"Maltese uniforms V — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1991-uhm-anniversary","title":"Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin anniversary","date":"1991-09-23","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A single stamp marks the union’s twenty-fifth anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 22(2-3), pp. 42–43","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77996/1/JMPS22%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Norbert Attard","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"35.02 × 26.43 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"uhm-4c","title":"Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin anniversary","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1991-wwf-birds","title":"World Wide Fund for Nature: birds","date":"1991-10-03","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four birds of prey appear in a se-tenant set.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 22(2-3), pp. 44–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77996/1/JMPS22%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"honey-buzzard-4c","title":"Honey buzzard","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"marsh-harrier-4c","title":"Marsh harrier","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"eleonora-falcon-10c","title":"Eleonora’s falcon","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"lesser-kestrel-10c","title":"Lesser kestrel","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1991-christmas","title":"Christmas 1991","date":"1991-11-06","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three Christmas designs bear separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 22(2-3), pp. 42–43","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77996/1/JMPS22%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-3c","title":"Christmas — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"christmas-10c","title":"Christmas — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-25c","title":"Christmas — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1991-heritage-definitives","title":"Natural and artistic heritage definitives","date":"1991-12-09","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Twelve definitives depict natural and artistic heritage of the Maltese islands.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(1), diary, 9 December 1991","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/79067/1/JMPS21%281%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Marian Stamp Album 9: twelve-value set, date, designer, printer and technique","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/10/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%289%29.pdf"},{"title":"Original complete twelve-value 1991 definitive set, directly inspected photograph; evidence for printed denominations and subjects only","url":"https://shop.paulacantstamps.co.uk/images/d1a1100fabd77f96773d64183ba69ffa.jpg"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank Portelli","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Maltese crosses"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary diary establishes the shared first day; retrospective society evidence confirms twelve stamps. A directly inspected complete original set supplies printed denominations and subject labels. Dimensions, paper and conflicting retrospective perforation measurements are omitted.","stamps":[{"key":"ta-hagrat-1c","title":"Ta’ Ħaġrat, Mġarr","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"bieb-is-sultan-2c","title":"Bieb is-Sultan, Cottonera","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"st-michael-bastion-3c","title":"St Michael’s Bastion, Valletta","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"spinola-palace-4c","title":"Spinola Palace, St Julian’s","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"old-church-5c","title":"Old Church, Birkirkara","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mellieha-bay-10c","title":"Mellieħa Bay","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wied-zurrieq-12c","title":"Wied iż-Żurrieq","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"mgarr-14c","title":"Mġarr, Gozo","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"msida-marina-20c","title":"Yacht Marina, Msida","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gozo-channel-50c","title":"Gozo Channel","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"arab-horses-lm1","title":"Arab Horses, Antonio Sciortino","denomination":"Lm1","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"independence-lm2","title":"Independence, Ġanni Bonnici","denomination":"Lm2","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1992-international-airport","title":"Malta International Airport","date":"1992-02-08","theme":"Aviation","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps mark Malta International Airport.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 34–35","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"international-airport-4c","title":"Malta International Airport — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"international-airport-10c","title":"Malta International Airport — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1992-europa","title":"Europa 1992","date":"1992-02-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Columbus and his ships recall the voyage to America.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 36–37","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"columbus-ships-10c","title":"Columbus’s ships and compass","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"columbus-35c","title":"Christopher Columbus and dividers","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1992-world-war-ii","title":"World War II commemorations","date":"1992-04-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three denominations commemorate Malta’s wartime experience.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 34–35","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31.5 × 44.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"world-war-ii-4c","title":"World War II commemorations — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"world-war-ii-10c","title":"World War II commemorations — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"world-war-ii-50c","title":"World War II commemorations — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1992-olympic-games","title":"Olympic Games 1992","date":"1992-06-24","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps mark the Barcelona Olympic Games.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 38–39","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"olympic-games-3c","title":"Olympic Games 1992 — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"olympic-games-10c","title":"Olympic Games 1992 — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"olympic-games-30c","title":"Olympic Games 1992 — 30c","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1992-historical-buildings","title":"Historical buildings","date":"1992-08-05","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four historic buildings are represented in the issue.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 38–39","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Marian Stamp Album 9: church subjects and denomination mapping","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/10/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%289%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Norbert Attard","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The technical header repeats upright for the horizontal values; the explicit physical/pane discussion establishes sideways watermarks for 4c and 25c. The narrative is followed.","stamps":[{"key":"flight-egypt-church-3c","title":"Church of the Flight into Egypt","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"building-4c","title":"Historical buildings — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"pilar-church-19c","title":"Madonna tal-Pilar church","denomination":"19c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"building-25c","title":"Historical buildings — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1992-christmas","title":"Christmas 1992","date":"1992-10-22","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three Christmas stamps include separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 40–41","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Lawrence Buttigieg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-3c","title":"Christmas — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"christmas-10c","title":"Christmas — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-25c","title":"Christmas — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1992-university-anniversary","title":"University of Malta four-hundredth anniversary","date":"1992-11-12","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two denominations mark four centuries of the University of Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(1-2), pp. 40–41","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77476/1/JMPS23%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Lawrence Buttigieg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"university-anniversary-4c","title":"University of Malta anniversary — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"university-anniversary-30c","title":"University of Malta anniversary — 30c","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1993-lions-international","title":"Lions International seventy-fifth anniversary","date":"1993-02-04","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps mark the service organisation’s anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 23(3), pp. 44–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77577/1/JMPS23%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"35 × 26.43 mm","perforation":"13.45 × 13.45","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"lions-international-4c","title":"Lions International — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"lions-international-50c","title":"Lions International — 50c","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1993-europa","title":"Europa 1993","date":"1993-04-07","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two Maltese artists contribute contemporary art for Europa.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), pp. 29–30","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"carbonaro-10c","title":"Contemporary art by Pawl Carbonaro","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Pawl Carbonaro","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"chircop-35c","title":"Contemporary art by Alfred Chircop","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Alfred Chircop","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1993-small-states-games","title":"Games of the Small States of Europe","date":"1993-05-04","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four sporting stamps occur in panes and in souvenir sheets with different watermarks.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), pp. 31–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"38 × 20 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 14"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Farrugia explicitly establishes upright watermark in ordinary panes and sideways in all four souvenir-sheet values, allowing detached stamps to be distinguished.","stamps":[{"key":"games-3c-upright","title":"Small States Games — upright watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-3c-sideways","title":"Small States Games — sideways watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-4c-upright","title":"Small States Games — upright watermark","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-4c-sideways","title":"Small States Games — sideways watermark","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-10c-upright","title":"Small States Games — upright watermark","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-10c-sideways","title":"Small States Games — sideways watermark","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-35c-upright","title":"Small States Games — upright watermark","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"games-35c-sideways","title":"Small States Games — sideways watermark","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1993-scouts-guides","title":"Scouts and Guides","date":"1993-07-21","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps depict the Scout and Guide movements.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), pp. 31–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Luciano Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"scouts-guides-3c","title":"Scouts and Guides — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"scouts-guides-4c","title":"Scouts and Guides — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"scouts-guides-10c","title":"Scouts and Guides — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"scouts-guides-35c","title":"Scouts and Guides — 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1993-year-elderly","title":"European Year of the Elderly","date":"1993-09-23","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two designs mark the European Year of the Elderly.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), pp. 33–34","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"year-elderly-5c","title":"European Year of the Elderly — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"year-elderly-35c","title":"European Year of the Elderly — 35c","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1993-gwu-anniversary","title":"General Workers’ Union fiftieth anniversary","date":"1993-10-05","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A single stamp commemorates fifty years of the General Workers’ Union.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), pp. 33–34","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"26.4 × 35 mm","perforation":"13.5 × 13.5","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"gwu-4c","title":"General Workers’ Union fiftieth anniversary","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1993-christmas","title":"Christmas 1993","date":"1993-11-05","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three Christmas stamps carry separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 26–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-3c","title":"Christmas — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"christmas-10c","title":"Christmas — 10c","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"christmas-25c","title":"Christmas — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1993-local-councils","title":"Local councils","date":"1993-11-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four five-cent stamps combine into a circular composition of local coats of arms.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), p. 28","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Original Local Councils 1993 miniature sheet exhibited at Malta Postal Museum, photograph visually inspected","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Local_Councils_Malta_Postage_Stamps.jpg"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph Mizzi","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"48 × 39.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"An inspected original sheet confirms four different quarter designs, each 5c. Position describes the complete sheet and avoids unsupported identification of every local coat of arms.","stamps":[{"key":"coats-upper-left-5c","title":"Local coats of arms — upper left quarter","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"coats-upper-right-5c","title":"Local coats of arms — upper right quarter","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"coats-lower-left-5c","title":"Local coats of arms — lower left quarter","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"coats-lower-right-5c","title":"Local coats of arms — lower right quarter","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1994-dental-association","title":"Dental Association of Malta fiftieth anniversary","date":"1994-02-12","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps commemorate the Dental Association of Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 26–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"dental-association-5c","title":"Dental Association anniversary — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"dental-association-44c","title":"Dental Association anniversary — 44c","denomination":"44c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1994-europa","title":"Europa 1994","date":"1994-03-29","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Temi Zammit and an archaeological candelabrum illustrate discoveries and inventions.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 28–29","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"temi-zammit-14c","title":"Sir Temistocles Zammit","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"candelabrum-30c","title":"Ancient marble candelabrum","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1994-commemorations","title":"Commemorations 1994","date":"1994-05-10","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Five denominations mark the commemorations of 1994.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 30–31","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"commemorations-5c","title":"Commemorations 1994 — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"commemorations-9c","title":"Commemorations 1994 — 9c","denomination":"9c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"commemorations-14c","title":"Commemorations 1994 — 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"commemorations-20c","title":"Commemorations 1994 — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 14","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"commemorations-25c","title":"Commemorations 1994 — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"27 × 33 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.75","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1994-world-cup","title":"Football World Cup 1994","date":"1994-06-09","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three football stamps occur in panes and in souvenir sheets with different watermark directions.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 30–31","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank Ancilleri","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"33 × 27 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.75"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"Farrugia explicitly distinguishes upright watermarks in the normal panes from sideways watermarks in all three souvenir-sheet values.","stamps":[{"key":"football-5c-upright","title":"World Cup 1994 — upright watermark","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-5c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1994 — sideways watermark","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-14c-upright","title":"World Cup 1994 — upright watermark","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-14c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1994 — sideways watermark","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-30c-upright","title":"World Cup 1994 — upright watermark","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"football-30c-sideways","title":"World Cup 1994 — sideways watermark","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1994-aviation","title":"Aviation 1994","date":"1994-07-02","theme":"Aviation","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four denominations commemorate aviation.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 32–33","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"A misspelt 20c printing was withdrawn before issue and destroyed; the source says the corrected printing was ready for the first day. The unissued error is not added as an ordinary type.","stamps":[{"key":"aviation-5c","title":"Aviation 1994 — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"aviation-14c","title":"Aviation 1994 — 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"aviation-20c","title":"Aviation 1994 — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"aviation-25c","title":"Aviation 1994 — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1994-first-moon-landing","title":"First Moon landing twenty-fifth anniversary","date":"1994-07-20","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A single stamp recalls the first human Moon landing.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(2-3), pp. 32–33","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77276/1/JMPS24%282-3%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"moon-landing-14c","title":"First Moon landing","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1994-christmas","title":"Christmas 1994","date":"1994-10-26","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A five-cent stamp accompanies three Christmas stamps with charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 25(1-2-3), pp. 29–30","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77004/1/JMPS25%281-2-3%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), diary, 26 October 1994","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Harry Borg","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","review":"The contemporary table explicitly lists 5c without a premium; only the other three stamps carry charitable additions.","stamps":[{"key":"christmas-5c","title":"Christmas 1994 — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"49.6 × 26.43 mm","perforation":"13.75 × 13.5","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"christmas-9c","title":"Christmas — 9c","denomination":"9c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"christmas-14c","title":"Christmas — 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"christmas-20c","title":"Christmas — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"}]},{"id":"1994-antique-silver","title":"Antique Maltese silver","date":"1994-12-12","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Department of Posts","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four stamps depict antique Maltese silver.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 25(1-2-3), p. 31","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77004/1/JMPS25%281-2-3%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 24(1), diary, 12 December 1994","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77173/1/JMPS24%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Maurice Tanti Burlo","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"antique-silver-5c","title":"Antique Maltese silver — 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-silver-14c","title":"Antique Maltese silver — 14c","denomination":"14c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-silver-20c","title":"Antique Maltese silver — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"antique-silver-25c","title":"Antique Maltese silver — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1993-spiral-postage-dues","title":"Second decimal postage dues · Neolithic spiral","date":"1993-01-04","theme":"Archaeology","authority":"Malta Postal Administration","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Four denominations use a Neolithic spiral motif to record unpaid or underpaid postage. They replace the 1973 lace-design postage dues, withdrawn from sale at the end of 1992.","sources":[{"title":"J. Farrugia, contemporary Postage Dues 1993 technical table, JMPS 23(3), December 1994, printed p.44 (column X)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77576/1/JMPS23%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM 38(3), p. 8: independently corroborating chronology","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Martin Bonavia","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","dimensions":"20 × 16 mm","perforation":"13.8 × 13.6 (contemporary measurement)","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","paper":"Chalk surfaced","gum":"PVA"},"review":"Farrugia’s contemporary study measures perforation as 13.8 × 13.6; De Battista’s later chronology classifies it as 14 comb. The contemporary measurement is retained without treating the rounded classification as a separate type. Farrugia records no special first-day handstamp or official first-day cover for this issue. Farrugia’s contemporary technical table also specifies PVA gum for all four original values.","scope":"All four original design/value types. Unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, marginal markings, minor shades and errors excluded; no scan reuse rights established.","stamps":[{"key":"spiral-1c","title":"Neolithic spiral — 1c postage due","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","colour":"Red and lighter red","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"spiral-2c","title":"Neolithic spiral — 2c postage due","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","colour":"Blue and lighter blue","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"spiral-5c","title":"Neolithic spiral — 5c postage due","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","colour":"Green and lighter green","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"spiral-10c","title":"Neolithic spiral — 10c postage due","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","colour":"Yellow and lighter yellow","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1975-birth-republic","title":"Birth of the Republic","date":"1975-03-31","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three designs commemorate Malta becoming a republic on 13 December 1974; the stamps themselves were issued on 31 March 1975.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Republic of Malta issue, PSM 5(2), pp. 9–10","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102111/1/JPSM5%282%29A5.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"oath","title":"Swearing-in ceremony","denomination":"1c3","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"flag","title":"National flag","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"address","title":"President addressing the public","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1975-womens-year","title":"International Women’s Year","date":"1975-05-30","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two compositions represent women in family and public life, each repeated at two values.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, International Women’s Year, PSM 5(3), pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102116/1/JPMS5%283%29full.PDF"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Donald Friggieri"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"family-low","title":"Women in family life · 1c3","denomination":"1c3","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"public-low","title":"Women in public life · 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"family-high","title":"Women in family life · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"public-high","title":"Women in public life · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1975-europa","title":"Europa 1975 · paintings","date":"1975-07-15","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Paintings from Malta form this two-value Europa issue.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 2 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"allegory","title":"Allegory of Malta","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"judith","title":"Judith and Holofernes","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1975-architectural-heritage","title":"European Architectural Heritage Year","date":"1975-09-16","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four designs explore Malta’s architectural heritage and its setting.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Richard England"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"ggantija","title":"Ġgantija ground plan","denomination":"1c3","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"mdina","title":"Mdina citadel","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"landscape","title":"Gozitan landscape","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"st-angelo","title":"Fort Saint Angelo","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1975-christmas","title":"Christmas 1975 · Nativity triptych","date":"1975-11-04","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three portions of Maestro Alberto’s Nativity form a triptych. Each stamp has a separate charity premium.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"left","title":"Nativity · left portion","denomination":"8m","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"2m"},{"key":"centre","title":"Nativity · central portion","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"right","title":"Nativity · right portion","denomination":"7c5","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c5"}]},{"id":"1975-republic-anniversary","title":"First anniversary of the Republic","date":"1975-12-12","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three values commemorate the first anniversary of the Republic; their first day preceded the anniversary itself.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Anthony DeGiovanni"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"work","title":"Right to work","denomination":"1c3","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"environment","title":"Safeguarding the environment","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"flag","title":"National flag · Republic anniversary","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-emblem-definitive","title":"Republic emblem · new £M2 definitive","date":"1976-01-28","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The new Republic emblem replaced the former arms on the £M2 definitive. The previous £M2 was withdrawn on 1 January 1976.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper"},"scope":"All 1 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"two-pounds","title":"Emblem of the Republic of Malta","denomination":"£M2","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-folklore","title":"Maltese folklore","date":"1976-02-26","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four traditional celebrations illustrate Maltese folklore.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(1–2), pp. 37–45","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85483/1/JMPS6%281-2%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Nazareno Camilleri"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"festa","title":"Village feast","denomination":"1c3","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"mnarja","title":"Mnarja","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"carnival","title":"Carnival","denomination":"7c5","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"good-friday","title":"Good Friday","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-olympiad","title":"Twenty-first Olympiad","date":"1976-04-28","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three sporting designs mark the Montreal Olympic Games.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(3), pp. 15–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85554/1/JMPS6%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Harry Alden"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"waterpolo","title":"Water polo","denomination":"1c7","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"sailing","title":"Sailing","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"athletics","title":"Athletics","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-europa","title":"Europa 1976 · craftwork","date":"1976-07-08","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Lace making and stone carving represent traditional crafts. The contemporary issue report dates the issue to 8 July.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(3), pp. 15–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85554/1/JMPS6%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Frank Portelli"},"scope":"All 2 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"lace","title":"Lace making","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"stone","title":"Stone carving","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-anatomy-surgery","title":"School of Anatomy and Surgery · tercentenary","date":"1976-09-14","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four designs commemorate three centuries of the School of Anatomy and Surgery.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 6(3), pp. 15–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85554/1/JMPS6%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"cotoner","title":"Grand Master Nicolas Cotoner","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"arm","title":"Anatomy of an arm","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"zammit","title":"Fra Giuseppe Zammit","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"infirmary","title":"Sacra Infermeria","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1976-christmas","title":"Christmas 1976 · Madonna and Saints","date":"1976-11-23","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Details and the complete painting of Madonna and Saints by Domenico di Michelino appear on four charity stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Christmas 1976 and Armour, PSM 7(1), pp. 14–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84882/1/JMPS7%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"john-michael","title":"Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"5m"},{"key":"madonna","title":"Madonna and Child","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"christopher-nicholas","title":"Saint Christopher and Saint Nicholas","denomination":"7c5","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c5"},{"key":"complete","title":"Madonna and Saints · complete painting","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"2c"}]},{"id":"1977-armour","title":"Suits of armour","date":"1977-01-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three suits from the Palace Armoury illustrate the armour of the Knights of Saint John.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Christmas 1976 and Armour, PSM 7(1), pp. 14–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84882/1/JMPS7%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"J. Briffa"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"valette","title":"La Valette’s half armour","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"wignacourt","title":"Wignacourt’s armour","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"verdelin","title":"De Verdelin’s armour","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1977-one-c7-surcharge","title":"1c7 surcharge on the historical definitive","date":"1977-03-24","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The pre-decimal 4d historical definitive received a black 1c7 surcharge. This changed denomination is a distinct basic stamp.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Surcharge and Tapestries, PSM 7(2), pp. 16–20","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85017/1/JMPS7%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Press, Malta (overprint)","technique":"Letterpress overprint","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 1 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"one-c7","title":"Knights of Malta · 1c7 on 4d","denomination":"1c7","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","underlyingDenomination":"4d","overprint":"1c7 in black; former value obliterated","underlyingPrinter":"Harrison and Sons","underlyingTechnique":"Photogravure"}]},{"id":"1977-tapestries-one","title":"Flemish tapestries · first series","date":"1977-03-30","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The first series reproduces four tapestries from the collection at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Surcharge and Tapestries, PSM 7(2), pp. 16–20","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85017/1/JMPS7%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"annunciation","title":"The Annunciation","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"evangelists","title":"The Four Evangelists","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"nativity","title":"The Nativity","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"magi","title":"Adoration of the Magi","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1977-telecommunications","title":"World Telecommunication Day","date":"1977-05-17","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four values explore telecommunications and development.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Telecommunications and Europa, PSM 7(3), pp. 19–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85219/1/JMPS7%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Harry Borg"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"one","title":"Telecommunications and development · 1c","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"six","title":"Telecommunications and development · 6c","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"eight","title":"Telecommunications and development · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"seventeen","title":"Telecommunications and development · 17c","denomination":"17c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1977-europa","title":"Europa 1977 · landscapes","date":"1977-07-05","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two Maltese landscapes include the chapel of Our Lady of Hope and the Salini salt pans.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Telecommunications and Europa, PSM 7(3), pp. 19–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/85219/1/JMPS7%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"George Fenech"},"scope":"All 2 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"hope","title":"Ta’ l-Isperanza","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"salini","title":"Is-Salini","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1977-worker","title":"The Maltese worker","date":"1977-10-12","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three designs honour Maltese workers, their trades and their sacrifices.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 8(1), pp. 11–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84285/1/JMPS8%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Anthony Agius"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"assistance","title":"Assistance to injured workers","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"trades","title":"Building and industrial trades","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"sacrifice","title":"Mother mourning a worker","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1977-christmas","title":"Christmas 1977 · Maltese crib","date":"1977-11-16","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Scenes from the crib at the Discalced Carmelite Priory, Cospicua, form three charity stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 8(1), pp. 11–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84285/1/JMPS8%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"shepherds","title":"Shepherds hearing good tidings","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"5m"},{"key":"nativity","title":"The Nativity · Cospicua crib","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"manger","title":"Shepherds proceeding to the manger","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c5"}]},{"id":"1978-tapestries-two","title":"Flemish tapestries · second series","date":"1978-01-26","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The second series continues the Saint John’s Co-Cathedral tapestry sequence.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 8(1), pp. 11–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84285/1/JMPS8%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"jerusalem","title":"Entry into Jerusalem","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"supper","title":"The Last Supper","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"cross","title":"Raising of the Cross","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"resurrection","title":"The Resurrection","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1978-durer","title":"Albrecht Dürer · death anniversary","date":"1978-03-07","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three engravings by Dürer commemorate the 450th anniversary of his death.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Dürer and Europa, PSM 8(2), pp. 21–25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84359/1/JMPS8%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Antoine Camilleri"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"horse","title":"Young lady on horseback and trooper","denomination":"1c7","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"piper","title":"The bagpiper","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"madonna","title":"Madonna with the monkey","denomination":"17c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1978-europa","title":"Europa 1978 · monuments","date":"1978-04-26","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two monuments to Grand Masters at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral form the Europa issue.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Dürer and Europa, PSM 8(2), pp. 21–25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84359/1/JMPS8%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 2 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"cotoner","title":"Monument to Nicolas Cotoner","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"perellos","title":"Monument to Ramon Perellos","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1978-world-cup","title":"Football World Cup","date":"1978-06-06","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three football scenes mark the World Cup in Argentina.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, World Cup and Airmail, PSM 8(3), pp. 14–18","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84820/1/JMPS8%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Anthony DeGiovanni"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"goalkeeper","title":"Goalkeeper saving a shot","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"heading","title":"Heading duel","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"dribbling","title":"Dribbling past an opponent","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1978-airmail","title":"Airmail definitives · replacement series","date":"1978-10-03","theme":"Transport","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six values in three designs replaced the 1974 airmail series, which was withdrawn on 2 October 1978.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, World Cup and Airmail, PSM 8(3), pp. 14–18","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84820/1/JMPS8%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Richard Caruana"},"scope":"All 6 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"temple-low","title":"Aircraft over megalithic temple · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"boeing-low","title":"Air Malta Boeing 720B · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"jumbo-low","title":"Jumbo jet taking off · 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"temple-high","title":"Aircraft over megalithic temple · 17c","denomination":"17c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"boeing-high","title":"Air Malta Boeing 720B · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"jumbo-high","title":"Jumbo jet taking off · 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1978-christmas","title":"Christmas 1978 · street decorations","date":"1978-11-09","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Street decoration designs form four charity stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Christmas and Tapestries, PSM 9(1), pp. 22–26","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83880/1/JMPS9%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"musicians","title":"Folk musicians and village church","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"5m"},{"key":"angels","title":"Choir of angels","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"carols","title":"Children singing carols","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c5"},{"key":"composite","title":"Christmas decorations · composite design","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1979-tapestries-three","title":"Flemish tapestries · third series","date":"1979-01-24","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The third series depicts four allegorical tapestries at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Christmas and Tapestries, PSM 9(1), pp. 22–26","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83880/1/JMPS9%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"church","title":"Triumph of the Catholic Church","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"charity","title":"Triumph of Charity","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"faith","title":"Triumph of Faith","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"truth","title":"Triumph of Truth","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1979-military-facilities","title":"End of the military facilities agreement","date":"1979-03-31","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three compositions, each used twice, commemorate the end of the military facilities agreement.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 9(2), pp. 19–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83996/1/JMPS9%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 6 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"fishing-low","title":"Luzzu and aircraft carrier · 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"handshake-low","title":"Worker and British sailor · 5c","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"soldier-low","title":"Departing soldier and orange branch · 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"fishing-high","title":"Luzzu and aircraft carrier · 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"handshake-high","title":"Worker and British sailor · 17c","denomination":"17c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"soldier-high","title":"Departing soldier and orange branch · 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1979-europa","title":"Europa 1979 · postal and telecommunications history","date":"1979-05-09","theme":"Transport","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Historic and modern communications are paired in two designs.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, contemporary issue reports, PSM 9(2), pp. 19–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83996/1/JMPS9%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 2 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"vessels","title":"Speronara and aircraft tail fin","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"towers","title":"Watchtower and radio-link tower","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1979-child","title":"International Year of the Child","date":"1979-06-13","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three designs were selected from children’s work for the International Year of the Child.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Year of the Child and Marine Life, PSM 9(3), pp. 19–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84010/1/JMPS9%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses"},"scope":"All 3 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"globe","title":"Children on a globe","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","designer":"Alexandra Bonnici"},{"key":"kites","title":"Children flying kites","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","designer":"Anton Pisani"},{"key":"ring","title":"Ring of children in national costumes","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","designer":"Michelle Fenech"}]},{"id":"1979-marine-life","title":"Marine life","date":"1979-10-10","theme":"Wildlife","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four designs portray marine animals associated with Maltese waters.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Year of the Child and Marine Life, PSM 9(3), pp. 19–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/84010/1/JMPS9%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Raymond Pitrè"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"gibbula","title":"Gibbula nivosa","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"turtle","title":"Loggerhead turtle","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"lampuka","title":"Dolphinfish · lampuka","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."},{"key":"pinna","title":"Noble pen shell","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open."}]},{"id":"1979-christmas","title":"Christmas 1979 · paintings by Giuseppe Calì","date":"1979-11-14","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Details and complete paintings of the Nativity and Flight into Egypt from Tarxien’s Annunciation parish church form four charity stamps.","sources":[{"title":"Joe Farrugia, Christmas 1979, PSM 10(1), pp. 21–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83201/1/JMPS10%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Ltd., Malta","technique":"Lithography","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"nativity-detail","title":"Nativity · detail","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"5m"},{"key":"flight-detail","title":"Flight into Egypt · detail","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"nativity","title":"The Nativity · complete painting","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"1c5"},{"key":"flight","title":"Flight into Egypt · complete painting","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1980-flemish-tapestries-iv","title":"Flemish tapestries IV","date":"1980-01-30","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The final tapestry issue depicts two religious compositions and a separate portrait of Grand Master Perellos.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 10(1), pp. 24–26","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83201/1/JMPS10%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"corpus-domini-2c","title":"Institution of Corpus Domini","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"48 × 39.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 14"},{"key":"idolatry-8c","title":"Destruction of Idolatry","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"48 × 39.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 14"},{"key":"perellos-50c","title":"Grand Master Perellos","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","perforation":"13.5 × 13.2","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp","review":"The source gives 114 × 86 mm for the whole miniature sheet; 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excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","review":"Farrugia reports an impression of two kinds of paper after examining panes, without characterising or enumerating them. Additional paper types remain unresolved and are not invented here.","stamps":[{"key":"horse-race-8c","title":"Festa horse race","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"gostra-30c","title":"Gostra, greasy pole","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1981-international-trade-fair","title":"25th Malta International Trade Fair","date":"1981-06-12","theme":"Industry","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The numeral 25 and the fair emblem mark the exhibition’s anniversary.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 11(2), pp. 23–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82746/1/JMPS11%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Anthony De Giovanni","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"24.8 × 26.43 mm","perforation":"13.5 × 13.5","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"international-trade-fair-4c","title":"International Trade Fair — 4c","denomination":"4c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"international-trade-fair-25c","title":"International Trade Fair — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1981-disabled-persons","title":"International Year of Disabled Persons","date":"1981-07-17","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The issue depicts participation in artistic and social life.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 11(2), p. 25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82746/1/JMPS11%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Antoine Camilleri","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"26.5 × 33 mm","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","review":"The printed technical header contains an erroneous watermark entry. The subsequent pane discussion establishes sideways Maltese crosses; the unclear perforation figure is omitted.","stamps":[{"key":"mouth-painter-3c","title":"Artist painting with the mouth","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"children-35c","title":"Child playing with other children","denomination":"35c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1981-world-food-day","title":"World Food Day","date":"1981-10-16","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Two stamps mark the first World Food Day.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 11(2), pp. 26–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82746/1/JMPS11%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. 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The journal publication year 1982 is not an issue date.","stamps":[{"key":"megalithic-buildings-5m","title":"Megalithic buildings","denomination":"5m","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"cotton-1c","title":"Cotton growing","denomination":"1c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"wooden-ships-2c","title":"Wooden ship construction","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"minting-3c","title":"Money minting","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"art-5c","title":"Art","denomination":"5c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"fishing-6c","title":"Fishing","denomination":"6c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"agriculture-7c","title":"Agriculture","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"quarrying-8c","title":"Stone quarrying","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"grapes-10c","title":"Grape pressing","denomination":"10c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"shipbuilding-12c","title":"Ship repairing and building","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"energy-15c","title":"Energy","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"telecommunications-20c","title":"Telecommunications","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"industry-25c","title":"Industry","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"water-drilling-50c","title":"Water drilling","denomination":"50c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"sea-transport-1pound","title":"Sea transport","denomination":"£M1","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"air-transport-3pounds","title":"Air transport","denomination":"£M3","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1981-christmas","title":"Christmas 1981","date":"1981-11-18","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Maltese Christmas customs are depicted with separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 11(3), pp. 6–8","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83079/1/JMPS11%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Tony Bugeja","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; 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Both types are included; repeated formats alone are not counted.","stamps":[{"key":"dribbling-3c-upright","title":"Dribbling — upright watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"dribbling-3c-sideways","title":"Dribbling — sideways watermark","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"goalkeeper-12c-upright","title":"Goalkeeper saving — upright watermark","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"goalkeeper-12c-sideways","title":"Goalkeeper saving — sideways watermark","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"},{"key":"heading-15c-upright","title":"Heading — upright watermark","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright","format":"Sheet stamp"},{"key":"heading-15c-sideways","title":"Heading — sideways watermark","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways","format":"Miniature-sheet stamp"}]},{"id":"1982-christmas","title":"Christmas 1982","date":"1982-10-08","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The Christmas set depicts the angel’s announcement and the Nativity, with charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 12(2), pp. 21–22","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82549/1/JMPS12%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Marian Stamp Album 6, contemporary-stamp subject mapping; retrospective premium typo not followed","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/129916/1/MAdonna%20ta%27%20Pinu_volum%209_nru%20130_Lulju_Settembru%202004.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Joseph L. Mallia","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"shepherds-2c","title":"Angel appearing to shepherds","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c","dimensions":"47.15 × 20.5 mm","perforation":"13.4 × 13.4"},{"key":"nativity-8c","title":"Nativity","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c","dimensions":"47.15 × 20.5 mm","perforation":"13.4 × 13.4"},{"key":"composite-20c","title":"Christmas composite scene","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c","dimensions":"48 × 39.5 mm","perforation":"14 × 14"}]},{"id":"1982-maltese-ships-i","title":"Maltese ships I","date":"1982-11-13","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four historic vessel types begin the Maltese ships series.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 12(3), pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82567/1/JMPS12%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Norbert Attard","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.85 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"brigantine-3c","title":"Brigantine","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"tartana-8c","title":"Tartana","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"xebec-12c","title":"Xebec","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"speronara-20c","title":"Speronara","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1983-malta-railway","title":"Malta Railway centenary","date":"1983-01-21","theme":"Transport","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Locomotives and landmarks recall the railway’s opening a century earlier.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 12(4), pp. 18–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82681/1/JMPS12%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"manning-wardle-3c","title":"Manning Wardle locomotive and Valletta gate","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"black-hawthorn-13c","title":"Black Hawthorn locomotive and Portes des Bombes","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"beyer-peacock-27c","title":"Beyer Peacock locomotive and Rabat","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1983-commonwealth-day","title":"Commonwealth Day","date":"1983-03-14","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Four designs represent neutrality, culture, tourism and industry.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 12(4), pp. 20–21","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82681/1/JMPS12%284%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Charles Cassar","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"neutrality-8c","title":"Neutrality","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"culture-12c","title":"Culture","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},{"key":"tourism-15c","title":"Tourism","denomination":"15c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},{"key":"industry-23c","title":"Industry","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"}]},{"id":"1983-europa","title":"Europa 1983","date":"1983-05-05","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Ġgantija and Fort St Angelo represent Malta’s historic monuments.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(1), pp. 19–20","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81963/1/JMPS13%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.85 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"ggantija-8c","title":"Ġgantija temples","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Tony Bugeja"},{"key":"fort-st-angelo-30c","title":"Fort St Angelo","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Richard J. 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excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","review":"Value-specific commemorative subjects have not been independently mapped; neutral issue/value titles are retained.","stamps":[{"key":"commemorations-3c","title":"Commemorations 1983 — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"commemorations-7c","title":"Commemorations 1983 — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"commemorations-13c","title":"Commemorations 1983 — 13c","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"commemorations-20c","title":"Commemorations 1983 — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1983-monsignor-de-piro","title":"Monsignor Giuseppe De Piro","date":"1983-09-01","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"A portrait commemorates Monsignor Giuseppe De Piro.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(2), pp. 22–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82267/1/JMPS13%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Esprit Barthet","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"27 × 33 mm","perforation":"14 × 13.8","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"de-piro-3c","title":"Monsignor Giuseppe De Piro","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1983-christmas","title":"Christmas 1983","date":"1983-09-06","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Book of Hours scenes appear on three stamps bearing separate charitable premiums.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(2), pp. 22–24","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82267/1/JMPS13%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"GPO first-day notice, Government Gazette 19 August 1983, p. 2408","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/111472/8/GGM_14171_1983_08_19.pdf"},{"title":"Marian Stamp Album 7, Book of Hours subjects and denomination mapping; contemporary perforation measurements preferred","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/8/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%287%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Norbert Attard","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.6 × 13.8","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"annunciation-2c","title":"Annunciation","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"1c"},{"key":"nativity-8c","title":"Nativity","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"2c"},{"key":"magi-20c","title":"Adoration of the Magi","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified","charityPremium":"3c"}]},{"id":"1983-general-workers-union","title":"General Workers’ Union anniversary","date":"1983-10-05","theme":"Society","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps commemorate the General Workers’ Union.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(2), pp. 25–26","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82267/1/JMPS13%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Frank Portelli","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.8 × 13.6","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"general-workers-union-3c","title":"General Workers’ Union — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"general-workers-union-8c","title":"General Workers’ Union — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"general-workers-union-27c","title":"General Workers’ Union — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1983-maltese-ships-ii","title":"Maltese ships II","date":"1983-11-17","theme":"Maritime history","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The second ships issue continues the series in four denominations.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(2), pp. 25–26","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82267/1/JMPS13%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(1), p. 23; 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Value-specific vessel names remain unverified.","stamps":[{"key":"maltese-ships-ii-2c","title":"Maltese ships II — 2c","denomination":"2c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-ships-ii-12c","title":"Maltese ships II — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-ships-ii-13c","title":"Maltese ships II — 13c","denomination":"13c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"maltese-ships-ii-20c","title":"Maltese ships II — 20c","denomination":"20c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1984-airmail","title":"Airmail 1984","date":"1984-01-26","theme":"Aviation","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Seven denominations form the new airmail series.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 13(2), pp. 25–26; diary January–April 1984","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/82267/1/JMPS13%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Richard J. Caruana","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"47 × 29 mm","perforation":"13.9 × 13.7","watermark":"Maltese crosses, upright"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"airmail-7c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-8c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-16c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 16c","denomination":"16c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-23c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-27c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 27c","denomination":"27c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-38c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 38c","denomination":"38c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"airmail-75c","title":"Airmail 1984 — 75c","denomination":"75c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1984-europa","title":"Europa 1984","date":"1984-04-27","theme":"Culture","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"The common Europa bridge design marks twenty-five years of CEPT.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 14(1), p. 30","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81180/1/JMPS14%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Lino Borg, after J. 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excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"police-3c","title":"Malta Police — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"police-8c","title":"Malta Police — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"police-11c","title":"Malta Police — 11c","denomination":"11c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"police-25c","title":"Malta Police — 25c","denomination":"25c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1984-olympic-games","title":"Olympic Games 1984","date":"1984-07-26","theme":"Sport","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three stamps mark the Los Angeles Olympic Games.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 14(1), pp. 31–32","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81180/1/JMPS14%281%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Luciano Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","dimensions":"29 × 47 mm","perforation":"13.7 × 13.9","watermark":"Maltese crosses, sideways"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"olympic-games-7c","title":"Olympic Games 1984 — 7c","denomination":"7c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"olympic-games-12c","title":"Olympic Games 1984 — 12c","denomination":"12c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"olympic-games-23c","title":"Olympic Games 1984 — 23c","denomination":"23c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1984-christmas","title":"Christmas 1984","date":"1984-10-05","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta General Post Office","serviceType":"Postage","description":"Three painted religious scenes illustrate Christmas, each with a separate charitable premium.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph Farrugia, contemporary new-issue study and diary, PSM 14(2), pp. 26–27","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81274/1/JMPS14%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Marian Stamp Album 7, paintings and denomination mapping","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/8/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%287%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Luciano Micallef","printer":"Printex Limited, Malta","technique":"Lithography","paper":"Chalk surfaced","perforation":"14 × 14"},"scope":"Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; 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excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.","stamps":[{"key":"republic-anniversary-3c","title":"Republic tenth anniversary — 3c","denomination":"3c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"republic-anniversary-8c","title":"Republic tenth anniversary — 8c","denomination":"8c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"},{"key":"republic-anniversary-30c","title":"Republic tenth anniversary — 30c","denomination":"30c","currency":"MTL","serviceType":"Postage","verification":"Partially verified"}]},{"id":"1968-postage-dues-comb","title":"Postage dues · comb-perforated Maltese Cross issue","date":"1968-05-30","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","serviceType":"Postage due","description":"Ten postage-due values retain the Maltese Cross design and watermark, with a new comb perforation distinguishing them from the four line-perforated values of 1967.","sources":[{"title":"The New Malta Postage Dues · contemporary report reprinted by permission of E. 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The gauge is quoted from the contemporary report and corroborating specialist study; actual measured gauge and printing process remain to be reconciled."},{"key":"one-half","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","colour":"Yellow-brown","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, denomination and distinct comb-perforated status are independently supported. The gauge is quoted from the contemporary report and corroborating specialist study; actual measured gauge and printing process remain to be reconciled."},{"key":"two","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","serviceType":"Postage due","colour":"Grey-brown","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Issue date, denomination and distinct comb-perforated status are independently supported. 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Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"one","title":"Star and angel waking the shepherds","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"eight","title":"Holy Family and shepherd at the cradle","denomination":"8d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-four","title":"Magi and the star of Bethlehem","denomination":"1/4","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1968-fao-conference","title":"FAO regional conference for Europe","date":"1968-10-21","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Agricultural imagery marks the sixth FAO regional conference for Europe held in Malta.","sources":[{"title":"Philatelic Society of Malta · Summer 1968, pp. 8–9, 14 · contemporary issue programme","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102433/1/JPSM2%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen Through Postage Stamps, 1998 · issue dates and subjects","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"},{"title":"UN Philatelists · sixth FAO Regional Conference for Europe · date cross-check","url":"https://www.unpi.com/projects_un_conference_stamp_listing_1969.asp"},{"title":"Original FAO conference first-day cover · design/value identification","url":"https://www.stamps-plus.com/Scans/MLT0394W1.jpg"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"four","title":"Agriculture","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-shilling","title":"Greek medal and FAO emblem","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"two-six","title":"Care of the soil","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1969-gandhi","title":"Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth","date":"1969-03-24","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A single stamp combines Gandhi’s portrait with a spinning wheel.","sources":[{"title":"Philatelic Society of Malta · Spring 1969, pp. 14–16 · contemporary new issues and Gandhi report","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102382/1/JMPS2%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Joh. Enschedé en Zonen","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple Maltese Crosses","perforation":"12 × 12½"},"scope":"All 1 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"one-six","title":"Mahatma Gandhi and spinning wheel","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Brown and gold"}]},{"id":"1969-ilo","title":"International Labour Organization · fiftieth anniversary","date":"1969-05-26","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two values mark fifty years of the International Labour Organization.","sources":[{"title":"Original International Labour Organization first-day cover · canceller 26 May 1969 · research specimen","url":"https://www.stamps-plus.com/Scans/MLT0398W1.jpg"},{"title":"Tony C. 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Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"samut","title":"Robert Samut birth centenary","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"seabed","title":"Peaceful use of the seabed","denomination":"5d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"emigrants","title":"Convention of Maltese emigrants","denomination":"10d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"university","title":"University of Malta bicentenary","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1969-independence-anniversary","title":"Fifth anniversary of Independence","date":"1969-09-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Five designs reflect remembrance, national identity, tourism and international links.","sources":[{"title":"Original Independence anniversary first-day cover · printed date and canceller 20 September 1969 · research specimen","url":"https://www.stamps-plus.com/Scans/MLT0404W1.jpg"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 5 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. 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Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"two","title":"Expo ’70 emblem · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"five","title":"Expo ’70 emblem · 5d","denomination":"5d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"three-shillings","title":"Expo ’70 emblem · 3/-","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1970-history-additional-values","title":"Maltese history definitives · additional values","date":"1970","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two additional denominations extend the 1965 historical definitive series for changed postal rates.","sources":[{"title":"Carmel G. 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Corbin · Fine Arts on Malta Stamps, Part IV, JMPS 10(3), pp. 15–16, 21","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83651/1/JMPS10%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"Philatelic Society of Malta newsletter 1(1), Spring 1967, pp. 9–10 · contemporary full denomination lists","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102683/1/JPSM1%281%29revised_full.pdf"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 2 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"three","title":"John F. Kennedy and Salina memorial · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-six","title":"John F. 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Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"two","title":"Trade Fair · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"eight","title":"Trade Fair · 8d","denomination":"8d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"two-six","title":"Trade Fair · 2/6","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1966-christmas","title":"Christmas 1966 · Holy Family","date":"1966-10-07","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus stand before shepherds in Cremona’s modern interpretation of the Nativity.","sources":[{"title":"Joseph C. Camilleri · Chev. 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Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"one","title":"Holy Family · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"four","title":"Holy Family · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-three","title":"Holy Family · 1/3","denomination":"1/3","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-george-cross","title":"George Cross · twenty-fifth anniversary","date":"1967-03-01","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three values place the George Cross at the centre of a new design.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · illustrated original Churchill and George Cross first-day covers, JMPS 33(2), p. 13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"two","title":"George Cross anniversary · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"four","title":"George Cross anniversary · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-six","title":"George Cross anniversary · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-gafa","title":"Melchiorre Gafà · third death centenary","date":"1967-08-01","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four sculptures commemorate the Maltese Baroque sculptor.","sources":[{"title":"Philatelic Society of Malta newsletter 1(2), Summer 1967, p. 10 · Stamp Advisory Board announcement","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102671/1/JPSM1%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Lois L. 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Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"catherine","title":"Glory of Saint Catherine of Siena","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"thomas","title":"Saint Thomas of Villanova","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"baptism","title":"Baptism of Christ","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"baptist","title":"Saint John the Baptist","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-architecture-congress","title":"Fifteenth International Congress of the History of Architecture","date":"1967-09-12","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four values celebrate Maltese architecture for the international congress.","sources":[{"title":"SAID Remy · original 1967 Architecture Congress set and release date","url":"https://remysaid.com/fr/independence-malta-stamps-1964-1974/2791-1967-sep-12-malta-stamps-15th-int-congress-of-history-and-architecture.html"},{"title":"Anthony Fenech · Religion on Malta Stamps, Part II, p. 8 · Birkirkara 1/-","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83893/1/JMPS9%282%29A1.pdf"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 4 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"two","title":"Architecture Congress · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"six","title":"Architecture Congress · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"birkirkara","title":"Birkirkara parish church façade","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"three-shillings","title":"Architecture Congress · 3/-","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-christmas","title":"Christmas 1967 · Nativity triptych","date":"1967","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The three trapezoidal designs form a Nativity scene with angels flanking the Holy Family. 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Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"left","title":"Angels facing right · Christmas 1967","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The triptych release is confirmed on 20 October 1967. A differing date is reported for single-denomination sheets; year-only dating avoids assigning the triptych date to every format."},{"key":"centre","title":"Holy Family · Christmas 1967","denomination":"8d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The triptych release is confirmed on 20 October 1967. A differing date is reported for single-denomination sheets; year-only dating avoids assigning the triptych date to every format."},{"key":"right","title":"Angels facing left · Christmas 1967","denomination":"1/4","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The triptych release is confirmed on 20 October 1967. A differing date is reported for single-denomination sheets; year-only dating avoids assigning the triptych date to every format."}]},{"id":"1956-elizabeth-definitives","title":"Elizabeth II pictorial definitives · original Script CA","date":"1956-01-23","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Seventeen values depict monuments, buildings, sculpture and the wartime citations. The set appeared in six instalments during 1956–1957; uncertain individual dates are retained as ranges.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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Later Block CA reissues and specialist shade, watermark-orientation and plate varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"siege","title":"Great Siege Monument · Elizabeth II · Violet","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Violet","designer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","verification":"Verified","date":"1956-01-23","datePrecision":"day","dateRange":null,"review":"The contemporary March 1956 notice explicitly lists this denomination among eight values released for sale on 23 January 1956; no set-wide date is inherited.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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Jetten, The £1 stamps of Malta, PSM magazine 1(3), autumn 1967, printed pp.17–18 (full PDF pp.19–20)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102622/1/JPSM1%283%29full.pdf"}]},{"key":"perellos","title":"Ramon Perellos monument · Elizabeth II · Emerald","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Emerald","designer":"Waterlow & Sons","printer":"Waterlow & Sons","verification":"Partially verified","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1956,"end":1957},"review":"Design, denomination and printer are documented. Individual release date awaits reconciliation within the six instalments of 23 January 1956–5 January 1957."},{"key":"paul","title":"Saint Paul · Elizabeth II · Scarlet","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Scarlet","designer":"Waterlow & Sons","printer":"Waterlow & Sons","verification":"Verified","date":"1956-11-19"},{"key":"baptism","title":"Baptism of Christ · Elizabeth II · Yellow-brown","denomination":"£1","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Yellow-brown","designer":"Waterlow & Sons","printer":"Waterlow & Sons","verification":"Verified","date":"1957-01-05","perforation":"14 × 13½","review":"Jetten's 1967 technical account explicitly gives perforation 14 × 13½ for the £1 Baptism of Christ stamp. Its existing 5 January 1957 first day is unchanged."}]},{"id":"1957-george-cross","title":"George Cross · fifteenth anniversary","date":"1957-04-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Cremona’s first Maltese stamp issue presents wartime defence, searchlights and bomb damage.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Museums Department · Annual Report 1957–58, p. 10 · stamps presented by Postmaster General","url":"https://schmalta.mt/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1957-1958.pdf"},{"title":"JMPS 33(2), August 2004 · original George Cross first-day covers, pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"defence","title":"Defence of Malta · Deep dull green and silver","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Deep dull green and silver"},{"key":"searchlights","title":"Searchlights over Malta · Vermilion and silver","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Vermilion and silver"},{"key":"buildings","title":"Bombed buildings · Reddish brown and silver","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Reddish brown and silver"}]},{"id":"1958-technical-education","title":"Technical education in Malta","date":"1958-02-15","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three designs connect planning and construction with the technical school at Paola.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Museums Department · Annual Report 1957–58, p. 10 · stamps presented by Postmaster General","url":"https://schmalta.mt/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1957-1958.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"design","title":"Design · Black and deep green","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Black and deep green"},{"key":"construction","title":"Construction · Black, scarlet and grey","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Black, scarlet and grey"},{"key":"school","title":"Technical school, Paola · Grey, bright purple and black","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey, bright purple and black"}]},{"id":"1958-george-cross","title":"George Cross · sixteenth anniversary","date":"1958-04-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The second George Cross set depicts the human and military experience of the siege.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"JMPS 33(2), August 2004 · original George Cross first-day covers, pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"family","title":"Bombed-out family · Blue-green, black and silver","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Blue-green, black and silver"},{"key":"sea-raid","title":"Sea raid on Grand Harbour · Red, black and silver","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Red, black and silver"},{"key":"crew","title":"Searchlight crew · Reddish violet, black and silver","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Reddish violet, black and silver"}]},{"id":"1959-george-cross","title":"George Cross · seventeenth anniversary","date":"1959-04-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Wartime casualties, gallantry and civilians under bombardment form the third set.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"JMPS 33(2), August 2004 · original George Cross first-day covers, pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"casualties","title":"Air raid casualties · Grey-green, black and gold","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey-green, black and gold"},{"key":"gallantry","title":"For gallantry · Reddish violet, black and gold","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Reddish violet, black and gold"},{"key":"bombardment","title":"Maltese under bombardment · Blue-grey, black and gold","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Blue-grey, black and gold"}]},{"id":"1960-saint-paul","title":"Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary","date":"1960-02-09","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six designs interpret the Pauline story through frescoes, sculpture and new compositions, including three diamond-shaped stamps.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, JMPS 37(3), pp. 19–25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 6 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"shipwreck","title":"Shipwreck of Saint Paul · Blue, gold and yellow-brown","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Blue, gold and yellow-brown"},{"key":"publius","title":"Consecration of Saint Publius · Bright purple, gold and blue","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Bright purple, gold and blue"},{"key":"departure","title":"Departure of Saint Paul · Carmine, gold and pale grey","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Carmine, gold and pale grey"},{"key":"statue","title":"Saint Paul statue, Rabat · Black and gold","denomination":"8d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Black and gold"},{"key":"angel","title":"Angel with the Acts of the Apostles · Maroon and gold","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Maroon and gold"},{"key":"epistle","title":"Saint Paul and the Second Epistle to the Corinthians · Blue, deep bluish green and gold","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Blue, deep bluish green and gold"}]},{"id":"1960-stamp-centenary","title":"Centenary of Malta’s first stamp","date":"1960-12-01","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The first Maltese stamp appears beside Elizabeth II’s portrait.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Giorgio Arata · La filatelia celebra i primi francobolli al mondo, Malta original first-day cover, p. 59","url":"https://expo.fsfi.it/philitalia40/exhibits/01ArataOVNjNVp0.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Waterlow & Sons","technique":"Lithography (centre) and recess printing (frame)","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"one-half","title":"First Maltese stamp · centenary · Buff, pale blue and green","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Buff, pale blue and green"},{"key":"three","title":"First Maltese stamp · centenary · Buff, pale blue and deep carmine","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Buff, pale blue and deep carmine"},{"key":"six","title":"First Maltese stamp · centenary · Buff, pale blue and ultramarine","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Buff, pale blue and ultramarine"}]},{"id":"1961-george-cross","title":"George Cross · nineteenth anniversary","date":"1961-04-15","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three values continue Cremona’s visual commemoration of the wartime award.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"JMPS 33(2), August 2004 · original George Cross first-day covers, pp. 10–12","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/74488/1/JMPS33%282%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"one-half","title":"George Cross · Elizabeth II · 1½d · Grey and bistre","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey and bistre"},{"key":"three","title":"George Cross · Elizabeth II · 3d · Grey and turquoise-blue","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey and turquoise-blue"},{"key":"shilling","title":"George Cross · Elizabeth II · 1/- · Olive-green and violet","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Olive-green and violet"}]},{"id":"1962-great-siege","title":"The Great Siege of 1565","date":"1962-09-07","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Four designs present a sacred image, the siege monument, Jean de Valette and the assault on Fort Saint Elmo.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Western Stamp Collector · 15 September 1962 · Crown Agents forthcoming issue reports preserved by Falkland Islands National Archives","url":"https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Mail%20Stamps%20and%20Telecommunications/MAI-STA-4-2.%20Postage%20stamps%201962%20commemorative%20issue%20radio%20communications%20issue%20Newspaper%20Cuttings.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA (block capitals)"},"scope":"All 4 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"madonna","title":"Madonna Damascena · Ultramarine","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Ultramarine"},{"key":"monument","title":"Great Siege Monument · Carmine-red","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Carmine-red"},{"key":"valette","title":"Grand Master Jean de Valette · Bronze-green","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Bronze-green"},{"key":"elmo","title":"Assault on Fort Saint Elmo · Brown-purple","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Brown-purple"}]},{"id":"1963-freedom-from-hunger","title":"Freedom from Hunger campaign","date":"1963-06-04","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Malta contributes a single stamp to the international campaign.","sources":[{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 1 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"campaign","title":"Freedom from Hunger","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1963-red-cross","title":"Red Cross centenary","date":"1963-09-02","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two values commemorate the centenary of the Red Cross.","sources":[{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 2 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"two","title":"Red Cross centenary · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-six","title":"Red Cross centenary · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1964-anti-brucellosis","title":"FAO Anti-Brucellosis Congress","date":"1964-04-14","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two stamps link Bruce and Zammit’s research with the laboratory investigation of goat-borne disease.","sources":[{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Garrison 1964 · original Anti-Brucellosis stamps illustrated","url":"https://www.maltaramc.com/regsurg/rs1960_1969/rmo1964.html"}],"technical":{},"scope":"All 2 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"researchers","title":"Sir David Bruce and Sir Themistocles Zammit · Grey-green","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey-green"},{"key":"laboratory","title":"Goat and laboratory equipment · Brown","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Brown"}]},{"id":"1964-catholic-doctors","title":"First European Congress of Catholic Doctors","date":"1964-09-05","theme":"Science","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three values show the development of medical care in Malta through Cotoner, Saint Luke’s Hospital and the Sacra Infermeria.","sources":[{"title":"Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21879/1/it-tabib%20tal-familja%2014%20-%20A2.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, JMPS 37(3), pp. 19–25","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.","stamps":[{"key":"cotoner","title":"Nicolas Cotoner tending the sick","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"luke","title":"Saint Luke and Saint Luke’s Hospital · Red, black, gold and bistre","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Red, black, gold and bistre"},{"key":"infermeria","title":"Sacra Infermeria, Valletta","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1963-block-ca-definitives","title":"Elizabeth II definitives · Block CA reissues","date":"1963-10-15","theme":"Architecture","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The two church designs return on paper carrying the Block CA watermark. The Mosta value’s individual release year remains under review.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 1: 1956 church pair and changed-watermark reissues","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"},{"title":"Zeboose · original 1d Victory Church imprint and plate 2a block","url":"https://www.zeboose.com/products/malta-1963-mnh-1d-victory-church-imprint-plate-2a-block"}],"technical":{"watermark":"Multiple Crown CA (block capitals)"},"scope":"Both basic church values identified on the changed watermark. Specialist shades and watermark orientations excluded. The 2d release date is unresolved within 1963–1964.","stamps":[{"key":"victory","title":"Our Lady of Victory Church · Elizabeth II · Block CA","date":"1963-10-15","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Black","verification":"Verified","perforation":"11.5 × 11.7 (reported measurement)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","designer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","review":"Grech’s Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, reports 11.5 × 11.7 for the 1956 1d/2d church stamps, and states that only the watermark changed for the later two reissues. The measured numbers are retained as reported rather than silently rounded or extended to other values. Existing individual date precision remains unchanged."},{"key":"mosta","title":"Mosta Dome · Elizabeth II · Block CA","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1963,"end":1964},"denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Brown","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Grech groups both values on 15 October 1963; the wider issue chronology places the two reissues across 1963–1964. The individual Mosta release needs official confirmation. Grech’s Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, reports 11.5 × 11.7 for the 1956 1d/2d church stamps, and states that only the watermark changed for the later two reissues. The measured numbers are retained as reported rather than silently rounded or extended to other values. Existing individual date precision remains unchanged.","perforation":"11.5 × 11.7 (reported measurement)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","designer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co."}]},{"id":"1917-war-tax","title":"War Tax overprints — 1917–1918","date":"1917","datePrecision":"series-start","dateRange":{"start":1917,"end":1918},"theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two overprinted royal portrait stamps served wartime tax purposes. Identifiable examples show George V on the halfpenny and Edward VII on the threepenny. Printing and packing dates are documented, while exact release dates remain under review.","sources":[{"title":"Peter Fernbank, War Tax Plate — Bent Leg of X Flaw, BWISC Bulletin No.201, June 2004, p.27, Crown Agents packing records","url":"https://wipsg.org/wp-content/uploads/Journal_BWISC/Issues/b201_200406.pdf"},{"title":"British Empire World War I Tax Stamps — exhibit PDF p.12, original Malta specimens and differing chronology","url":"https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/TC1/TC1.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, 2019 sale 19029 lot 893 — physical mint/used and cover collection of the War Tax pair","url":"https://www.spink.com/lot/19029000893"},{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, September–October 1964, printed p.217 — War Tax identities","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue (base stamps and WAR TAX overprint)"},"scope":"The two basic denomination/portrait combinations only. Dates are explicitly unresolved within 1917–1918; no shade, overprint, plate or watermark varieties are counted. A tax's effective date and a printer's packing date are not treated as a stamp's release date.","stamps":[{"key":"halfd-george-v","title":"George V · WAR TAX halfpenny","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1917,"end":1918},"colour":"Deep green","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Halfpenny identity is supported by inspected specimens and specialist research. Packing records of 22 October and 3 November 1917 do not establish its first sale day; conflicting retrospective dates remain unresolved.","sources":[{"title":"Peter Fernbank, BWISC Bulletin 201, June 2004, p.27 — Malta halfpenny packing records","url":"https://wipsg.org/wp-content/uploads/Journal_BWISC/Issues/b201_200406.pdf"},{"title":"British Empire World War I Tax Stamps, exhibit PDF p.12 — George V halfpenny specimen","url":"https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/TC1/TC1.pdf"},{"title":"Andrew McClellan, Revenue Reverend — Malta War Tax halfpenny watermark and printer","url":"https://www.revrevd.com/malta.html"}]},{"key":"3d-edward-vii","title":"Edward VII · WAR TAX threepence","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1917,"end":1918},"colour":"Grey and purple","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The portrait is Edward VII, confirmed by an inspected specimen and the packing record's King Edward series wording. A 31 December 1917 packing date is not an issue date. Individual release date and watermark remain unassigned pending stronger evidence.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1917-1918-war-tax-3d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1917-1918-war-tax-3d-thumb.webp","credit":"British colonial stamp artwork; scan by Stan Shebs, August 2005, via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_Malta_1918_3p_war_tax.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Edward VII profile, THREE PENCE face value, grey/purple colour family and normal WAR TAX overprint visibly match. Source labels 1918; catalogue retains its independently researched 1917–1918 date range. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":500,"height":597,"sha256":"3699bae3b0c483f83d7405a3335461584eebf0593e53b5e2aa096f6f9d78fc6f"}}]},{"id":"1861-halfpenny-white","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · white unwatermarked paper","date":"1861","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"White paper replaced the blued first supply. This structural record groups the two unwatermarked white-paper supplies discussed in Bonnici’s revised study, released in 1861 and 1863.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 2, revised (1978)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84016"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"None","perforation":"14","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"white-unwatermarked","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · white paper, no watermark","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Buff and brown-orange shades","verification":"Verified","review":"Bonnici gives November 1861 for release of the second supply; the third supply was invoiced in September 1862 but released in 1863. The year here is the first public issue year of this grouped type, not an invoice date. The historic account separates white wove paper from the bluish first paper within the thin-wove type. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"Thin white wove paper","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1863-halfpenny-cc","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, perforation 14","date":"1863","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Crown CC paper appears in the fourth supply. This record groups the ordinary perforation-14 Crown CC material, including later colour printings, rather than creating records for nearly indistinguishable invoice runs.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 3 (1976)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85536"},{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 4 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84870"},{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 5–6 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84926"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"Crown CC","perforation":"14","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"cc-perf14","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, perf 14","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Buff, brown, orange and yellow shades","verification":"Verified","review":"Bonnici dates the first Crown CC supply to June 1863; the invoice is 17 April 1863. Colour and ink differences within this broad structural group are not separately counted. Specialist varieties and watermark orientations remain outside this grouping. The historic account distinguishes the initial thin white wove Crown CC printing from later thick white wove Crown CC paper. This grouped perforation-14 record does not certify one thickness for every represented printing. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"White wove paper; thin and later thick printings grouped","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1868-halfpenny-rough","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · rough perforation 12½","date":"1868","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A rough-cut perforation gauge distinguishes this Crown CC supply. Bonnici’s day-book research dates its dispatch to May 1868 and public release to later that year, correcting the earlier chronology in Séfi.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 3 (1976)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85536"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"Crown CC","perforation":"12½ (rough)","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"cc-rough-perf12half","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, rough perf 12½","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Brownish-buff","verification":"Verified","review":"Séfi assigned the first rough perforation-12½ supply to 1865. Bonnici identifies it as the tenth printing, invoiced 27 May 1868 and released in late 1868. This record follows the later documentary study. The historical specification places the Crown CC perforation-12½ type on thick white wove paper. It does not distinguish a new thickness by rough versus clean perforation. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"Thick white wove paper","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1871-halfpenny-clean","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · clean-cut perforation 12½","date":"1871","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Clean-cut perforations separate this supply from the rough-cut type. Its invoice dates from July 1870, but Bonnici records its public release in Malta in May 1871.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 4 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84870"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"Crown CC","perforation":"12½ (clean cut)","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"cc-clean-perf12half","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, clean perf 12½","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Yellow-orange","verification":"Verified","review":"The issue year is the public release year, 1871, not the 21 July 1870 invoice date. The source calls this the twelfth printing; an incidental reference in chapter 3 misnumbers it as the thirteenth. The historical specification places the Crown CC perforation-12½ type on thick white wove paper. It does not distinguish a new thickness by rough versus clean perforation. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"Thick white wove paper","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1878-halfpenny-compound","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · compound perforation","date":"1878","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A compound gauge was introduced with the twentieth supply. It also changed perforation around the pane gutters. The yellow-buff and yellow supplies of 1878 and 1879 are grouped here.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 5–6 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84926"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"Crown CC","perforation":"14 × 12½","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"cc-compound","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, perf 14 × 12½","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Yellow-buff and yellow","verification":"Verified","review":"Bonnici records release of the first compound-gauge supply in July 1878. The 1879 supply shares the same structural type. Séfi also reports the reversed compound gauge; a reported reverse-orientation entry is now listed separately in the selected-variety inventory, with the unresolved comparison to Bonnici retained. The historic account lists the compound 12½ × 14 type within the thick white wove Crown CC specification. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"Thick white wove paper","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1882-halfpenny-ca","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CA","date":"1882","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Crown CA paper replaced Crown CC in the final yellow-stamp supplies. This record groups the five yellow or orange supplies of 1882–1884. The intervening green printing belongs to the 1885 definitive issue.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 7–8 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85018"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, Smithsonian Libraries scan, printed pp.427–428: halfpenny reference size and thin/thick wove papers","url":"https://archive.org/details/catalogueforadva71890coll/page/n37/mode/1up"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","technique":"Typography","paper":"White paper","watermark":"Crown CA","perforation":"14","sheetSize":"240 stamps in four panes of 60","plateNumber":"1"},"scope":"Structural paper/watermark/perforation group, with ordinary colour printings grouped. Not a specialised shade, individual-supply, error, proof, specimen, watermark-orientation or pane-position listing.","collectingLevel":"structural type","stamps":[{"key":"ca-perf14","title":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CA, perf 14","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Orange-yellow to reddish-orange","verification":"Verified","review":"Bonnici’s transcribed first Crown CA invoice is 14 February 1882, with release in February 1882. Séfi’s July 1881 date is superseded here. Supplies 25–28 and 30 are grouped; green supply 29 is not counted as a yellow-stamp record. The historic account says the Crown CA halfpenny uses the same paper as the preceding thick-wove type. Its conventional July 1881 heading is not substituted for the existing date. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","paper":"Thick white wove paper","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)"}]},{"id":"1914-george-v-multiple-ca","title":"George V era — Multiple Crown CA definitives","date":"1914","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"New royal portraits accompanied retained Maltese pictorial designs. This group collects the basic values introduced during the 1914–1921 period and the 1919 Melita reissue.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Postal Museum — chronology, introduction of George V definitives in 1914","url":"https://www.maltapostalmuseum.com/index.php/philately-bottom-menu"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA"},"scope":"Twelve basic design/value entries, including the 4d harbour and 1919 2/6. The unchanged 5d galley printing is excluded as potentially duplicating the retained Edward-era issue. The 1919 10/- has a separate record. Shade, paper and plate varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd","title":"George V · ¼d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Brown","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"halfd","title":"George V · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Green","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1914-george-v-halfd-representative.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1914-george-v-halfd-representative-thumb.webp","credit":"Anonymous pre-WWI Fort Lascaris postcard, Commons source; cropped to British colonial George V halfpenny stamp","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page declares expired anonymous-work copyright (PD-anon-70-EU) and PD-US-expired; selected colonial stamp artwork is also over 70 years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_Fort_Lascaris.jpg","type":"Representative colour front crop from original historical postcard; not watermark, paper, perforation, shade or printing authentication","evidence":"Exact source file page, author/source and explicit public-domain licence read before download; retained in research/nov5-image-rights-audit.json and associated parsed file-page receipts.","imageMatch":"Green George V ½d, POSTAGE / REVENUE side tablets and MALTA name visibly match this basic portrait/value design. Representative front only: source does not authenticate the Multiple Crown CA watermark or exclude a later Script CA printing. Image is attached only as a design illustration, not evidence for the paper-defined record.","crop":{"left":1763,"top":30,"width":505,"height":598},"width":505,"height":598,"sha256":"5f66ad13dbcee6712a29315b016cc1d919cb58ead4c0e053668d4a8a7259ad90"}},{"key":"1d","title":"George V · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Carmine-red","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"2d","title":"George V · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Grey","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"2halfd","title":"George V · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Bright blue","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"3d","title":"George V · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Purple on yellow","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"4d-harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Black","technique":null,"date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1915},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"6d","title":"George V · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Dull and bright purple","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"1s","title":"George V · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Black on green","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"2s","title":"George V · 2/-","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Purple and bright blue on blue","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."},{"key":"2s6d-melita","title":"Melita · 2/6","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Grey-green","technique":"Recess printing","date":"1919","review":"Year and watermark reissue supported; individual printing and shade not certified."},{"key":"5s","title":"George V · 5/-","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Green and red on yellow","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year."}],"dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"datePrecision":"series-start"},{"id":"1921-george-v-script-ca","title":"George V era — Multiple Script CA reprints","date":"1921","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A revised twopenny design and reprints on Script CA paper preceded the self-government commemorations. The higher shipwreck value retained its pictorial subject.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia, Annus Paulinus 2008–2009: Saint Paul — A Protagonist in Maltese Philately, JMPS37(3), pp.15–17","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"Eight basic values on the new watermark, without minor shades or plate varieties. The group spans 1921–1922; group start is not a confirmed individual release year.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd","title":"George V · ¼d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"halfd","title":"George V · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"1d","title":"George V · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"2d-redesign","title":"George V · revised 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":"1921","review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"2halfd","title":"George V · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"6d","title":"George V · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"2s","title":"George V · 2/-","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","date":null,"datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"review":"Script CA type and denomination supported. Exact release year within the series range needs contemporary notice verification."},{"key":"10s-shipwreck","title":"Saint Paul shipwreck · 10/-","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","date":"1922-01-19","review":"Release date is supported by Bonavia’s archival study; finer technical attributes remain unverified."}],"dateRange":{"start":1921,"end":1922},"datePrecision":"series-start"},{"id":"1922-self-government-crown-cc","title":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Crown CC high value","date":"1922-01-12","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Existing shipwreck stock received the self-government overprint while a new definitive series was being prepared.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia, Annus Paulinus 2008–2009: Saint Paul — A Protagonist in Maltese Philately, JMPS37(3), pp.15–17","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (overprint); De La Rue (base stamp)","watermark":"Crown CC"},"scope":"One ten-shilling basic overprint on the original Crown CC design; no errors, plate varieties or later watermarks.","stamps":[{"key":"10s-shipwreck","title":"Saint Paul · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Blue-black","technique":"Recess printing (base stamp)","review":"Original Crown CC design, distinct from the Script CA reprint. Overprint setting and specimen authenticity are outside this catalogue entry. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering; red ink"}]},{"id":"1922-self-government-multiple-ca","title":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Multiple Crown CA","date":"1922","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Selected current values on Multiple Crown CA paper were overprinted locally to mark Malta’s self-government.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (overprint); De La Rue (base stamp)","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA"},"scope":"Eight basic values on this watermark: ½d, 2½d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 2/6 and 5/-. No inference that every earlier denomination received this watermark/overprint combination.","stamps":[{"key":"halfd","title":"George V · ½d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"2halfd","title":"George V · 2½d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"3d","title":"George V · 3d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"6d","title":"George V · 6d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"1s","title":"George V · 1/- · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"2s","title":"George V · 2/- · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering; red ink"},{"key":"2s6d-melita","title":"Melita · 2/6 · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering"},{"key":"5s","title":"George V · 5/- · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Year and watermark/value combination supported. Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering"}]},{"id":"1922-self-government-script-ca","title":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Multiple Script CA","date":"1922","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The self-government overprint also appears on eight values on Script CA paper, creating identifiable watermark counterparts to the earlier definitive types.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia, Annus Paulinus 2008–2009: Saint Paul — A Protagonist in Maltese Philately, JMPS37(3), pp.15–17","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (overprint); De La Rue (base stamp)","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"Eight basic watermark/value combinations. Shade and overprint varieties excluded; no complete-year assertion.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd","title":"George V · ¼d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"halfd","title":"George V · ½d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"1d","title":"George V · 1d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"2d-redesign","title":"George V · revised 2d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"2halfd","title":"George V · 2½d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"6d","title":"George V · 6d · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering"},{"key":"2s","title":"George V · 2/- · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"Value and watermark combination corroborated by Spink’s physical collection descriptions. Exact release day remains unverified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering; red ink"},{"key":"10s-shipwreck","title":"Saint Paul shipwreck · 10/- · SELF-GOVERNMENT","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922-03-09","review":"Date supported by Bonavia’s archival study; overprint type and condition are not certified. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering; red ink"}]},{"id":"1922-one-farthing","title":"One Farthing provisional","date":"1922","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A local surcharge supplied a farthing stamp using stock of the revised twopenny design.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (surcharge); De La Rue (base stamp)","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"One basic surcharge type; no plate, shade or surcharge errors included.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd-on-2d","title":"One Farthing on revised George V 2d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","review":"The specimen's surcharge reads One Farthing over the underlying 2d. Final value is ¼d, not ½d. The day-level date is supported by Corinphila's archived description and secondary chronology; a contemporary postal notice has not yet been inspected. Shade, plate and surcharge varieties remain outside this base record.","underlyingDenomination":"2d","date":"1922-04-15","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Neil Grover / Malta Study Circle, 1922 Self-Government UPU Specimens, 2011 — One Farthing on 2d","url":"https://www.maltastudycircle.net/articles/articles.asp?articleID=35"},{"title":"Corinphila auction 196, May 2015, printed p.324, lot 2137 — One Farthing on 2d, 15 April 1922","url":"https://f660b8feb5396b87e648727b5bf147a985cd65b2-customer-media.s3.amazonaws.com/PDF/8/196_Seiten_300-334_Lose%202019-2200.pdf"},{"title":"Big Blue collector specimen image — surcharge inscription directly inspected, 1922 farthing on 2d","url":"https://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2013/10/ClassicalStampsofMalta.html?m=0"}]}]},{"id":"1919-st-paul","title":"Saint Paul — Postage and Revenue reissue","date":"1919","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The earlier Shipwreck design returned with dual-purpose wording and Multiple Crown CA paper. A March 1919 use is recorded; no exact release date is asserted here.","sources":[{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia, Annus Paulinus 2008–2009: Saint Paul — A Protagonist in Maltese Philately, JMPS37(3), pp.15–17","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Postal Museum — Philately chronology","url":"https://www.maltapostalmuseum.com/index.php/philately-bottom-menu"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","perforation":"14"},"scope":"One documented high-value reissue only; no claim to a complete 1919 issue or year.","stamps":[{"key":"shipwreck","title":"Shipwreck of Saint Paul","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Black","review":"Source says earliest recorded date 6 March; this is not treated as an official issue date. Quantity estimates are not treated as confirmed print runs.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1919-st-paul-10s.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1919-st-paul-10s-thumb.webp","credit":"Government of Malta stamp; Smithsonian National Postal Museum / Arago scan, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Philafrenzy","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1919_stamp_of_Malta.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Saint Paul shipwreck composition, 10 SHILLINGS, black artwork and POSTAGE / REVENUE frame visibly match the 1919 basic design. This is not a portrait George V 2d; source label and inspected scan establish identity. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":296,"height":342,"sha256":"dacffec27d7569688ed6c88a42069c9b12b6fac40f638a6f4571f7ff24283710"}}]},{"id":"1922-melita","title":"Melita definitives — original issue and principal changes","date":"1922-08-01","theme":"Art","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Self-government was expressed through Maltese allegorical figures. This group follows the main values and later colour or watermark changes, while keeping minor shades outside its scope.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, Edward Caruana Dingli’s Melita stamps, PSM Journal 30(1), 2001, pp.3–7","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75425/1/JMPS30%281%29A1.pdf"},{"title":"Melita issue — secondary chronology cross-check","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melita_issue"},{"title":"Malta Postal Museum — Philately chronology","url":"https://www.maltapostalmuseum.com/index.php/philately-bottom-menu"},{"title":"M. E. Jetten, The £1 stamps of Malta, PSM magazine 1(3), autumn 1967, printed p.17 (full PDF p.19)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102622/1/JPSM1%283%29full.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"Eighteen standard entries across 1922–1926, including £1 watermark orientations. Minor shades, proofs, specimens, inverted watermarks and plate flaws excluded. Dates after the first five values are conservatively recorded by year.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd-brown","title":"Melita · ¼d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922","colour":"Brown","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-quarterd-brown.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-quarterd-brown-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller northstaffsstamps (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_%C2%BCd_brown.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita ¼d brown stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"3d6b530b696049efb062310a7c1980d1c1d731e6a8c2e2934ab38c7fd734f33e"}},{"key":"halfd-green","title":"Melita · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922-08-01","colour":"Green","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-halfd-green.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-halfd-green-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller stamps-certified-ok (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_%C2%BDd_green.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita ½d green stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"cf8db3f08bc1099c748fc48067bc111b88ea58fad318ecca996a3624f1d939f9"}},{"key":"1d-orange-purple","title":"Melita · 1d · Orange and purple","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922-08-01","colour":"Orange and purple","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1d-orange-purple.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1d-orange-purple-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller stamps-certified-ok (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_1d_orange_%26_purple.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita 1d orange & purple stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"96871c15d61457a980477216f859fed7d1581646c15bdddebe38ea1a25e1e6cf"}},{"key":"1d-violet","title":"Melita · 1d · Bright violet","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1924","colour":"Bright violet","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1d-violet.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1d-violet-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller middleenglandgirl (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1924_Melita_1d_bright_violet.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1924 Melita 1d bright violet stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"d1d91c468d525400e547e5a7aa3c2dee769b4548c4df6b726b130d2d42469838"}},{"key":"1halfd-brown-red","title":"Melita · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1923","colour":"Brown-red","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1halfd-brown-red.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1halfd-brown-red-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller 1st4stamps1840 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1923_Melita_1%C2%BDd_brown-red.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1923 Melita 1½d brown-red stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"757b7425eca9f663b428254117f1c8b09e4c8db1b38dc65e133e608018ceab73"}},{"key":"2d-bistre-turquoise","title":"Melita · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922","colour":"Bistre-brown and turquoise","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2d-bistre-turquoise.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2d-bistre-turquoise-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller 1st4stamps1840 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_2d_bistre-brown_%26_turquoise.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita 2d bistre-brown & turquoise stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"97c45bc39a3dd5e4e7959f0b6b08ecfdc0a0c0049bc6a318ad3baa01b720ed79"}},{"key":"2halfd-ultramarine","title":"Melita · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926","colour":"Ultramarine","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2halfd-ultramarine.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2halfd-ultramarine-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller 1st4stamps1840 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_2%C2%BDd_ultramarine.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita 2½d ultramarine stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"4349660b370b063b85a37aa7edcee52321300df32d239fd19387c77b94d8aa19"}},{"key":"3d-cobalt","title":"Melita · 3d · Cobalt","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922","colour":"Cobalt","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-3d-cobalt.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-3d-cobalt-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller dbenson (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_3d_cobalt.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita 3d cobalt stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"53f60394a210c92e3a5183be03736ff88e1ae43849e842acb0bab6e958be2681"}},{"key":"3d-black-yellow","title":"Melita · 3d · Black on yellow","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926","colour":"Black on yellow","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-3d-black-yellow.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-3d-black-yellow-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller northstaffsstamps (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_3d_black_on_yellow.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita 3d black on yellow stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"ab4241392ab35cd92465da9e9742fa52b987dd9f49a4aab42f7cdee0274834c7"}},{"key":"4d-yellow-blue","title":"Melita · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922","colour":"Yellow and bright blue","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-4d-yellow-blue.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-4d-yellow-blue-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller northstaffsstamps (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_4d_yellow_%26_bright_blue.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. 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Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita 2s brown & blue stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"04b4aa29ddc4b234f3a2fe4ffd8d1dfede8fca530a1548cc957b1b038f4f71f0"}},{"key":"2s6d-magenta-black","title":"Melita and Britannia · 2/6","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1922","colour":"Bright magenta and black","designer":"Gianni Vella","technique":"Typography","review":"Main design, value and listed variant supported; full technical specification and exact issue date need further primary-record checking.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2s6d-magenta-black.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-2s6d-magenta-black-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller northstaffsstamps (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_2s6d_bright_magenta_%26_black.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. 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Exact issue date and remaining technical specifications need further primary-record checking.","perforation":"14 comb","watermark":"Multiple Script CA, sideways","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1pound-sideways.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1922-melita-1pound-sideways-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1922_Melita_%C2%A31_black_%26_carmine-red.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. 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Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 3d black on yellow stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"79d48396febaca8076a746ae6ffb34483c2b4ca38059d8551dce03b61c2644ca"}},{"key":"4d-yellow-blue","title":"Melita · POSTAGE · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-4d-yellow-blue.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-4d-yellow-blue-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Edward Caruana Dingli (stamp designer) eBay seller dealingstamps (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_4d_yellow_%26_bright_blue.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. 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Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 6d olive-green & reddish violet stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"7335c01e56d488328dcc3e0f13384a631ecd922cb5989d50d9ebef09d5347bc0"}},{"key":"1s-indigo-sepia","title":"Melita and Britannia · POSTAGE · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Gianni Vella","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-1s-indigo-sepia.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-1s-indigo-sepia-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_1s_indigo_%26_sepia.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 1s indigo & sepia stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"c5957d1c24525b9a44acab758df8203730d5c9b12414b7065fdddfc43671eadf"}},{"key":"2s-brown-blue","title":"Melita and Britannia · POSTAGE · 2/-","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Gianni Vella","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-2s-brown-blue.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-2s-brown-blue-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_2s_brown_%26_blue.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 2s brown & blue stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"dcd1e6a0f369093181f08ae2914cf297ebc23d8efe5644767fbb961e5e553b99"}},{"key":"2s6d-magenta-black","title":"Melita and Britannia · POSTAGE · 2/6","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Gianni Vella","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-2s6d-magenta-black.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-2s6d-magenta-black-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_2s6d_bright_magenta_%26_black.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 2s6d bright magenta & black stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"c3f5134c2fdfc1622961a73ee5b40889f046efff0e5927eb9b74dc0819ad2a51"}},{"key":"5s-orange-ultramarine","title":"Melita and Britannia · POSTAGE · 5/-","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Gianni Vella","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-5s-orange-ultramarine.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-5s-orange-ultramarine-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_5s_orange-yellow_%26_bright_ultramarine.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1926 Melita Postage 5s orange-yellow & bright ultramarine stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"f7b7d9b2f1aa326b73a5cb8effe9dc7dc082d5014a503b5cd8ff989510f59d7c"}},{"key":"10s-slate-brown","title":"Melita and Britannia · POSTAGE · 10/-","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Gianni Vella","review":"Basic issued overprint type; exact shade and overprint setting require specimen-level identification.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-10s-slate-brown.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-postage-10s-slate-brown-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (stamp issuer) Gianni Vella (stamp designer) eBay seller lerou.uk2014 (scan)","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMalta_1926_Melita_Postage_10s_slate-grey_%26_brown.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan; source identifies issue, denomination and colour. 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The issue date is the start of release, not a shared date for all values.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd","title":"Shield · ¼d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-04-06","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Brown"},{"key":"halfd","title":"Shield · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-08-05","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Yellow-green"},{"key":"1d","title":"Shield · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1927-04-01","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Rose-red"},{"key":"1halfd","title":"Shield · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-10-07","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Chestnut"},{"key":"2d","title":"Shield · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1927-04-01","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Greenish-grey"},{"key":"2halfd","title":"Shield · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1927-04-01","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Blue"},{"key":"3d","title":"Shield · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1927-04-01","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Violet"},{"key":"4d","title":"Shield · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-04-06","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Black and red"},{"key":"4halfd","title":"Shield · 4½d","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-04-06","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Lavender and ochre"},{"key":"6d","title":"Shield · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1926-05-05","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","colour":"Scarlet"},{"key":"1s","title":"Grand Harbour · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","date":"1926","colour":"Black"},{"key":"1s6d","title":"Saint Publius statue · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","date":"1926","colour":"Black and green"},{"key":"2s","title":"Mdina · 2/-","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","date":"1926","colour":"Black and purple"},{"key":"2s6d","title":"Gozo boat · 2/6","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","date":"1926","colour":"Black and vermilion","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-gozo-boat-2s6d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-gozo-boat-2s6d-thumb.webp","credit":"UK/Malta Post Office (stamp); Gwillhickers / Commons, scan from eBay item 160480581777","rights":"Public domain — PD-UKGov expressly declared on exact Commons file page; colonial design published 1926","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_Gozo_boat-2-6.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan matching visible denomination/design; not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Exact source file page, author/source and explicit public-domain licence read before download; retained in research/nov5-image-rights-audit.json and associated parsed file-page receipts.","imageMatch":"Visible Gozo sailboat, 2/6 denomination, red frame and black vignette, and POSTAGE-only inscription match the original 1926 design. 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Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","colour":"Black and green"},{"key":"10s","title":"Saint Paul statue · 10/-","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","date":"1927-02-09","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. 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Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"halfd","title":"Shield · ½d · overprint","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"1d","title":"Shield · 1d · rose-red · POSTAGE AND REVENUE","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Original one-penny colour in the overprinted series. This is distinct from the later chestnut one-penny stamp.","colour":"Rose-red","sources":[{"title":"Malta: The Cinderella Set — illustrated original and changed colours, exhibit PDF pp.7–8","url":"https://stampssa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Malta-The-Cinderella-set.-KGV-1926-1936-optimize.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"4d","title":"Shield · 4d · overprint","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"4halfd","title":"Shield · 4½d · overprint","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"6d","title":"Shield · 6d · overprint","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"1s","title":"Grand Harbour · 1/- · overprint","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"1s6d","title":"Saint Publius statue · 1/6 · overprint","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"2s","title":"Mdina · 2/- · overprint","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"2s6d","title":"Gozo boat · 2/6 · overprint","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"3s","title":"Neptune statue · 3/- · overprint","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"5s","title":"Mnajdra temples · 5/- · overprint","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"10s","title":"Saint Paul statue · 10/- · overprint","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"1d-chestnut","title":"Shield · 1d · chestnut · POSTAGE AND REVENUE","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"unknown","dateRange":null,"colour":"Chestnut","verification":"Partially verified","review":"A distinct colour change, known with POSTAGE AND REVENUE overprint. The specialist exhibit ties the rate change to an announcement of 5 December 1928 but explicitly says the stamp's release date is unknown. The issue group's 1928 date must not be inherited as this stamp's proven year.","sources":[{"title":"Malta: The Cinderella Set — King George V 1926–1939, exhibit PDF p.8, changed-colour specimens and explicit unknown release-date note","url":"https://stampssa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Malta-The-Cinderella-set.-KGV-1926-1936-optimize.pdf"},{"title":"Andrew McClellan, Revenue Reverend — Malta, one-penny chestnut overprinted type","url":"https://www.revrevd.com/malta.html"}],"chronologyNote":"A rate change was announced on 5 December 1928; the specialist exhibit explicitly states the recolour release date is unknown. The issue date is only a series chronology anchor."},{"key":"1halfd-rose-red","title":"Shield · 1½d · rose-red · POSTAGE AND REVENUE","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","date":null,"datePrecision":"unknown","dateRange":null,"colour":"Rose-red","verification":"Partially verified","review":"A distinct colour change, known with POSTAGE AND REVENUE overprint. The specialist exhibit ties the rate change to an announcement of 5 December 1928 but explicitly says the stamp's release date is unknown. The issue group's 1928 date must not be inherited as this stamp's proven year.","sources":[{"title":"Malta: The Cinderella Set — King George V 1926–1939, exhibit PDF p.8, changed-colour specimens and explicit unknown release-date note","url":"https://stampssa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Malta-The-Cinderella-set.-KGV-1926-1936-optimize.pdf"},{"title":"Andrew McClellan, Revenue Reverend — Malta, three-halfpence rose-red overprinted type","url":"https://www.revrevd.com/malta.html"}],"chronologyNote":"A rate change was announced on 5 December 1928; the specialist exhibit explicitly states the recolour release date is unknown. The issue date is only a series chronology anchor."}]},{"id":"1930-postage-revenue","title":"George V — revised Postage and Revenue inscriptions","date":"1930-10-20","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Revised inscriptions incorporated dual-purpose use into the design itself. The series continued until the George VI replacement.","sources":[{"title":"Malta: The Cinderella Set — King George V 1926–1939; illustrated exhibit and Crown Agents Plate Register research","url":"https://stampssa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Malta-The-Cinderella-set.-KGV-1926-1936-optimize.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia, Annus Paulinus 2008–2009: Saint Paul — A Protagonist in Maltese Philately, JMPS37(3), pp.15–17","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Waterlow & Sons","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"Seventeen base values only. Shades, plate flaws, specimens and printing quantities excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"quarterd","title":"Shield · ¼d · revised inscription","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"halfd","title":"Shield · ½d · revised inscription","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"1d","title":"Shield · 1d · revised inscription","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"1halfd","title":"Shield · 1½d · revised inscription","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"2d","title":"Shield · 2d · revised inscription","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"2halfd","title":"Shield · 2½d · revised inscription","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"3d","title":"Shield · 3d · revised inscription","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-3d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-3d-thumb.webp","credit":"The National Archives of Malta; crop of stamp on Carmelo Borg Pisani passport application dated 6 July 1932; via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — Malta government artistic work published more than 70 years ago, explicitly declared by exact Commons file page; original design published 1930","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_postage_and_revenue_stamp_used_in_1932_-_(cropped).jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Cropped original document shows George V 3d with integral POSTAGE & REVENUE inscription, violet design and cancellation. This is a document fragment, not a complete-perforation specimen. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":201,"height":229,"sha256":"3d1572909069e086c9ad021c77423dee4579f699b4d4160a13e1a10373e085f4"}},{"key":"4d","title":"Shield · 4d · revised inscription","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"4halfd","title":"Shield · 4½d · revised inscription","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"6d","title":"Shield · 6d · revised inscription","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Typography","review":"Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned."},{"key":"1s","title":"Grand Harbour · 1/- · revised inscription","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-1s.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-1s-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Philafrenzy","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1930, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1926_1_shilling_stamp.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan. The Commons filename says 1926; the visible revised integral POSTAGE / REVENUE inscription matches the 1930 design.","evidence":"Commons filename says 1926, but its linked source identifies 1930 SG203; the visible integral POSTAGE / REVENUE frame, black harbour design and 1/- value match the 1930 record, not the 1926 POSTAGE-only type.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination and revised inscription match. Front scan does not authenticate watermark, perforation measurement or exact printing.","width":1001,"height":821,"sha256":"205f0e15c2bb7351a237a05f1c1c48e84a79b25a3769e349a4160c49d9cdae99"}},{"key":"1s6d","title":"Saint Publius statue · 1/6 · revised inscription","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"2s","title":"Mdina · 2/- · revised inscription","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"2s6d","title":"Gozo boat · 2/6 · revised inscription","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"3s","title":"Neptune statue · 3/- · revised inscription","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"5s","title":"Mnajdra temples · 5/- · revised inscription","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."},{"key":"10s","title":"Saint Paul statue · 10/- · revised inscription","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Recess printing","review":"Subject and value corroborated by specialist archival research. Shade and individual printing are outside this record."}]},{"id":"1935-silver-jubilee","title":"George V Silver Jubilee","date":"1935-05-06","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Malta joined the colonial Jubilee issue with a Windsor Castle design and royal portrait. Four basic values are represented here.","sources":[{"title":"Graham Pound, The Silver Jubilee Issue of 1935, JMPS37(1), 2008, pp.9–13","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70837/1/JMPS37%281%29A2.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.","designer":"H. Fleury","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"Complete four basic denominations; extra-flagstaff, lightning-conductor and other plate varieties excluded. Despatch quantities are not presented as issued quantities.","stamps":[{"key":"halfd","title":"Silver Jubilee · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Black and green","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1935-silver-jubilee-halfd-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1935-silver-jubilee-halfd-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":167,"top":84,"width":1288,"height":818},"width":960,"height":610,"sha256":"5d5ea5d32d6e721f5ddf2def1eeb65001b4b08b725ee61147a449d5603631abd"}},{"key":"2halfd","title":"Silver Jubilee · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Brown and deep blue"},{"key":"6d","title":"Silver Jubilee · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Light blue and olive-green"},{"key":"1s","title":"Silver Jubilee · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Partially verified","colour":"Slate and purple"}]},{"id":"1938-george-vi","title":"George VI pictorial definitives · original colours","date":"1938-02-17","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Fifteen values pair Maltese landmarks, sculpture and traditional dress with the new monarch. The farthing shows Grand Harbour with the royal monogram.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · Vol. 15 No. 5 (September–October 1964), p. 219","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society 37(3), pp. 17–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately · 1938 Grand Harbour ¼d","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/products/product/r380101qp"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately · 1938 Saint Publius 1s6d","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/products/product/r38011s6p"},{"title":"John M. Calleja, Antonius Manoel de Vilhena, JMPS30(2), August2001, specimen-study technical panels: printed pp6 and9","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 1: four George VI 2d stamps and line perforation","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Waterlow & Sons","technique":"Recess printing","watermark":"Multiple Script CA","perforation":"12½"},"scope":"All fifteen original values. Base issued design/value/colour combinations only. Printing flaws, shade gradations, specimens, proofs and other specialist varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Grand Harbour · GRI · Brown","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Maritime history","colour":"Brown","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-harbour-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-harbour-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":160,"top":1448,"width":769,"height":654},"width":769,"height":654,"sha256":"1cb086b7704fd9b1e4851f1866947693250dd56be0a7a69fca3ebeb838dfa98b"}},{"key":"angelo","title":"HMS St Angelo · Green","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Green","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-angelo-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-angelo-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":936,"top":2304,"width":877,"height":1013},"width":877,"height":1013,"sha256":"1ab896372b7cadd317ecbc81cc8730c2e203e615ab41f7bd5f25425a21f662af"}},{"key":"verdala","title":"Verdala Palace · Red-brown","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Red-brown","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-verdala-1d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-verdala-1d-thumb.webp","credit":"British colonial stamp artwork; scan by Stan Shebs, August 2005, via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_Malta_1938_1p.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Verdala Palace, George VI, 1d value and original red-brown colour visibly match; no SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint. Source identifies 1938. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":800,"height":721,"sha256":"2977dc65cbe663905c8438bc545b6785be3d8cc83711199615cf01ad1c1b66c6"}},{"key":"hypogeum","title":"Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum · Scarlet","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Scarlet","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-hypogeum-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-hypogeum-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":212,"top":3473,"width":870,"height":1016},"width":870,"height":1016,"sha256":"15176b27680c9676832f4ff952bc843226f78d66db051a885b317268905f63d1"}},{"key":"citadel","title":"Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Blue-black","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Blue-black","verification":"Verified","perforation":"12½ (line)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, explicitly assigns line 12.5 to the four 2d Citadel stamps discussed. This adds the perforation method to the previously recorded gauge; no new printing type or date is inferred.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-citadel-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-citadel-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":2137,"top":3612,"width":947,"height":898},"width":947,"height":898,"sha256":"9d6c3b466f69a78ec76da4954b57ddcb42004d9c2aa5702bfb9267faf8f69f9e"}},{"key":"lisle-adam","title":"De l’Isle Adam entering Mdina · Bright blue","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Heritage","colour":"Bright blue","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"st-john","title":"Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Violet","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Violet","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"mnajdra","title":"Mnajdra ruins · Olive-green and yellow-brown","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Olive-green and yellow-brown","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-mnajdra-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-mnajdra-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":950,"top":4792,"width":929,"height":908},"width":929,"height":908,"sha256":"7c0a7ea4f99ba63e0e2915d88e0d08310766beaf37bad4f9a83fac06601cb870"}},{"key":"vilhena","title":"Statue of Manoel de Vilhena · Olive-green and scarlet","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Art","colour":"Olive-green and scarlet","verification":"Verified","gum":"Gum arabic","perforation":"12½ (line)","watermark":"Multiple Script CA, upwards","review":"The specimen-study technical panel identifies gum arabic, line perforation and an upward watermark orientation. These are value-specific observations for the 6d Vilhena stamp, not specifications inferred for other denominations.","designer":"Waterlow & Sons; royal portrait after Bertram Park","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-vilhena-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-vilhena-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":3797,"top":4722,"width":842,"height":1002},"width":842,"height":1002,"sha256":"d8a1f5caa6565063892c7243f619fad2e5356a3756495f60684275bb97fbf8bb"}},{"key":"faldetta","title":"Maltese woman wearing a faldetta · Black","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Culture","colour":"Black","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-faldetta-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1938-george-vi-faldetta-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":4642,"top":4726,"width":905,"height":1013},"width":905,"height":1013,"sha256":"2faaf14fd2af16fb1d863cb6a6ffe92dc27fdf2616ac4dd70d5736406837659c"}},{"key":"publius","title":"Saint Publius · Black and olive-green","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Religion","colour":"Black and olive-green","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"mdina","title":"Mdina Cathedral · Green and deep blue","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Green and deep blue","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"neptune","title":"Statue of Neptune · Black and scarlet","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Art","colour":"Black and scarlet","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"palace","title":"Palace Square, Valletta · Black and blue-green","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Black and blue-green","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"paul","title":"Saint Paul · Black and carmine","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Religion","colour":"Black and carmine","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1943-george-vi-colours","title":"George VI pictorial definitives · new colours","date":"1943-03-08","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six low values retain their pictorial subjects while adopting a revised colour scheme. These are distinct issued colour versions of the earlier designs.","sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · Vol. 15 No. 5 (September–October 1964), p. 219","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"MaltaPost Philately · 1943 recolour record, 8 March 1943","url":"https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/products/product/r430102hp"},{"title":"Gozo Philatelic Society Newsletter 71 · Cittadella stamp chronology, p. 7","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/28416/1/GPSN%2071.pdf"},{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 1: four George VI 2d stamps and line perforation","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Waterlow & Sons","technique":"Recess printing","watermark":"Multiple Script CA","perforation":"12½"},"scope":"All six colour changes. Base issued design/value/colour combinations only. Printing flaws, shade gradations, specimens, proofs and other specialist varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"angelo","title":"HMS St Angelo · Red-brown","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Red-brown","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"verdala","title":"Verdala Palace · Green","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Green","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-verdala-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-verdala-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":1851,"top":2412,"width":960,"height":908},"width":960,"height":908,"sha256":"a53f4d0b453f4b831634939877ae2631aea51caa7c0c6004405ddd1f6f7b54e9"}},{"key":"hypogeum","title":"Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum · Blue-black","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Blue-black","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-hypogeum-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-hypogeum-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":3838,"top":2342,"width":877,"height":995},"width":877,"height":995,"sha256":"dc8862da6412a34028145eea67b409a5e8da3a79dcedf5f297fe05fec897bae1"}},{"key":"citadel","title":"Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Scarlet","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Scarlet","verification":"Verified","perforation":"12½ (line)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, explicitly assigns line 12.5 to the four 2d Citadel stamps discussed. This adds the perforation method to the previously recorded gauge; no new printing type or date is inferred.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-citadel-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-citadel-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":1107,"top":3609,"width":974,"height":901},"width":960,"height":888,"sha256":"9d902b68b61cdb544108a2bc3e233c32b1ac7e0c53dcb4afed6815ffc05fe133"}},{"key":"lisle-adam","title":"De l’Isle Adam entering Mdina · Violet","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Heritage","colour":"Violet","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-lisle-adam-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-lisle-adam-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":4148,"top":3609,"width":960,"height":901},"width":960,"height":901,"sha256":"580fa6fd9bdcf3ab63d44385622dd4bbcd0fdacbdd78968f23c4fe83cc537c45"}},{"key":"st-john","title":"Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Bright blue","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Bright blue","verification":"Verified","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-st-john-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1943-george-vi-colours-st-john-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. A front crop does not establish invisible watermark or printing identity.","crop":{"left":56,"top":4698,"width":880,"height":1027},"width":880,"height":1027,"sha256":"3d78aa78a5364a14ef68bc3fa50e9dff8a47ddad78b6056da3322556300e41e5"}}]},{"id":"1948-self-government","title":"Self-Government 1947 · pictorial overprints","date":"1948-11-25","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The current pictorial definitives received a diagonal overprint marking restored self-government. Red and black lettering were selected for different underlying colours.","sources":[{"title":"The Postage Stamps of Malta, The Canadian Philatelist 15(5), September–October 1964, printed p.219 / PDF p.25: 1948 overprint direction, red ink and quarterpenny lettering","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society 37(3), pp. 17–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"John M. Calleja, Antonius Manoel de Vilhena, JMPS30(2), August2001, specimen-study technical panels: printed pp6 and9","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75474/1/JMPS30%282%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 1: four George VI 2d stamps and line perforation","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Waterlow & Sons","technique":"Recess printing","watermark":"Multiple Script CA","perforation":"12½"},"scope":"All fifteen original overprinted values, using the six 1943 colours where applicable. Base issued design/value/colour combinations only. Printing flaws, shade gradations, specimens, proofs and other specialist varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"harbour","title":"Grand Harbour · GRI · Brown · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Maritime history","colour":"Brown","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards; smaller lettering","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. It also distinguishes the quarterpenny as using smaller overprint lettering than the other values. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"angelo","title":"HMS St Angelo · Red-brown · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Red-brown","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading upwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading upwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"verdala","title":"Verdala Palace · Green · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Green","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1948-verdala-self-government-1d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1948-verdala-self-government-1d-thumb.webp","credit":"Postal administration for Malta; original-stamp scan uploaded by Katharinaiv to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLT_1948_MiNr0201_pmB002.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Green Verdala Palace 1d bears the diagonal black SELF-GOVERNMENT / 1947 overprint. File-page summary dates this overprinted issue 1948; a stray 1938 metadata date is not used to change catalogue chronology. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":1108,"height":974,"sha256":"9c8dbcf601e89a10f5925ca8b02ae439a569b1b1194f98b38c4864469ff39823"}},{"key":"hypogeum","title":"Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum · Blue-black · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Blue-black","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards; red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards, in red ink. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"citadel","title":"Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Scarlet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Scarlet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","perforation":"12½ (line)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, explicitly assigns line 12.5 to the four 2d Citadel stamps discussed. This adds the perforation method to the previously recorded gauge; no new printing type or date is inferred. The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"lisle-adam","title":"De l’Isle Adam entering Mdina · Violet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Heritage","colour":"Violet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards; red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards, in red ink. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"st-john","title":"Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Bright blue · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Bright blue","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards; red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards, in red ink. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"mnajdra","title":"Mnajdra ruins · Olive-green and yellow-brown · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Olive-green and yellow-brown","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"vilhena","title":"Statue of Manoel de Vilhena · Olive-green and scarlet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Art","colour":"Olive-green and scarlet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","gum":"Gum arabic","perforation":"12½ (line)","watermark":"Multiple Script CA, upwards","review":"The specimen-study technical panel identifies gum arabic, line perforation and an upward watermark orientation. These are value-specific observations for the 6d Vilhena stamp, not specifications inferred for other denominations. The typographic process describes the SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint; the underlying recess-printed design remains distinguished. The existing 25 November 1948 date is retained: the panel and pictured first-day cover support 1948, while a later narrative paragraph mistakenly says 1947. The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type.","technique":"Recess printing; typographic overprint"},{"key":"faldetta","title":"Maltese woman wearing a faldetta · Black · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Culture","colour":"Black","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"publius","title":"Saint Publius · Black and olive-green · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Religion","colour":"Black and olive-green","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"mdina","title":"Mdina Cathedral · Green and deep blue · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Green and deep blue","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards; red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards, in red ink. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"neptune","title":"Statue of Neptune · Black and scarlet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Art","colour":"Black and scarlet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"palace","title":"Palace Square, Valletta · Black and blue-green · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Black and blue-green","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading upwards; red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading upwards, in red ink. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."},{"key":"paul","title":"Saint Paul · Black and carmine · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"10/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Religion","colour":"Black and carmine","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — diagonal, reading downwards","overprintColour":"Black","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly describes this denomination's diagonal SELF-GOVERNMENT overprint as reading downwards. This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type."}]},{"id":"1953-self-government-colours","title":"Self-Government 1947 · new colours","date":"1953-01-08","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six overprinted values appeared in revised colours while Malta awaited its new Elizabeth II definitives. The stamps retain the George VI pictorial designs.","sources":[{"title":"The Postage Stamps of Malta, The Canadian Philatelist 15(5), September–October 1964, printed p.219 / PDF p.25: red overprint on the 1953 1d, 3d and 4½d recolours","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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Printing flaws, shade gradations, specimens, proofs and other specialist varieties excluded.","stamps":[{"key":"verdala","title":"Verdala Palace · Grey · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Grey","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly names the red overprint on this 1953 recoloured denomination. Its existing red-ink metadata is made visible in the overprint description; reading direction is not inferred from the separate 1948 issue."},{"key":"hypogeum","title":"Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum · Green · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Green","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947","overprintColour":"Black"},{"key":"citadel","title":"Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Yellow-ochre · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Yellow-ochre","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947","overprintColour":"Black","perforation":"12½ (line)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, explicitly assigns line 12.5 to the four 2d Citadel stamps discussed. This adds the perforation method to the previously recorded gauge; no new printing type or date is inferred."},{"key":"lisle-adam","title":"De l’Isle Adam entering Mdina · Scarlet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Heritage","colour":"Scarlet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947","overprintColour":"Black"},{"key":"st-john","title":"Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Violet · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Architecture","colour":"Violet","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly names the red overprint on this 1953 recoloured denomination. Its existing red-ink metadata is made visible in the overprint description; reading direction is not inferred from the separate 1948 issue."},{"key":"mnajdra","title":"Mnajdra ruins · Olive-green and bright blue · Self-Government 1947","denomination":"4½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","theme":"Archaeology","colour":"Olive-green and bright blue","verification":"Verified","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT 1947 — red ink","overprintColour":"Red","review":"The 1964 Canadian Philatelist study explicitly names the red overprint on this 1953 recoloured denomination. Its existing red-ink metadata is made visible in the overprint description; reading direction is not inferred from the separate 1948 issue."}]},{"id":"1964-independence","title":"Independence commemoratives","date":"1964-09-21","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six dove designs mark independence. The commission and surviving specimens document the complete basic issue; specialist varieties are excluded.","sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · 50th Anniversary of Independence, JMPS 43(2), 2014, pp. 3–14","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/64890"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona","printer":"Harrison & Sons"},"scope":"All six basic denominations, verified against illustrated specimens on printed pages 6–14; no claim to a complete 1964 year. Paper, measurements, quantities and perforation are left unknown pending bulletin verification.","stamps":[{"key":"twopence","title":"Independence · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"threepence","title":"Independence · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"sixpence","title":"Independence · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"shilling","title":"Independence · one shilling","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"one-six","title":"Independence · one shilling sixpence","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"two-six","title":"Independence · two shillings sixpence","denomination":"2/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-royal-visit","title":"Royal Visit 1967","date":"1967-11-13","theme":"Heritage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three Emvin Cremona designs record the Queen’s visit to independent Malta. The issue presents a portrait, ceremonial robes and the islands’ outline.","sources":[{"title":"Carmel Bonnici · British Monarchs on Maltese Stamps, The Melite Post 4 (2017), p. 3","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/32001/1/The%20Melite%20Post%204.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"All three basic stamps described in the specialist account; printing, paper and format details remain unverified. No complete-year claim.","stamps":[{"key":"queen-arms","title":"Elizabeth II and Malta’s coat of arms","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"queen-robes","title":"Elizabeth II · ceremonial robes","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"malta-outline","title":"Outline of Malta","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1967-apostles","title":"Martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul · 1900th anniversary","date":"1967-06-28","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Cremona’s dark-backed compositions connect the martyrs through three designs: Saint Peter, an open Bible with emblems, and Saint Paul.","sources":[{"title":"Mario Casingena · St. Peter & St. Paul — 1950 years, The Melite Post 4 (2017), p. 6","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/32001/1/The%20Melite%20Post%204.pdf"}],"technical":{"designer":"Emvin Cremona"},"scope":"Three base designs described by the source; proofs, shades and technical printing details are not enumerated.","stamps":[{"key":"peter","title":"The crucifixion of Saint Peter","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Chestnut and Venetian red","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"bible","title":"Open Bible and episcopal emblems","denomination":"8d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Yellow-olive and gold","verification":"Verified"},{"key":"paul","title":"The beheading of Saint Paul","denomination":"3/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Bluish green","verification":"Verified"}]},{"id":"1937-coronation","title":"Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth","date":"1937-05-12","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three stamps mark the coronation with a shared royal portrait design.","sources":[{"title":"Carmel Bonnici · British Monarchs on Maltese Stamps (2), The Melite Post 3 (2017), pp. 3 and 5","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/28103/1/The%20Melite%20Post%203%20-%20June%202017.pdf"},{"title":"Paul Voller collection · 1937 Coronation omnibus, Malta section","url":"https://www.pvoller.net/new_stamps/ww2/coronation/coronation.php"}],"technical":{"designer":"De La Rue"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value/colour combinations in this commemorative group. Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"half","title":"George VI and Queen Elizabeth · Green","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Green","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1937-coronation-half-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1937-coronation-half-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. 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Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"one","title":"Houses of Parliament and George VI · Green","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Green","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1946-victory-one-album.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1946-victory-one-album-thumb.webp","credit":"British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_stamps.jpg","type":"Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Source identifies original stamps as 1956 and earlier, British Government author, scan of originals, uploaded by Philafrenzy; exact file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination, colour family and absence/presence of overprint checked against catalogue record. 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Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"mercury","title":"Mercury and transport · Violet","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Violet","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1949-upu-mercury.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1949-upu-mercury-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta government (stamp); mechanical scan sourced from Colnect, uploaded by Matsievsky to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly declared on the exact Commons file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1949_Mi_216_stamp_(75th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Mercury,_globe_and_envelope).jpg","type":"Colour scan of the specified 1949 UPU denomination/design; front image does not authenticate watermark, perforation or paper","evidence":"Exact Commons source page identifies the 1949 UPU subject, Malta government author and Colnect scan source; its Licensing section explicitly carries PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible UPU subject, face value and colour family checked against this record; 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its Licensing section explicitly carries PD-UKGov and worldwide Crown copyright expiry.","imageMatch":"Visible UPU subject, face value and colour family checked against this record; no watermark, paper, printing or shade authentication claimed.","width":969,"height":743,"sha256":"f37516d9c42e17d98677a105263decb304e93905cabbca900f1b59c129083de4"}},{"key":"messenger","title":"Mercury seated on a globe · Carmine-red","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Carmine-red","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1949-upu-messenger.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1949-upu-messenger-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta government (stamp); mechanical scan sourced from Colnect, uploaded by Matsievsky to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly declared on the exact Commons file page","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1949_Mi_218_stamp_(75th_anniversary_of_the_UPU._Mercury_scatters_envelopes_over_globe).jpg","type":"Colour scan of the specified 1949 UPU denomination/design; 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Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"one","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · Green","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Green"},{"key":"three","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · Violet","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Violet"},{"key":"shilling","title":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · Black","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Black"}]},{"id":"1953-coronation","title":"Coronation of Elizabeth II","date":"1953-06-03","theme":"Historical figures","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Malta’s single contribution to the Commonwealth coronation issue.","sources":[{"title":"Carmel Bonnici · British Monarchs on Maltese Stamps (2), The Melite Post 3 (2017), pp. 3 and 5","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/28103/1/The%20Melite%20Post%203%20-%20June%202017.pdf"},{"title":"John V. 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Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"one-half","title":"Elizabeth II · Coronation · Black and green","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Black and green","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1953-coronation-one-half.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1953-coronation-one-half-thumb.webp","credit":"British colonial stamp artwork; Pygar1954, own-work front reproduction via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — PD-UKGov expressly declared on exact Commons file page; original government stamp design published 1953, over 70 years before this review","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Coronation-Stamp-1953.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan matching visible denomination/design; not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication","evidence":"Exact source file page, author/source and explicit public-domain licence read before download; retained in research/nov5-image-rights-audit.json and associated parsed file-page receipts.","imageMatch":"Elizabeth II portrait, CORONATION / 2ND JUNE 1953, MALTA, 1½d and black/green design visibly match this single stamp issue. 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Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"three","title":"Elizabeth II and Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Violet","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Violet"}]},{"id":"1954-immaculate-conception","title":"Immaculate Conception · dogma centenary","date":"1954-09-08","theme":"Religion","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Three values reproduce the principal altarpiece of the collegiate parish church at Cospicua.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech · Religion on Malta Stamps, Part II, JMPS 9(2), p. 9","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83893/1/JMPS9%282%29A1.pdf"},{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 219 and 221","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Museums Department · Annual Report 1954–55, p. 172 · complete commemorative set received","url":"https://schmalta.mt/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1954-1955.pdf"},{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 4: 1954 Marian issue paper and perforation","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"}],"technical":{"printer":"Harrison & Sons","technique":"Photogravure","watermark":"Multiple Script CA"},"scope":"All 3 basic issued design/value/colour combinations in this commemorative group. Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.","stamps":[{"key":"one-half","title":"Cospicua altarpiece · Immaculate Conception · Emerald","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Emerald","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"14.6 × 13.7 (single comb; reported measurement)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 4, explicitly describes all three 1954 Marian stamps as chalk-surfaced with 14.6 × 13.7 single-comb perforation. These reported measurements await independent physical confirmation; they do not establish a second printing or replace this stamp’s date."},{"key":"three","title":"Cospicua altarpiece · Immaculate Conception · Bright blue","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Bright blue","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"14.6 × 13.7 (single comb; reported measurement)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 4, explicitly describes all three 1954 Marian stamps as chalk-surfaced with 14.6 × 13.7 single-comb perforation. These reported measurements await independent physical confirmation; they do not establish a second printing or replace this stamp’s date."},{"key":"shilling","title":"Cospicua altarpiece · Immaculate Conception · Grey-black","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","verification":"Verified","colour":"Grey-black","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"14.6 × 13.7 (single comb; reported measurement)","review":"Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 4, explicitly describes all three 1954 Marian stamps as chalk-surfaced with 14.6 × 13.7 single-comb perforation. 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Séfi XII says 14 × 12½ or vice versa; its reference-list 12 × 14 omits the half, while XIV explicitly gives 12½ × 14. Bonnici later records only 14 × 12½ for both supplies. No exact first appearance, particular shade or measured modern specimen is asserted. A physical gauge check is essential; an ordinary 14 × 12½ image does not authenticate this orientation.","year":null,"yearStart":1878,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1901-farthing-watermark-inverted-harbour","issueId":"1901-farthing-watermark-inverted","issueTitle":"Harbour farthing · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing with its sideways watermark inverted relative to the normal arrangement.","issueReview":"The 1901 group heading anchors the base design. The collectible's first appearance is unknown within its explicit documentary bounds.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: inverted, reversed, and inverted-and-reversed watermark states","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, sideways and inverted","perforation":"14","key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · inverted watermark","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","review":"Séfi distinguishes inverted watermark sheets from reversed and inverted-and-reversed sheets. The lower bound is the 1901 single-Crown-CA issue; the upper bound is documentation in 1913. These are evidence bounds, not a continuous-production range or a known first-sale year. No shade, gum or plate identity is inferred. The watermark state requires reverse inspection; any ordinary front illustration is design-only.","year":null,"yearStart":1901,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1901-farthing-watermark-reversed-harbour","issueId":"1901-farthing-watermark-reversed","issueTitle":"Harbour farthing · reversed Crown CA watermark","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing with the watermark reversed, a state separately described by Séfi.","issueReview":"1901 is the base-design anchor, not an asserted first-sale year for the variety.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: reversed watermark sheets","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, sideways and reversed","perforation":"14","key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · reversed watermark","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","review":"Séfi explicitly reports reversal as a separate state on the original paper. The date range bounds first possible base availability and known existence by the 1913 handbook; it does not establish a printing period. No corresponding multiple-watermark variety is inferred. Front-only illustrations cannot identify reversal; reverse examination remains necessary.","year":null,"yearStart":1901,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1901-farthing-watermark-inverted-reversed-harbour","issueId":"1901-farthing-watermark-inverted-reversed","issueTitle":"Harbour farthing · inverted and reversed Crown CA watermark","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The combined inverted-and-reversed watermark state expressly recorded for the original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing.","issueReview":"The first appearance remains unknown. The 1901 heading identifies the base issue; the individual range carries the uncertainty.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII, printed p. 32: combined inverted-and-reversed watermark","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/33"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, sideways, inverted and reversed","perforation":"14","key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · watermark inverted and reversed","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","review":"Séfi explicitly includes the combined state, so its existence is not deduced merely by combining inversion with reversal. The bounds mean base availability in 1901 and documentary existence by 1913, not uninterrupted production. Particular shades, dates, gum and plate assignments remain unestablished. Reverse inspection is required to authenticate the combined state.","year":null,"yearStart":1901,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1885-halfpenny-watermark-malformed-c-halfpenny","issueId":"1885-halfpenny-watermark-malformed-c","issueTitle":"Queen Victoria ½d · malformed C in CA watermark","date":null,"period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A watermark-form variety in which the C of CA bends round to resemble a small O, expressly described on the 1885 halfpenny.","issueReview":"The 1885 heading anchors the base design only. The individual stamp's bounded date does not claim that the defective watermark was issued in 1885.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: malformed C of CA on the halfpenny","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913).pdf/29"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, malformed C resembling O","perforation":"14","key":"halfpenny","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · CA watermark C resembling O","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark form variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-halfpenny","review":"Séfi specifically assigns the malformed watermark to the halfpenny: the C of CA is bent into an O-like form. This is a defect of the watermark shape, not a different printed inscription, new denomination or separately named paper issue. Bounds are base availability in 1885 and known existence by the 1913 handbook, not a dated production sequence. Watermark orientation, shade, gum and first appearance are unestablished; ordinary front illustrations cannot authenticate the defect.","year":null,"yearStart":1885,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1893-fourpence-imperforate-fourpence","issueId":"1893-fourpence-imperforate","issueTitle":"Queen Victoria 4d · imperforate issued variety","date":"1893","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"An imperforate sheet of the brown fourpence was found at Valletta Post Office in 1893. This is an issued variety of the 1885 design.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 27: issued imperforate fourpence","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"verification":"Partially verified","perforation":"Imperforate","watermark":"Crown CA","key":"fourpence","title":"Queen Victoria 4d brown · imperforate","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"year","colour":"Brown","format":"Issued imperforate variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-fourpence","review":"Séfi reports discovery at Valletta Post Office on 16 December 1893, one issued sheet of 120 stamps, and his own sight of an unsevered block. The catalogue uses the documented discovery year, not an invented exact first-sale day. Discovery date is not claimed as the original release date. No surviving-population estimate or expert authentication of a modern specimen is supplied.","dateBasis":"discovery","year":1893,"yearStart":1893,"yearEnd":1893,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1901-farthing-imperf-bottom-harbour","issueId":"1901-farthing-imperf-bottom","issueTitle":"Harbour farthing · omitted lower gutter perforation","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A missing inter-pane perforation line leaves an extra-wide attached margin below a row of single-Crown-CA harbour farthings.","issueReview":"The issue-year heading anchors the original design, not the first occurrence of the error. The individual stamp carries an explicit bounded unknown date.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII: E. B. Evans and W. R. Gatt on omitted gutter perforation lines","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, sideways","perforation":"14; lower gutter-edge perforation omitted","key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · imperforate at bottom with extra-wide margin","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1901,"end":1913},"format":"Omitted marginal perforation","varietyOf":"mt-1901-farthing-harbour","review":"Séfi quotes Evans describing omission of one of the two perforation lines bordering the inter-pane gap. Gatt specifically observed single-watermark stamps with the extra margin below. The range means no earlier than the 1901 base issue and documented by the 1913 handbook; it is not a continuous-production period or an established first year. The source allows the possibility of other orientations, but none is invented here. Attached margin and reverse watermark require physical authentication.","year":null,"yearStart":1901,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1905-farthing-imperf-top-harbour","issueId":"1905-farthing-imperf-top","issueTitle":"Harbour farthing · omitted upper gutter perforation","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A missing inter-pane perforation line leaves an extra-wide attached margin above a row of multiple-Crown-CA harbour farthings.","issueReview":"The 1905 heading anchors the multiple-watermark farthing design; the individual variety's first-sale year is unknown.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVIII: E. B. Evans and W. R. Gatt on omitted gutter perforation lines","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","perforation":"14; upper gutter-edge perforation omitted","key":"harbour","title":"Valletta Harbour ¼d · imperforate at top with extra-wide margin","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1905,"end":1913},"format":"Omitted marginal perforation","varietyOf":"mt-1904-multiple-ca-farthing","review":"Gatt's reported multiple-watermark examples have the extra-wide margin above, caused by an omitted line alongside the inter-pane gap. The lower bound is the 1905 introduction of this farthing on multiple-watermark paper; the upper bound is documentation in 1913. These are evidence bounds, not a known release interval. An ordinary stamp with cut-down or detached margin cannot authenticate the variety.","year":null,"yearStart":1905,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1885-halfpenny-watermark-inverted-halfpenny","issueId":"1885-halfpenny-watermark-inverted","issueTitle":"Queen Victoria ½d · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":null,"period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The halfpenny of the 1885 definitive family with its Crown CA watermark inverted relative to the stamp design.","issueReview":"1885 is the base-design anchor only. The individual date is bounded by base availability and the handbook publication.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: inverted-watermark halfpenny and shilling","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, inverted","perforation":"14","key":"halfpenny","title":"Queen Victoria ½d · inverted watermark","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-halfpenny","review":"Séfi explicitly reports this inverted-watermark value. The range does not establish a release year or continuous printing: it spans the base issue's availability to the latest documentary bound, the 1913 handbook. No particular green shade or gum is assigned. A front-only illustration cannot authenticate the reverse watermark.","year":null,"yearStart":1885,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1885-shilling-watermark-inverted-shilling","issueId":"1885-shilling-watermark-inverted","issueTitle":"Queen Victoria 1/- · inverted Crown CA watermark","date":null,"period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The one-shilling 1885 design on paper bearing the Crown CA watermark inverted relative to the printed design.","issueReview":"1885 is the base-design anchor only. This is neither a new denomination nor a proven 1885 release of the variety.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XV, printed p. 28: inverted-watermark shilling","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XV.—The_Issue_of_1885."}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA, inverted","perforation":"14","key":"shilling","title":"Queen Victoria 1/- · inverted watermark","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1885,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1885-victoria-shilling","review":"Séfi explicitly distinguishes the inverted-watermark shilling from an imperforate example he regarded as a proof. The evidence bounds are 1885 base availability and known existence by the 1913 handbook; first appearance is unresolved. No violet shade is inferred, and reverse inspection is required.","year":null,"yearStart":1885,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1886-five-shillings-watermark-inverted-five-shillings","issueId":"1886-five-shillings-watermark-inverted","issueTitle":"Queen Victoria 5/- · inverted Crown CC watermark","date":null,"period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The large-format five-shilling Victoria stamp with inverted Crown CC watermark.","issueReview":"The base stamp was introduced in 1886. No exact first appearance of the inverted-watermark variety is asserted.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XVI, printed pp. 28–29: five-shilling inverted watermark and Crown CC reference list","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XVI.—The_Five_Shilling_Value."}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CC, inverted","perforation":"14","key":"five-shillings","title":"Queen Victoria 5/- · inverted watermark","denomination":"5/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1886,"end":1913},"format":"Watermark orientation variety","varietyOf":"mt-1886-five-shillings-five-shillings","review":"Séfi explicitly records inverted-watermark specimens and lists Crown CC for this issue. His prose says the paper remained the same as the lower values, an imprecise statement not allowed to override the explicit Crown CC reference list or the existing base record. The bounds mean base availability in 1886 and documented existence by 1913, not continuous production or a proven first-sale interval. Reverse-watermark authentication remains open.","year":null,"yearStart":1886,"yearEnd":1913,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1902-one-pnney-error-provisional","issueId":"1902-one-pnney-error","issueTitle":"One Pnney · constant surcharge error","date":"1902-07-04","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A transposed-letter error in the local penny surcharge occurs once in each pane. This specialist entry is separate from the ordinary One Penny provisional.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XIX, pp34–35: surcharge setting and One Pnney error","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XIX.—The_“One_Penny”_Provisional."},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Crown CA","perforation":"14","printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (surcharge)","sheetSize":"120 stamps in two panes of 60; each pane surcharged separately","key":"provisional","title":"One Pnney on Queen Victoria 2½d","denomination":"1d","underlyingDenomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"day","varietyOf":"mt-1902-one-penny-provisional","overprint":"ONE PNNEY","format":"Constant surcharge error","colour":"Blue shades","quantity":12000,"review":"Séfi records the error at the second stamp from the left in the second row from the bottom of each pane, and reports 12,000 error stamps among 720,000 surcharged stamps. The reported total is historical, not a current census. The surcharge issue date is supported; no particular gum or shade is inferred for the illustrated example.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1902-one-pnney-error-provisional.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1902-one-pnney-error-provisional-thumb.webp","credit":"Alexander Joseph Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913); centre stamp cropped from contemporary corner-block illustration via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons source declares PD-scan / PD-old, 1913 publication; author Alexander Joseph Séfi died 1934","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta_(1913)_-_One_Penny_provisional_corner_block.png","type":"Monochrome 1913 handbook illustration of the centre ONE PNNEY error; original stamp is blue. Not a colour specimen scan; expert authentication is not supplied.","evidence":"Commons description and Séfi chapter XIX explicitly identify the centre stamp of this corner block as ONE PNNEY. The exact centre crop preserves the printed error without synthetic relettering. Whole block original and checksum remain in research; adjacent normal stamps establish the comparison context.","imageMatch":"The transposed PNNEY lettering is visibly present over TWO PENCE HALF PENNY. The historical illustration supports the documented variety; it does not certify a modern specimen, exact shade, gum or reverse watermark.","crop":{"left":437,"top":326,"width":246,"height":292},"width":246,"height":292,"sha256":"42eba991d9b3bc661106f3cdb07a565bff0493979415f30c232c5d52fe0484f7"},"year":1902,"yearStart":1902,"yearEnd":1902,"imageRights":"Public domain — exact Commons source declares PD-scan / PD-old, 1913 publication; author Alexander Joseph Séfi died 1934","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1926-melita-inverted-postage-three-pence","issueId":"1926-melita-inverted-postage","issueTitle":"Melita · inverted POSTAGE · documented major variety","date":"1926","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The 3d Melita with inverted POSTAGE is a documented major variety with a disputed production and counter-sale history. It later became the subject of a parliamentary investigation.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Albert Ganado, The Melita 3d POSTAGE inverted, archival investigation, JMPS38(2),2009,pp3–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69836/1/JMPS38%282%29A1.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Edward Caruana Dingli","colour":"Black on yellow","key":"three-pence","title":"Melita · 3d · inverted POSTAGE","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"year","varietyOf":"mt-1926-melita-postage-3d-black-yellow","overprint":"POSTAGE inverted","format":"Inverted overprint","review":"Ganado examines archival testimony and conflicting accounts of the overprint. The 1926 year attribution is retained without assigning the ordinary issue’s 1 April date to this variety. Quantity, first counter-sale day and specimen authentication remain unconfirmed; the illustration is not an expert certificate.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1926-melita-inverted-postage-three-pence.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1926-melita-inverted-postage-three-pence-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Post Office (issuer); Edward Caruana Dingli (designer); Corbitts Ltd (scan), 2017 auction; uploaded by Xwejnusgozo to Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this 1926 government artwork and reproduction; historical artwork is more than 70 years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1926_Melita_Postage_3d_black_on_yellow_overprint_inverted.jpg","type":"Authentic scan showing inverted POSTAGE on the black-on-yellow 3d Melita. Expert authentication is not supplied.","evidence":"Original 643 × 779 scan visually inspected: inverted POSTAGE overprint, 3d values and black-on-yellow Melita visible. Exact file-page author, original auction source and PD-UKGov permission audited. Its 1 April 1926 date is not evidence of this variety’s exact first sale or production history and is not imported as catalogue chronology.","imageMatch":"Visible overprint orientation and denomination match the documented major variety. This front illustration does not establish expert authentication, watermark, provenance chain or whether a particular printing circumstance was authorised.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"0f3e690a3c37fb6f987c3032779a3510304f96ba57875448ae981436af72e848"},"year":1926,"yearStart":1926,"yearEnd":1926,"imageRights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this 1926 government artwork and reproduction; historical artwork is more than 70 years old","inventoryIds":["selected-major-varieties"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-provisional-halfpenny","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-provisional","issueTitle":"Postage dues · provisional imperforate numerals","date":"1925-04-16","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten locally printed provisional denominations on unwatermarked wove paper, with paper colour distinguishing value groups.","issueReview":"All ten values are attributed to 16 April 1925 in the specimen study. Imperforate status is intrinsic to the original issue; tête-bêche arrangements or plate flaws are not additional basic stamps.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta","technique":"Typography","perforation":"Imperforate","watermark":"None","key":"halfpenny","title":"Provisional postage due · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-halfpenny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-halfpenny-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible ½d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. Front illustration does not authenticate wove-paper structure, gum, print setting, authenticity or exact first day.","width":90,"height":93,"sha256":"4136f263d9b4cf187fcdffbe6154b30d75ca581509840faae2dd12c4342d296e","crop":{"left":99,"top":2,"width":90,"height":93}},"year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"imageRights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-provisional-one-penny","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-provisional","issueTitle":"Postage dues · provisional imperforate numerals","date":"1925-04-16","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten locally printed provisional denominations on unwatermarked wove paper, with paper colour distinguishing value groups.","issueReview":"All ten values are attributed to 16 April 1925 in the specimen study. Imperforate status is intrinsic to the original issue; tête-bêche arrangements or plate flaws are not additional basic stamps.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta","technique":"Typography","perforation":"Imperforate","watermark":"None","key":"one-penny","title":"Provisional postage due · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","colour":"Black","paper":"White wove paper","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-penny.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1925-provisional-due-one-penny-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Amitchell125","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1925, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1925_Malta_postage_due_stamps_(t%C3%AAte-b%C3%AAche).png","type":"Authentic colour scan, upright single cropped from a tête-bêche pair; paper texture is not authenticated","evidence":"Original source shows all ten 1925 provisional numerals. This crop retains the visible 1d value and original paper colour; no repainting or reconstruction. The multiple arrangement is not treated as a separate catalogue type.","imageMatch":"Visible provisional denomination and imperforate design match. 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Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-two-pence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-two-and-half-pence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"two-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-three-pence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-four-pence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-six-pence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"six-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-one-shilling","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"one-shilling","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced-one-and-sixpence","issueId":"1925-postage-dues-unsurfaced","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross on unsurfaced paper","date":"1925-07-21","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The ten-denomination permanent Maltese Cross design on unsurfaced paper, separated from the later rough and chalk-surfaced reissues.","issueReview":"The study attributes 21 July 1925 and classifies a sideways watermark as its type 4. The watermark pattern name has not been independently resolved here, so no guessed name is published in the technical field. The contemporary Said account identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as the printer of the permanent dues since 1925; its later photogravure statement is not applied backwards to this issue.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","paper":"Unsurfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","key":"one-and-sixpence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · unsurfaced paper · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1925,"yearStart":1925,"yearEnd":1925,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-halfpenny","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1941","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The cited scan partly obscures the leading day digits. Only the securely readable issue year is recorded; the exact day remains unresolved. Paper, sideways watermark type 4 and line12 are explicitly identified in the specimen study.","datePrecision":"year","year":1941,"yearStart":1941,"yearEnd":1941,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-one-penny","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1943-04-09","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1943,"yearStart":1943,"yearEnd":1943,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-one-and-half-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-two-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1937","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The cited scan partly obscures the leading day digits. Only the securely readable issue year is recorded; the exact day remains unresolved. Paper, sideways watermark type 4 and line12 are explicitly identified in the specimen study.","datePrecision":"year","year":1937,"yearStart":1937,"yearEnd":1937,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-two-and-half-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"two-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 2½d","denomination":"2½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-three-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-four-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-six-pence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"six-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 6d","denomination":"6d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-one-shilling","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1943-04-09","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-shilling","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1/-","denomination":"1/-","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1943,"yearStart":1943,"yearEnd":1943,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1937-postage-dues-rough-paper-one-and-sixpence","issueId":"1937-postage-dues-rough-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · rough-surfaced paper, 1937–1946","date":"1946-06-26","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Ten denomination types distinguishable by rough-surfaced paper; individual values appeared between 1937 and 1946.","issueReview":"The sideways watermark is classified as type 4 in the cited study, the same classification as the 1925 unsurfaced paper. This group counts a physical paper change, not the shade variations. The 2d is dated only 1937 and ½d only 1941 because the scan obscures part of the day. The 1d and 1/- are attributed to 9 April 1943; the other six values to 26 June 1946. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Rough-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-and-sixpence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · rough-surfaced paper · 1/6","denomination":"1/6","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1946,"yearStart":1946,"yearEnd":1946,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-halfpenny","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1953,"yearStart":1953,"yearEnd":1953,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-one-penny","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1953,"yearStart":1953,"yearEnd":1953,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-one-and-half-pence","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"one-and-half-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 1½d","denomination":"1½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1953,"yearStart":1953,"yearEnd":1953,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-two-pence","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1957-03-20","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1957,"yearStart":1957,"yearEnd":1957,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-three-pence","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"three-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 3d","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1953,"yearStart":1953,"yearEnd":1953,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper-four-pence","issueId":"1953-postage-dues-chalk-paper","issueTitle":"Postage dues · chalk-surfaced paper, 1953–1957","date":"1953-11-05","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six denomination types on chalk-surfaced paper, with the 2d appearing later than the five original 1953 values.","issueReview":"Five values (½d,1d,1½d,3d,4d) are attributed to 5 November 1953; the 2d to 20 March 1957. The study classifies sideways watermark type 4. Later 1957,1961,1962 and1963 printings differentiated only by shade are excluded from this bounded physical-type inventory. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"four-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · chalk-surfaced paper · 4d","denomination":"4d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1953,"yearStart":1953,"yearEnd":1953,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1966-postage-dues-block-ca-two-pence","issueId":"1966-postage-dues-block-ca","issueTitle":"Postage due · 2d on chalk-surfaced Block CA paper","date":"1966-10-01","period":"independence","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":null,"description":"One 2d denomination changes watermark while retaining chalk-surfaced paper and line perforation.","issueReview":"The specimen study attributes 1 October 1966 and sideways watermark type 5. The contemporary Said article explicitly identifies the predecessor 2d as Block CA, but describes collectors being presented with it in November without independently establishing its original first-sale day. The date remains an attributed specialist date, not a contemporaneously verified release notice. Printer attribution is supported by the contemporary Said account (printed p16), which identifies Bradbury Wilkinson as printers of these permanent dues since1925. This is a historical attribution; original production invoices and physical printing-process confirmation remain open.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), Winter1969, printed p16 (PDFp18): historical printer attribution","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","paper":"Chalk-surfaced paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Block CA (sideways)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · Block CA watermark · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen-based study explicitly attributes this date and physical group. Independent contemporary corroboration of the first-sale day and specialist examination of the physical stamp remain open.","year":1966,"yearStart":1966,"yearEnd":1966,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1967-postage-dues-line-perf-halfpenny","issueId":"1967-postage-dues-line-perf","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross watermark, line perforation","date":"1967-11-09","period":"independence","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":null,"description":"Four denominations on ordinary Maltese-cross watermarked paper with line12 perforation, distinct from the existing ten-value comb-perforated1968 group.","issueReview":"The contemporary source explicitly distinguishes these four line-perforated values from the 1968 comb12½ stamps. Both are retained as separate major types. Photogravure is the contemporary author’s reported process and awaits independent physical confirmation.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","technique":"Photogravure (contemporary report)","paper":"Ordinary paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"halfpenny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open.","year":1967,"yearStart":1967,"yearEnd":1967,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1967-postage-dues-line-perf-one-penny","issueId":"1967-postage-dues-line-perf","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross watermark, line perforation","date":"1967-11-09","period":"independence","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":null,"description":"Four denominations on ordinary Maltese-cross watermarked paper with line12 perforation, distinct from the existing ten-value comb-perforated1968 group.","issueReview":"The contemporary source explicitly distinguishes these four line-perforated values from the 1968 comb12½ stamps. Both are retained as separate major types. Photogravure is the contemporary author’s reported process and awaits independent physical confirmation.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","technique":"Photogravure (contemporary report)","paper":"Ordinary paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"one-penny","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · 1d","denomination":"1d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open.","year":1967,"yearStart":1967,"yearEnd":1967,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1967-postage-dues-line-perf-two-pence","issueId":"1967-postage-dues-line-perf","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross watermark, line perforation","date":"1967-11-09","period":"independence","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":null,"description":"Four denominations on ordinary Maltese-cross watermarked paper with line12 perforation, distinct from the existing ten-value comb-perforated1968 group.","issueReview":"The contemporary source explicitly distinguishes these four line-perforated values from the 1968 comb12½ stamps. Both are retained as separate major types. Photogravure is the contemporary author’s reported process and awaits independent physical confirmation.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. Said, The New Malta Postage Dues, PSM2(4), printed p16: contemporary issue and perforation observations","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102375/1/JPSM2%284%29full.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","technique":"Photogravure (contemporary report)","paper":"Ordinary paper","perforation":"12 (line)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"two-pence","title":"Maltese Cross postage due · line12 · 2d","denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The first-sale date, four denominations, printer, watermark and line perforation are independently described by the contemporary Said account. The specimen study corroborates the ordinary-paper group. Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open.","year":1967,"yearStart":1967,"yearEnd":1967,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-1967-postage-dues-line-perf-four-pence","issueId":"1967-postage-dues-line-perf","issueTitle":"Postage dues · Maltese Cross watermark, line perforation","date":"1967-11-09","period":"independence","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage due","authority":null,"description":"Four denominations on ordinary Maltese-cross watermarked paper with line12 perforation, distinct from the existing ten-value comb-perforated1968 group.","issueReview":"The contemporary source explicitly distinguishes these four line-perforated values from the 1968 comb12½ stamps. Both are retained as separate major types. Photogravure is the contemporary author’s reported process and awaits independent physical confirmation.","sources":[{"title":"John De Battista, Malta Postage Due Adhesive Stamps, PSM38(3), printed pp6–7: specimen-based physical classification","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"},{"title":"E. 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Physical verification and the reported printing process remain open.","year":1967,"yearStart":1967,"yearEnd":1967,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1925-1993-dues","1925-1967-dues"]},{"id":"mt-2022-buses-ii-ford-thames-596-0-30","issueId":"2022-buses-ii","issueTitle":"Maltese Buses II","date":"2022-02-12","period":"euro","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Four restored Maltese buses in their historic route liveries.","issueReview":"The contemporary bilingual postal notice explicitly gives first sale on 12 February; SEPAC metadata gives 24 February. The postal notice is preferred pending an independently dated first-day specimen. Original and April reprint notices reverse the perforation numbers (14.0 × 13.9 / 13.9 × 14.0); no independent physical change is established and no duplicate reprint type is created.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5239"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73033"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5248"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost","printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"ford-thames-596-0-30","title":"Ford Thames, ZXY 596 — orange Żurrieq livery","denomination":"€0.30","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Richard Stedall","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-buses-ii-bedford-ob-144-0-51","issueId":"2022-buses-ii","issueTitle":"Maltese Buses II","date":"2022-02-12","period":"euro","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Four restored Maltese buses in their historic route liveries.","issueReview":"The contemporary bilingual postal notice explicitly gives first sale on 12 February; SEPAC metadata gives 24 February. The postal notice is preferred pending an independently dated first-day specimen. Original and April reprint notices reverse the perforation numbers (14.0 × 13.9 / 13.9 × 14.0); no independent physical change is established and no duplicate reprint type is created.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5239"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73033"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5248"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost","printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"bedford-ob-144-0-51","title":"Bedford OB, BXY 144 — Mosta livery","denomination":"€0.51","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Frans Galea","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-buses-ii-reo-speedwagon-0-59","issueId":"2022-buses-ii","issueTitle":"Maltese Buses II","date":"2022-02-12","period":"euro","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Four restored Maltese buses in their historic route liveries.","issueReview":"The contemporary bilingual postal notice explicitly gives first sale on 12 February; SEPAC metadata gives 24 February. The postal notice is preferred pending an independently dated first-day specimen. Original and April reprint notices reverse the perforation numbers (14.0 × 13.9 / 13.9 × 14.0); no independent physical change is established and no duplicate reprint type is created.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5239"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73033"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5248"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost","printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"reo-speedwagon-0-59","title":"Reo Speedwagon — blue Rabat livery","denomination":"€0.59","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Manuel Cutajar","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-buses-ii-ford-thames-399-1-00","issueId":"2022-buses-ii","issueTitle":"Maltese Buses II","date":"2022-02-12","period":"euro","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Four restored Maltese buses in their historic route liveries.","issueReview":"The contemporary bilingual postal notice explicitly gives first sale on 12 February; SEPAC metadata gives 24 February. The postal notice is preferred pending an independently dated first-day specimen. Original and April reprint notices reverse the perforation numbers (14.0 × 13.9 / 13.9 × 14.0); no independent physical change is established and no duplicate reprint type is created.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5239"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73033"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5248"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost","printer":"Printex Ltd","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","perforation":"14.0 × 13.9 (comb)","watermark":"Maltese Cross","key":"ford-thames-399-1-00","title":"Ford Thames, PXY 399 — green Sliema livery","denomination":"€1.00","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","photographer":"Leo Grech","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-pope-francis-pope-francis-5-00","issueId":"2022-pope-francis","issueTitle":"Pope Francis in Malta","date":"2022-04-02","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Single €5 stamp issued in a miniature sheet for the papal visit.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=73701"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost plc","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"pope-francis-5-00","title":"Pope Francis in Malta — miniature-sheet stamp","denomination":"€5.00","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-national-anthem-centenary-dun-karm-psaila","issueId":"2022-national-anthem-centenary","issueTitle":"Centenary of the first performance of Malta’s National Anthem","date":"2022-12-27","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Two different €3 portrait stamps in one miniature sheet commemorate the anthem’s lyricist and composer.","issueReview":"The postal-administration account dates the first public performance to 27 December 1922. The miniature sheet contains two €3 stamps, not one €6 stamp.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=78538"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration account of the anthem issue","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pgid=78537"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost plc","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"dun-karm-psaila","title":"Dun Karm Psaila — lyricist, left stamp","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2022-national-anthem-centenary-robert-samut","issueId":"2022-national-anthem-centenary","issueTitle":"Centenary of the first performance of Malta’s National Anthem","date":"2022-12-27","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Two different €3 portrait stamps in one miniature sheet commemorate the anthem’s lyricist and composer.","issueReview":"The postal-administration account dates the first public performance to 27 December 1922. The miniature sheet contains two €3 stamps, not one €6 stamp.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=78538"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration account of the anthem issue","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pgid=78537"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost plc","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"robert-samut","title":"Robert Samut — composer, right stamp","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2022,"yearStart":2022,"yearEnd":2022,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2023-europa-peace-new-peace-symbol-1-50","issueId":"2023-europa-peace","issueTitle":"EUROPA — Peace: the highest value of humanity","date":"2023-05-09","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"One €1.50 stamp depicts the common European peace design, an interlocking multicoloured knot and joined hands.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=81503"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"new-peace-symbol-1-50","title":"The New Peace Symbol","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2023,"yearStart":2023,"yearEnd":2023,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2023-sepac-traditional-markets-victoria-hawker-1-50","issueId":"2023-sepac-traditional-markets","issueTitle":"SEPAC — Traditional markets","date":"2023-08-08","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Two illustrations of Maltese market activities by Daniel Spiteri.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=83468"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost plc","illustrator":"Daniel Spiteri","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"victoria-hawker-1-50","title":"Fruit and vegetable hawker, Victoria, Gozo","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2023,"yearStart":2023,"yearEnd":2023,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2023-sepac-traditional-markets-marsaxlokk-fisherman-1-80","issueId":"2023-sepac-traditional-markets","issueTitle":"SEPAC — Traditional markets","date":"2023-08-08","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost plc","description":"Two illustrations of Maltese market activities by Daniel Spiteri.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=83468"}],"verification":"Partially verified","designer":"MaltaPost plc","illustrator":"Daniel Spiteri","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"marsaxlokk-fisherman-1-80","title":"Fisherman cleaning lampuki, Marsaxlokk","denomination":"€1.80","currency":"EUR","review":"Basic issue date, denomination and design are sourced. Independent specialist verification of paper, gum, watermark and perforation varieties remains open.","year":2023,"yearStart":2023,"yearEnd":2023,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2022-2023"]},{"id":"mt-2024-year-of-dragon-chinese-garden-year-of-the-dragon-3-00","issueId":"2024-year-of-dragon","issueTitle":"The Chinese Garden: Year of the Dragon","date":"2024-02-29","period":"euro","theme":"Culture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"A stamp celebrates the Year of the Dragon and the Chinese Garden in Santa Luċija.","issueReview":"The cited member page supplies the issue date, stamp size, illustration credit and €3.00 value. Printer, paper, watermark, perforation and printing process are not inferred from adjacent issues.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Chinese Garden — Year of the Dragon","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=87865"}],"verification":"Partially verified","dimensions":"39.5 × 48 mm","artist":"Fabio Agius","key":"chinese-garden-year-of-the-dragon-3-00","title":"Chinese Garden — Year of the Dragon","denomination":"€3.00","currency":"EUR","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-europa-smooth-starfish-1-50","issueId":"2024-europa","issueTitle":"Europa 2024: underwater fauna and flora","date":"2024-05-09","period":"euro","theme":"Wildlife","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"Two photographs depict a smooth starfish and a common octopus.","issueReview":"The member description explicitly maps both subjects to their printed values. Its misspelled scientific name for the starfish is not repeated. Unspecified printer, watermark and perforation remain unknown.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Europa 2024 — underwater fauna and flora","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=89483"}],"verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","key":"smooth-starfish-1-50","title":"Smooth starfish","denomination":"€1.50","currency":"EUR","photographer":"Professor Alan Deidun","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-europa-common-octopus-2-00","issueId":"2024-europa","issueTitle":"Europa 2024: underwater fauna and flora","date":"2024-05-09","period":"euro","theme":"Wildlife","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"Two photographs depict a smooth starfish and a common octopus.","issueReview":"The member description explicitly maps both subjects to their printed values. Its misspelled scientific name for the starfish is not repeated. Unspecified printer, watermark and perforation remain unknown.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Europa 2024 — underwater fauna and flora","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=89483"}],"verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","key":"common-octopus-2-00","title":"Common octopus","denomination":"€2.00","currency":"EUR","photographer":"Pedja Miletic","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-upu-anniversary-universal-postal-union-anniversary-1-91","issueId":"2024-upu-anniversary","issueTitle":"Universal Postal Union: hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary","date":"2024-10-31","period":"euro","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"A commemorative stamp marks the Universal Postal Union’s anniversary.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — UPU hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96195"}],"verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"44 × 31 mm","designer":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","key":"universal-postal-union-anniversary-1-91","title":"Universal Postal Union anniversary","denomination":"€1.91","currency":"EUR","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-nativity-holy-family-jesmond-micallef-figurines-0-45","issueId":"2024-nativity","issueTitle":"The Nativity 2024","date":"2024-12-04","period":"euro","theme":"Religion","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"Two crib scenes portray the Holy Family through Maltese terracotta figures.","issueReview":"The complete member description establishes two different designs and maps the figurine artists to values. Crib-maker and figurine-artist credits are distinct from a separately unconfirmed stamp designer.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — The Nativity 2024","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96750"},{"title":"MaltaPost member description — Nativity 2024, expanded issue text","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pgid=96747"}],"verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","key":"holy-family-jesmond-micallef-figurines-0-45","title":"Holy Family — Jesmond Micallef figurines","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","artist":"Jesmond Micallef","cribMaker":"Laurie Gatt","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-nativity-holy-family-vince-dimech-figurines-1-91","issueId":"2024-nativity","issueTitle":"The Nativity 2024","date":"2024-12-04","period":"euro","theme":"Religion","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"Two crib scenes portray the Holy Family through Maltese terracotta figures.","issueReview":"The complete member description establishes two different designs and maps the figurine artists to values. 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Neutral first/second captions avoid inventing a specific visual distinction between those two designs.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost member issue on SEPAC — Christmas 2024","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/product/&pid=96744"}],"verification":"Partially verified","technique":"Offset lithography","dimensions":"31 × 44 mm","designer":"Marisa Attard","key":"santa-claus-first-design-0-45","title":"Santa Claus — first design","denomination":"€0.45","currency":"EUR","year":2024,"yearStart":2024,"yearEnd":2024,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["2022-2026","2024-2026"]},{"id":"mt-2024-christmas-santa-claus-second-design-0-45","issueId":"2024-christmas","issueTitle":"Christmas 2024","date":"2024-12-04","period":"euro","theme":"Religion","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"MaltaPost p.l.c.","description":"Five illustrations combine Christmas traditions and religious imagery.","issueReview":"The expanded member description explicitly enumerates five €0.45 designs, including two different Santa Claus illustrations. 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The measured numbers are retained as reported rather than silently rounded or extended to other values. Existing individual date precision remains unchanged.","year":1963,"yearStart":1963,"yearEnd":1963,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1956-independence"]},{"id":"mt-1963-block-ca-definitives-mosta","issueId":"1963-block-ca-definitives","issueTitle":"Elizabeth II definitives · Block CA reissues","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Architecture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The two church designs return on paper carrying the Block CA watermark. The Mosta value’s individual release year remains under review.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Anthony Grech, Marian Stamp Album, supplement 2 (2003), PDF p. 1: 1956 church pair and changed-watermark reissues","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/131703/2/Marian%20Stamp%20Album%20%282%29.pdf"},{"title":"Zeboose · original 1d Victory Church imprint and plate 2a block","url":"https://www.zeboose.com/products/malta-1963-mnh-1d-victory-church-imprint-plate-2a-block"}],"verification":"Partially verified","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA (block capitals)","key":"mosta","title":"Mosta Dome · Elizabeth II · Block CA","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1963,"end":1964},"denomination":"2d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Brown","review":"Grech groups both values on 15 October 1963; the wider issue chronology places the two reissues across 1963–1964. The individual Mosta release needs official confirmation. Grech’s Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, reports 11.5 × 11.7 for the 1956 1d/2d church stamps, and states that only the watermark changed for the later two reissues. The measured numbers are retained as reported rather than silently rounded or extended to other values. Existing individual date precision remains unchanged.","perforation":"11.5 × 11.7 (reported measurement)","printer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","designer":"Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.","year":null,"yearStart":1963,"yearEnd":1964,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1956-independence"]},{"id":"mt-1917-war-tax-halfd-george-v","issueId":"1917-war-tax","issueTitle":"War Tax overprints — 1917–1918","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two overprinted royal portrait stamps served wartime tax purposes. Identifiable examples show George V on the halfpenny and Edward VII on the threepenny. Printing and packing dates are documented, while exact release dates remain under review.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Peter Fernbank, BWISC Bulletin 201, June 2004, p.27 — Malta halfpenny packing records","url":"https://wipsg.org/wp-content/uploads/Journal_BWISC/Issues/b201_200406.pdf"},{"title":"British Empire World War I Tax Stamps, exhibit PDF p.12 — George V halfpenny specimen","url":"https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/TC1/TC1.pdf"},{"title":"Andrew McClellan, Revenue Reverend — Malta War Tax halfpenny watermark and printer","url":"https://www.revrevd.com/malta.html"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"De La Rue (base stamps and WAR TAX overprint)","key":"halfd-george-v","title":"George V · WAR TAX halfpenny","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1917,"end":1918},"colour":"Deep green","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","review":"Halfpenny identity is supported by inspected specimens and specialist research. Packing records of 22 October and 3 November 1917 do not establish its first sale day; conflicting retrospective dates remain unresolved.","year":null,"yearStart":1917,"yearEnd":1918,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1917-war-tax-3d-edward-vii","issueId":"1917-war-tax","issueTitle":"War Tax overprints — 1917–1918","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Two overprinted royal portrait stamps served wartime tax purposes. Identifiable examples show George V on the halfpenny and Edward VII on the threepenny. Printing and packing dates are documented, while exact release dates remain under review.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Peter Fernbank, War Tax Plate — Bent Leg of X Flaw, BWISC Bulletin No.201, June 2004, p.27, Crown Agents packing records","url":"https://wipsg.org/wp-content/uploads/Journal_BWISC/Issues/b201_200406.pdf"},{"title":"British Empire World War I Tax Stamps — exhibit PDF p.12, original Malta specimens and differing chronology","url":"https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/TC1/TC1.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, 2019 sale 19029 lot 893 — physical mint/used and cover collection of the War Tax pair","url":"https://www.spink.com/lot/19029000893"},{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, September–October 1964, printed p.217 — War Tax identities","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"De La Rue (base stamps and WAR TAX overprint)","key":"3d-edward-vii","title":"Edward VII · WAR TAX threepence","denomination":"3d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1917,"end":1918},"colour":"Grey and purple","review":"The portrait is Edward VII, confirmed by an inspected specimen and the packing record's King Edward series wording. A 31 December 1917 packing date is not an issue date. Individual release date and watermark remain unassigned pending stronger evidence.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1917-1918-war-tax-3d.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1917-1918-war-tax-3d-thumb.webp","credit":"British colonial stamp artwork; scan by Stan Shebs, August 2005, via Wikimedia Commons","rights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_Malta_1918_3p_war_tax.jpg","type":"Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade","evidence":"Exact Commons file description, creator/scan source and explicit public-domain permission section inspected before download. Raw metadata retained in research/additional-colonial-image-audit.json.","imageMatch":"Edward VII profile, THREE PENCE face value, grey/purple colour family and normal WAR TAX overprint visibly match. Source labels 1918; catalogue retains its independently researched 1917–1918 date range. Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":500,"height":597,"sha256":"3699bae3b0c483f83d7405a3335461584eebf0593e53b5e2aa096f6f9d78fc6f"},"year":null,"yearStart":1917,"yearEnd":1918,"imageRights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1861-halfpenny-white-white-unwatermarked","issueId":"1861-halfpenny-white","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · white unwatermarked paper","date":"1861","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"White paper replaced the blued first supply. This structural record groups the two unwatermarked white-paper supplies discussed in Bonnici’s revised study, released in 1861 and 1863.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 2, revised (1978)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84016"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. 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The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1861,"yearStart":1861,"yearEnd":1861,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1863-halfpenny-cc-cc-perf14","issueId":"1863-halfpenny-cc","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CC, perforation 14","date":"1863","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Crown CC paper appears in the fourth supply. This record groups the ordinary perforation-14 Crown CC material, including later colour printings, rather than creating records for nearly indistinguishable invoice runs.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 3 (1976)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85536"},{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 4 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84870"},{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 5–6 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84926"},{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta"},{"title":"Henry Collin and Henry L. 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The historic account distinguishes the initial thin white wove Crown CC printing from later thick white wove Crown CC paper. This grouped perforation-14 record does not certify one thickness for every represented printing. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1863,"yearStart":1863,"yearEnd":1863,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1868-halfpenny-rough-cc-rough-perf12half","issueId":"1868-halfpenny-rough","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · rough perforation 12½","date":"1868","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A rough-cut perforation gauge distinguishes this Crown CC supply. Bonnici’s day-book research dates its dispatch to May 1868 and public release to later that year, correcting the earlier chronology in Séfi.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 3 (1976)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85536"},{"title":"A. J. 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This record follows the later documentary study. The historical specification places the Crown CC perforation-12½ type on thick white wove paper. It does not distinguish a new thickness by rough versus clean perforation. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1868,"yearStart":1868,"yearEnd":1868,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1871-halfpenny-clean-cc-clean-perf12half","issueId":"1871-halfpenny-clean","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · clean-cut perforation 12½","date":"1871","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Clean-cut perforations separate this supply from the rough-cut type. Its invoice dates from July 1870, but Bonnici records its public release in Malta in May 1871.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 4 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84870"},{"title":"A. J. 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The source calls this the twelfth printing; an incidental reference in chapter 3 misnumbers it as the thirteenth. The historical specification places the Crown CC perforation-12½ type on thick white wove paper. It does not distinguish a new thickness by rough versus clean perforation. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1871,"yearStart":1871,"yearEnd":1871,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1878-halfpenny-compound-cc-compound","issueId":"1878-halfpenny-compound","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · compound perforation","date":"1878","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"A compound gauge was introduced with the twentieth supply. It also changed perforation around the pane gutters. The yellow-buff and yellow supplies of 1878 and 1879 are grouped here.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 5–6 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84926"},{"title":"A. J. 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Séfi also reports the reversed compound gauge; a reported reverse-orientation entry is now listed separately in the selected-variety inventory, with the unresolved comparison to Bonnici retained. The historic account lists the compound 12½ × 14 type within the thick white wove Crown CC specification. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1878,"yearStart":1878,"yearEnd":1878,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1882-halfpenny-ca-ca-perf14","issueId":"1882-halfpenny-ca","issueTitle":"Halfpenny Yellow · Crown CA","date":"1882","period":"colonial","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta (British colonial administration)","description":"Crown CA paper replaced Crown CC in the final yellow-stamp supplies. This record groups the five yellow or orange supplies of 1882–1884. The intervening green printing belongs to the 1885 definitive issue.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapters 7–8 (1977)","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85018"},{"title":"A. J. 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Supplies 25–28 and 30 are grouped; green supply 29 is not counted as a yellow-stamp record. The historic account says the Crown CA halfpenny uses the same paper as the preceding thick-wove type. Its conventional July 1881 heading is not substituted for the existing date. The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction. Current date, perforation and watermark identification are retained.","dimensions":"18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)","year":1882,"yearStart":1882,"yearEnd":1882,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1860-1884"]},{"id":"mt-1914-george-v-multiple-ca-quarterd","issueId":"1914-george-v-multiple-ca","issueTitle":"George V era — Multiple Crown CA definitives","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"New royal portraits accompanied retained Maltese pictorial designs. This group collects the basic values introduced during the 1914–1921 period and the 1919 Melita reissue.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Postal Museum — chronology, introduction of George V definitives in 1914","url":"https://www.maltapostalmuseum.com/index.php/philately-bottom-menu"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","key":"quarterd","title":"George V · ¼d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Brown","technique":"Typography","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year.","year":null,"yearStart":1914,"yearEnd":1921,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1914-george-v-multiple-ca-halfd","issueId":"1914-george-v-multiple-ca","issueTitle":"George V era — Multiple Crown CA definitives","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"New royal portraits accompanied retained Maltese pictorial designs. This group collects the basic values introduced during the 1914–1921 period and the 1919 Melita reissue.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Malta Postal Museum — chronology, introduction of George V definitives in 1914","url":"https://www.maltapostalmuseum.com/index.php/philately-bottom-menu"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"De La Rue","watermark":"Multiple Crown CA","key":"halfd","title":"George V · ½d","denomination":"½d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","colour":"Green","technique":"Typography","datePrecision":"range","dateRange":{"start":1914,"end":1921},"review":"Issue date is unresolved within the series range. The group start year must not be read as this value’s confirmed release year.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1914-george-v-halfd-representative.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1914-george-v-halfd-representative-thumb.webp","credit":"Anonymous pre-WWI Fort Lascaris postcard, Commons source; cropped to British colonial George V halfpenny stamp","rights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page declares expired anonymous-work copyright (PD-anon-70-EU) and PD-US-expired; selected colonial stamp artwork is also over 70 years old","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_Fort_Lascaris.jpg","type":"Representative colour front crop from original historical postcard; not watermark, paper, perforation, shade or printing authentication","evidence":"Exact source file page, author/source and explicit public-domain licence read before download; retained in research/nov5-image-rights-audit.json and associated parsed file-page receipts.","imageMatch":"Green George V ½d, POSTAGE / REVENUE side tablets and MALTA name visibly match this basic portrait/value design. Representative front only: source does not authenticate the Multiple Crown CA watermark or exclude a later Script CA printing. Image is attached only as a design illustration, not evidence for the paper-defined record.","crop":{"left":1763,"top":30,"width":505,"height":598},"width":505,"height":598,"sha256":"5f66ad13dbcee6712a29315b016cc1d919cb58ead4c0e053668d4a8a7259ad90"},"year":null,"yearStart":1914,"yearEnd":1921,"imageRights":"Public domain — exact Commons file page declares expired anonymous-work copyright (PD-anon-70-EU) and PD-US-expired; selected colonial stamp artwork is also over 70 years old","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1914-george-v-multiple-ca-1d","issueId":"1914-george-v-multiple-ca","issueTitle":"George V era — Multiple Crown CA definitives","date":null,"period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"New royal portraits accompanied retained Maltese pictorial designs. 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The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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Exact issue day, shade and overprint setting remain unresolved. The 1964 study distinguishes larger overprint lettering on the 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- values and explicitly reports red overprints on 2/- and 10/-. 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This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering","year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-self-government-script-ca-halfd","issueId":"1922-self-government-script-ca","issueTitle":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Multiple Script CA","date":"1922","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The self-government overprint also appears on eight values on Script CA paper, creating identifiable watermark counterparts to the earlier definitive types.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering","year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-self-government-script-ca-1d","issueId":"1922-self-government-script-ca","issueTitle":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Multiple Script CA","date":"1922","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The self-government overprint also appears on eight values on Script CA paper, creating identifiable watermark counterparts to the earlier definitive types.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — smaller lettering","year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-self-government-script-ca-2d-redesign","issueId":"1922-self-government-script-ca","issueTitle":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — Multiple Script CA","date":"1922","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The self-government overprint also appears on eight values on Script CA paper, creating identifiable watermark counterparts to the earlier definitive types.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5 (1964), printed pp.218–219: 1922 overprint sizes and red ink; 1926–1927 values and colours; 1928 AIR MAIL continuation","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. 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This is a denomination-specific overprint description; ink colour is not inferred for the other values.","overprint":"SELF-GOVERNMENT — larger lettering; red ink","year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-one-farthing-quarterd-on-2d","issueId":"1922-one-farthing","issueTitle":"One Farthing provisional","date":"1922-04-15","period":"early","theme":"Heritage","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"A local surcharge supplied a farthing stamp using stock of the revised twopenny design.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24)","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Spink, The Philatelic Collectors’ Series, 2019 sale19029, lots895 and898–903: physical collections with watermark identification","url":"https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/auction/catalogue/19029/19029.pdf"},{"title":"Neil Grover / Malta Study Circle, 1922 Self-Government UPU Specimens, 2011 — One Farthing on 2d","url":"https://www.maltastudycircle.net/articles/articles.asp?articleID=35"},{"title":"Corinphila auction 196, May 2015, printed p.324, lot 2137 — One Farthing on 2d, 15 April 1922","url":"https://f660b8feb5396b87e648727b5bf147a985cd65b2-customer-media.s3.amazonaws.com/PDF/8/196_Seiten_300-334_Lose%202019-2200.pdf"},{"title":"Big Blue collector specimen image — surcharge inscription directly inspected, 1922 farthing on 2d","url":"https://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2013/10/ClassicalStampsofMalta.html?m=0"}],"verification":"Partially verified","printer":"Government Printing Office, Valletta (surcharge); De La Rue (base stamp)","watermark":"Multiple Script CA","key":"quarterd-on-2d","title":"One Farthing on revised George V 2d","denomination":"¼d","currency":"GBP pre-decimal","review":"The specimen's surcharge reads One Farthing over the underlying 2d. Final value is ¼d, not ½d. The day-level date is supported by Corinphila's archived description and secondary chronology; a contemporary postal notice has not yet been inspected. Shade, plate and surcharge varieties remain outside this base record.","underlyingDenomination":"2d","year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1919-st-paul-shipwreck","issueId":"1919-st-paul","issueTitle":"Saint Paul — Postage and Revenue reissue","date":"1919","period":"early","theme":"Religion","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"The earlier Shipwreck design returned with dual-purpose wording and Multiple Crown CA paper. A March 1919 use is recorded; no exact release date is asserted here.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"Carmel G. 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Front appearance does not authenticate watermark, paper or individual printing.","width":296,"height":342,"sha256":"dacffec27d7569688ed6c88a42069c9b12b6fac40f638a6f4571f7ff24283710"},"year":1919,"yearStart":1919,"yearEnd":1919,"imageRights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-melita-quarterd-brown","issueId":"1922-melita","issueTitle":"Melita definitives — original issue and principal changes","date":"1922","period":"early","theme":"Art","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Self-government was expressed through Maltese allegorical figures. 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Watermark and paper cannot be authenticated from the front image.","evidence":"Malta 1922 Melita 1d orange & purple stamp in mint condition","imageMatch":"Matched to cited Commons issue/value/colour description; this is a design illustration, not an authentication certificate.","width":643,"height":779,"sha256":"96871c15d61457a980477216f859fed7d1581646c15bdddebe38ea1a25e1e6cf"},"year":1922,"yearStart":1922,"yearEnd":1922,"imageRights":"Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov)","inventoryIds":["1914-1935"]},{"id":"mt-1922-melita-1d-violet","issueId":"1922-melita","issueTitle":"Melita definitives — original issue and principal changes","date":"1924","period":"early","theme":"Art","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Self-government was expressed through Maltese allegorical figures. 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Shade and individual printing are outside this record.","image":{"path":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-1s.webp","thumbnail":"/assets/history/1930-postage-revenue-1s-thumb.webp","credit":"Malta Government / Malta Post Office; scan uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Philafrenzy","rights":"Public domain — Commons explicitly declares PD-UKGov for this historical government work; published 1930, more than 70 years ago","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malta_1926_1_shilling_stamp.jpg","type":"Authentic colour scan. The Commons filename says 1926; the visible revised integral POSTAGE / REVENUE inscription matches the 1930 design.","evidence":"Commons filename says 1926, but its linked source identifies 1930 SG203; the visible integral POSTAGE / REVENUE frame, black harbour design and 1/- value match the 1930 record, not the 1926 POSTAGE-only type.","imageMatch":"Visible design, denomination and revised inscription match. 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Red and black lettering were selected for different underlying colours.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Postage Stamps of Malta, The Canadian Philatelist 15(5), September–October 1964, printed p.219 / PDF p.25: 1948 overprint direction, red ink and quarterpenny lettering","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society 37(3), pp. 17–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"John M. 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Red and black lettering were selected for different underlying colours.","issueReview":null,"sources":[{"title":"The Postage Stamps of Malta, The Canadian Philatelist 15(5), September–October 1964, printed p.219 / PDF p.25: 1948 overprint direction, red ink and quarterpenny lettering","url":"https://www.rpsc.org/CP_scans/Canadian%20Philatelist%2C%20Vol.%2015.%20No.%205%2C%20September-October%2C%201964.%20Whole%20No.%2084.pdf"},{"title":"Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society 37(3), pp. 17–19","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/72109/1/JMPS37%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"John M. 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This describes the 1948 overprint, not watermark orientation or a new printing type.","year":1948,"yearStart":1948,"yearEnd":1948,"image":null,"imageRights":"Permission not established; image not reproduced","inventoryIds":["1937-1954"]},{"id":"mt-1953-self-government-colours-verdala","issueId":"1953-self-government-colours","issueTitle":"Self-Government 1947 · new colours","date":"1953-01-08","period":"early","theme":"Architecture","serviceType":"Postage","authority":"Malta Post Office","description":"Six overprinted values appeared in revised colours while Malta awaited its new Elizabeth II definitives. 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Repeated presentation formats, shades, errors and unlisted minor printings excluded. Five 1970 first-day dates remain disputed; several technical attributes still need primary audit.","scopeMt":"135 bolla tal-posta u 20 tip ta’ taxxa postali, inklużi żewġ ħarġiet dokumentati fuq karta tleqq. Formati ripetuti, sfumaturi, żbalji u stampar minuri mhux elenkat esklużi. Ħames dati tal-ewwel jum tal-1970 għadhom ikkontestati; xi dettalji tekniċi jeħtieġu verifika primarja.","annualExpected":{"1968":26,"1969":15,"1970":21,"1971":16,"1972":21,"1973":32,"1974":24},"sources":[{"title":"1968–1970 · contemporary issue notices and inspected covers","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102472/1/JPSM02%281%29full.pdf"},{"title":"1972 · contemporary plate and imprint inventory","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102116/1/JPMS5%283%29full.PDF"},{"title":"1974 · contemporary plate and imprint inventory","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102103/1/JPSM5%281%29A3.pdf"}],"actualStamps":155,"actualGroups":37,"unresolvedDates":5,"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":110,"verification":{"Verified":45,"Partially verified":110,"Research required":0}},{"id":"1975-1984","title":"1975–1984 · the Republic","titleMt":"1975–1984 · ir-Repubblika","expectedStamps":217,"expectedGroups":64,"issueIds":["1975-birth-republic","1975-womens-year","1975-europa","1975-architectural-heritage","1975-christmas","1975-republic-anniversary","1976-emblem-definitive","1976-folklore","1976-olympiad","1976-europa","1976-anatomy-surgery","1976-christmas","1977-armour","1977-one-c7-surcharge","1977-tapestries-one","1977-telecommunications","1977-europa","1977-worker","1977-christmas","1978-tapestries-two","1978-durer","1978-europa","1978-world-cup","1978-airmail","1978-christmas","1979-tapestries-three","1979-military-facilities","1979-europa","1979-child","1979-marine-life","1979-christmas","1980-flemish-tapestries-iv","1980-restoration-monuments","1980-george-preca","1980-europa","1980-christmas","1980-chess-olympiad","1981-birds","1981-europa","1981-international-trade-fair","1981-disabled-persons","1981-world-food-day","1981-industry-definitives","1981-christmas","1982-shipbuilding","1982-elderly","1982-europa","1982-football-world-cup","1982-christmas","1982-maltese-ships-i","1983-malta-railway","1983-commonwealth-day","1983-europa","1983-commemorations","1983-monsignor-de-piro","1983-christmas","1983-general-workers-union","1983-maltese-ships-ii","1984-airmail","1984-europa","1984-police","1984-olympic-games","1984-christmas","1984-republic-anniversary"],"annualExpected":{"1975":19,"1976":18,"1977":20,"1978":22,"1979":23,"1980":17,"1981":31,"1982":21,"1983":24,"1984":22},"scope":"217 basic postage and documented major replacement or watermark types. Distinct 1982 World Cup watermark types included; unchanged reprints and repeated presentation formats excluded. No new postage-due type is listed for this period by the inspected specialist chronology. The tentative 1981 Europa paper observation remains unresolved; technical attribute review is incomplete.","scopeMt":"217-il tip bażiku tal-posta u tibdiliet dokumentati fid-disinn jew fil-filigrana. Jinkludi t-tipi differenti tal-filigrana tat-Tazza tad-Dinja 1982; stampar mill-ġdid mingħajr tibdil u formati ripetuti esklużi. L-istudju speċjalizzat ma jelenkax tip ġdid ta’ taxxa postali għal dan il-perjodu. L-osservazzjoni dwar il-karta ta’ Europa 1981 għadha mhux solvuta; il-verifika teknika mhijiex kompluta.","actualStamps":217,"actualGroups":64,"unresolvedDates":0,"sources":[{"title":"Contemporary 1975–1979 issue reports and physical block studies","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/102116/1/JPMS5%283%29full.PDF"},{"title":"Contemporary 1980 issue study and diary","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/83201/1/JMPS10%281%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Specialist postage-due chronology, inspected pp.7–8","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/70011/1/JMPS38%283%29A3.pdf"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":217,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":217,"Research required":0}},{"id":"1985-1994","title":"1985–1994 · postage and postage dues","titleMt":"1985–1994 · posta u taxxa postali","expectedStamps":252,"expectedGroups":78,"issueIds":["1985-post-office-centenary","1985-post-office-centenary-sheet","1985-youth-year","1985-europa","1985-sette-giugno","1985-united-nations","1985-personalities","1985-christmas","1985-ships-three","1985-ships-three-cream-paper","1986-peace-year","1986-europa","1986-world-cup","1986-world-cup-sheet","1986-philanthropists","1986-christmas","1986-ships-four","1987-ornithological-society","1987-europa","1987-uniforms-one","1987-commemorations","1987-ships-five","1987-christmas","1987-seabed","1987-seabed-sheet","1988-personalities","1988-religious-commemorations","1988-europa","1988-international-commemorations","1988-uniforms-two","1988-olympiad","1988-christmas","1989-independence","1989-emblem","1989-europa","1989-uniforms-three","1989-commemorations","1989-christmas","1989-summit","1990-europa","1990-commemorations","1990-british-men-of-letters","1990-pope-john-paul-ii","1990-world-cup","1990-maltese-uniforms-iv","1990-christmas","1991-philatelic-society","1991-europa","1991-religious-commemorations","1991-maltese-uniforms-v","1991-uhm-anniversary","1991-wwf-birds","1991-christmas","1991-heritage-definitives","1992-international-airport","1992-europa","1992-world-war-ii","1992-olympic-games","1992-historical-buildings","1992-christmas","1992-university-anniversary","1993-lions-international","1993-europa","1993-small-states-games","1993-scouts-guides","1993-year-elderly","1993-gwu-anniversary","1993-christmas","1993-local-councils","1994-dental-association","1994-europa","1994-commemorations","1994-world-cup","1994-aviation","1994-first-moon-landing","1994-christmas","1994-antique-silver","1993-spiral-postage-dues"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"1985":29,"1986":22,"1987":24,"1988":23,"1989":22,"1990":25,"1991":30,"1992":19,"1993":30,"1994":28},"annualCountDefinition":"Issue-associated inventory totals. The 23c Ships III creamy-paper type is associated with the 1985 issue but its first appearance is only bounded to 1985–1986; it must not be treated as an exact-year release.","scope":"252 basic postage, postage-due and documented major paper, perforation or watermark types in 78 groups. Includes four 1993 spiral postage dues and the four distinct Local Councils miniature-sheet designs. Unchanged reprints and repeated formats excluded. The first appearance of the Ships III 23c creamy-paper alternative remains bounded to 1985–1986. Technical attributes and neutral design captions still require specialist review.","scopeMt":"252 tip bażiku tal-posta, taxxa postali u differenzi dokumentati fil-karta, fil-perforazzjoni jew fil-filigrana fi 78 grupp. Jinkludi erba’ bolli tat-taxxa postali tal-1993 u l-erba’ disinji differenti tal-foljetta tal-kunsilli lokali. Stampar mill-ġdid mingħajr tibdil u formati ripetuti esklużi. Id-data tal-ewwel dehra tat-tip ta’ 23c ta’ Ships III fuq karta lewn il-krema tibqa’ bejn l-1985 u l-1986. Id-dettalji tekniċi u xi suġġetti tad-disinji għad għandhom bżonn verifika speċjalizzata.","actualStamps":252,"actualGroups":78,"unresolvedDates":1,"sources":[{"title":"Contemporary 1985 issue studies and postal diary","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/81369/1/JMPS14%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Contemporary 1993 postage-due study","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/77576/1/JMPS23%283%29A4.pdf"},{"title":"Official Philatelic Bureau literature index","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69931/1/JMPS38%282%29A2.pdf"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":252,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":252,"Research required":0}},{"id":"1995-2004","title":"1995–2004 · reconciled period inventory","titleMt":"1995–2004 · inventarju rikonċiljat tal-perjodu","expectedStamps":432,"expectedGroups":99,"issueIds":["1995-commemorations","1995-europa","1995-anniversaries","1995-telecommunications-electricity","1995-nature-conservation","1995-clocks","1995-christmas","1996-child-youth-welfare","1996-prehistoric-art","1996-europa","1996-commemorations","1996-olympics","1996-cali","1996-mechanised-transport","1996-christmas","1997-cities","1997-cities-sheet","1997-sedan-chairs","1997-europa","1997-calleia","1997-gozo-cathedral","1997-sciortino","1997-education","1997-christmas","1997-commemorations","1998-costumes","1998-valletta-culture","1998-historic-commemorations","1998-europa","1998-oceans","1998-world-cup","1998-world-cup-sheet","1998-anniversaries","1998-christmas","1999-smom","1999-council-europe","1999-europa","1999-upu","1999-tourism","1999-marine-fauna","1999-mellieha","1999-uprising","1999-flora-one","1999-christmas","1999-republic-anniversary","2000-greetings","2000-twentieth-century","2000-sport","2000-sydney-olympics","2000-europa","2000-air-transport","2000-fireworks","2000-flowers-definitives-ii","2000-childrens-designs","2000-christmas","2001-carnival","2001-lighthouses","2001-caruana-dingli-folklore","2001-papal-visit","2001-europa","2001-birds","2001-musical-instruments","2001-flowers-definitives-iii","2001-dogs","2001-christmas","2002-postage-labels","2002-seahorses","2002-antique-furniture","2002-europa","2002-moths-butterflies","2002-maltese-cuisine","2002-cacti-succulents","2002-personalities","2002-christmas","2003-flowers-definitives-iv","2003-vintage-cars","2003-military-architecture","2003-st-george-paintings","2003-europa","2003-small-states-games","2003-coronation-jubilee","2003-elton-john","2003-seashells","2003-sailing","2003-self-adhesive-booklets","2003-windmills","2003-christmas","2004-letter-boxes","2004-cats","2004-salesians","2004-mammals-reptiles","2004-eu-accession","2004-europa","2004-wayside-chapels","2004-trams","2004-olympic-games","2004-maltese-festivals","2004-works-art","2004-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"1995":26,"1996":30,"1997":30,"1998":30,"1999":55,"2000":38,"2001":55,"2002":50,"2003":61,"2004":57},"annualCountDefinition":"Basic design/value types and separately documented major watermark alternatives; repeated unchanged formats excluded.","scope":"432 basic and documented major types in 99 groups. Includes four variable-rate label designs; each is one design type, not every dispenser value. No new postage-due group is documented in the bounded source audit. Unchanged reprints, packaging and unissued programmes excluded. Remaining caption, date and technical gaps are explicitly recorded.","scopeMt":"432 tip bażiku u tip ewlieni dokumentat f’99 grupp. Jinkludi erba’ disinji ta’ tikketti b’valur varjabbli; kull wieħed jingħadd bħala disinn wieħed. L-awditu limitat tas-sorsi ma jiddokumentax grupp ġdid ta’ bolli tat-taxxa postali. Stampar mingħajr tibdil, ippakkjar u programmi mhux maħruġa esklużi. Il-lakuni li fadal huma indikati.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary 1999 postal diary","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76121/1/JMPS29%282%29A2.pdf"},{"title":"Official Philatelic Bureau literature index","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69931/1/JMPS38%282%29A2.pdf"}],"actualStamps":432,"actualGroups":99,"unresolvedDates":0,"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":432,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":432,"Research required":0}},{"id":"1995-1999","title":"1995–1999 · basic and documented major types","titleMt":"1995–1999 · tipi bażiċi u tipi ewlenin dokumentati","expectedStamps":171,"expectedGroups":45,"issueIds":["1995-commemorations","1995-europa","1995-anniversaries","1995-telecommunications-electricity","1995-nature-conservation","1995-clocks","1995-christmas","1996-child-youth-welfare","1996-prehistoric-art","1996-europa","1996-commemorations","1996-olympics","1996-cali","1996-mechanised-transport","1996-christmas","1997-cities","1997-cities-sheet","1997-sedan-chairs","1997-europa","1997-calleia","1997-gozo-cathedral","1997-sciortino","1997-education","1997-christmas","1997-commemorations","1998-costumes","1998-valletta-culture","1998-historic-commemorations","1998-europa","1998-oceans","1998-world-cup","1998-world-cup-sheet","1998-anniversaries","1998-christmas","1999-smom","1999-council-europe","1999-europa","1999-upu","1999-tourism","1999-marine-fauna","1999-mellieha","1999-uprising","1999-flora-one","1999-christmas","1999-republic-anniversary"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"1995":26,"1996":30,"1997":30,"1998":30,"1999":55},"annualCountDefinition":"Basic design/value types and separately documented major watermark alternatives; repeated unchanged formats excluded.","scope":"171 types in 45 groups. Includes distinct Cities 1997 and World Cup 1998 miniature-sheet watermark types, sixteen Marine Fauna designs and separate Mellieħa sheet and single stamps. Subject captions, missing technical fields and specialist varieties still require review.","scopeMt":"171 tip f’45 grupp. Jinkludi tipi b’filigrana differenti fil-foljetti Cities 1997 u World Cup 1998, sittax-il disinn ta’ Marine Fauna u l-bolli differenti tal-foljetta u tas-serje tal-Mellieħa. Xi suġġetti, dettalji tekniċi neqsin u varjetajiet speċjalizzati għad għandhom bżonn verifika.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary 1999 postal diary","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/76121/1/JMPS29%282%29A2.pdf"},{"title":"Official Philatelic Bureau literature index","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69931/1/JMPS38%282%29A2.pdf"}],"actualStamps":171,"actualGroups":45,"unresolvedDates":0,"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":171,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":171,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2000-2004","title":"2000–2004 · basic and documented major types","titleMt":"2000–2004 · tipi bażiċi u tipi ewlenin dokumentati","expectedStamps":261,"expectedGroups":54,"issueIds":["2000-greetings","2000-twentieth-century","2000-sport","2000-sydney-olympics","2000-europa","2000-air-transport","2000-fireworks","2000-flowers-definitives-ii","2000-childrens-designs","2000-christmas","2001-carnival","2001-lighthouses","2001-caruana-dingli-folklore","2001-papal-visit","2001-europa","2001-birds","2001-musical-instruments","2001-flowers-definitives-iii","2001-dogs","2001-christmas","2002-postage-labels","2002-seahorses","2002-antique-furniture","2002-europa","2002-moths-butterflies","2002-maltese-cuisine","2002-cacti-succulents","2002-personalities","2002-christmas","2003-flowers-definitives-iv","2003-vintage-cars","2003-military-architecture","2003-st-george-paintings","2003-europa","2003-small-states-games","2003-coronation-jubilee","2003-elton-john","2003-seashells","2003-sailing","2003-self-adhesive-booklets","2003-windmills","2003-christmas","2004-letter-boxes","2004-cats","2004-salesians","2004-mammals-reptiles","2004-eu-accession","2004-europa","2004-wayside-chapels","2004-trams","2004-olympic-games","2004-maltese-festivals","2004-works-art","2004-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2000":38,"2001":55,"2002":50,"2003":61,"2004":57},"annualCountDefinition":"Basic stamp design/value types, four variable-rate label designs and separately documented self-adhesive booklet types; no individual dispenser-value permutations or unchanged reprints.","scope":"261 types in 54 groups, including four variable-rate postal label designs and two distinct self-adhesive booklet stamp types. Excludes unissued programmes, repeated packaging, unchanged reprints and minor varieties. Some se-tenant subjects retain positional captions pending identification; technical fields and reprint changes require further review.","scopeMt":"261 tip f’54 grupp, inklużi erba’ disinji ta’ tikketti postali b’valur varjabbli u żewġ tipi differenti ta’ bolli li jeħlu waħedhom minn libretti. Programmi mhux maħruġa, ippakkjar ripetut, stampar mill-ġdid mingħajr tibdil u varjetajiet żgħar esklużi. Xi suġġetti għadhom deskritti bil-pożizzjoni fil-folja; id-dettalji tekniċi għad għandhom bżonn verifika.","sources":[{"title":"Anthony Fenech, contemporary 2002 postal diary and label introduction","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/75424/1/JMPS31%283%29full.pdf"},{"title":"Official Philatelic Bureau literature index","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69931/1/JMPS38%282%29A2.pdf"}],"actualStamps":261,"actualGroups":54,"unresolvedDates":0,"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":261,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":261,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2005-2014","title":"2005–2014 · documented period inventory","titleMt":"2005–2014 · inventarju dokumentat tal-perjodu","expectedStamps":523,"expectedGroups":108,"actualStamps":523,"actualGroups":108,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2005-old-maps","2005-rotarians","2005-andersen","2005-pope-memoriam","2005-insects","2005-europa-gastronomy","2005-st-catherine-art","2005-personalities","2005-equines","2005-battle-malta","2005-christmas","2005-commonwealth","2006-european-cooperation","2006-ceramics","2006-domestic-pets","2006-good-friday","2006-europa-integration","2006-world-cup","2006-sting","2006-naval-vessels","2006-occasions","2006-castles-towers","2006-floral-one-cent-reissue","2006-christmas","2006-bob-geldof","2006-maltese-crafts","2007-prehistoric-sculptures","2007-fruits","2007-balconies","2007-europa-scouts","2007-san-gorg-preca","2007-childrens-toys","2007-caravaggio","2007-motorcycles","2007-occasions","2007-scenery","2007-tree-planting","2007-bands","2007-christmas","2007-anniversaries-personalities","2007-last-lira-coins","2008-euro-coins","2008-cyprus-joint","2008-door-knockers","2008-olympics","2008-europa-letters","2008-annus-paulinus","2008-planet-earth","2008-cruise-liners","2008-christmas","2009-fungi","2009-postal-transport","2009-euro-anniversary","2009-europa-astronomy","2009-small-states-games","2009-cruise-liners","2009-scenery","2009-christmas","2009-heritage-definitives","2010-malta-gibraltar-guns","2010-occasions","2010-papal-visit","2010-europa","2010-world-cup","2010-biodiversity","2010-natural-treasures","2010-christmas","2010-first-stamp-anniversary","2011-landscapes","2011-wwf","2011-europa","2011-malta-buses","2011-maritime-malta","2011-iceland-joint","2011-christmas","2011-senate-assembly","2012-definitive-additions","2012-international-artists","2012-occasions","2012-george-cross-anniversary","2012-europa","2012-olympic-games","2012-operation-pedestal","2012-historical-gates","2012-christmas","2013-papal-bull","2013-mattia-preti","2013-fountains","2013-europa","2013-maritime-day","2013-fauna","2013-curacao-joint","2013-malta-buses-ii","2013-red-cross","2013-christmas","2014-fountains-ii","2014-israel-joint","2014-maritime-commemorations","2014-papal-canonisation","2014-eu-accession-anniversary","2014-europa","2014-independence-republic","2014-world-cup","2014-maltese-flora","2014-euromed","2014-grandmasters","2014-first-world-war","2014-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2005":55,"2006":63,"2007":69,"2008":27,"2009":45,"2010":29,"2011":38,"2012":115,"2013":26,"2014":56},"annualCountDefinition":"Design/value and documented diagnostic types by issue-associated year. Dual currencies do not duplicate a stamp. Unchanged packaging and unproved reprint distinctions excluded.","scope":"523 documented types in 108 ordinary issue groups, including 90 dual-currency stamps counted once each. Candidate 2005 floral and October 2008 Europa reprint distinctions remain unresolved. Full specialist completeness, later postage dues and private-carrier issues are not certified. Excludes unchanged reprints, repeated packaging and unissued proposals.","scopeMt":"523 tip dokumentat f’108 grupp ta’ ħarġiet ordinarji, inklużi 90 bolla b’żewġ muniti li jingħaddu darba biss. Id-differenzi proposti għall-fjuri tal-2005 u għal Europa ta’ Ottubru 2008 għadhom mhux ivverifikati. Il-kompletezza speċjalizzata, it-taxxa postali ta’ wara u l-ħarġiet ta’ operaturi privati mhumiex iċċertifikati. Stampar mingħajr tibdil, ippakkjar ripetut u proposti mhux maħruġa esklużi.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary including the December 2009 definitives","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69547/1/JMPS39%281%29A8.pdf"},{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Operation Pedestal","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=184"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":523,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":523,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2005-2009","title":"2005–2009 · documented ordinary inventory","titleMt":"2005–2009 · inventarju ordinarju dokumentat","expectedStamps":259,"expectedGroups":59,"actualStamps":259,"actualGroups":59,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2005-old-maps","2005-rotarians","2005-andersen","2005-pope-memoriam","2005-insects","2005-europa-gastronomy","2005-st-catherine-art","2005-personalities","2005-equines","2005-battle-malta","2005-christmas","2005-commonwealth","2006-european-cooperation","2006-ceramics","2006-domestic-pets","2006-good-friday","2006-europa-integration","2006-world-cup","2006-sting","2006-naval-vessels","2006-occasions","2006-castles-towers","2006-floral-one-cent-reissue","2006-christmas","2006-bob-geldof","2006-maltese-crafts","2007-prehistoric-sculptures","2007-fruits","2007-balconies","2007-europa-scouts","2007-san-gorg-preca","2007-childrens-toys","2007-caravaggio","2007-motorcycles","2007-occasions","2007-scenery","2007-tree-planting","2007-bands","2007-christmas","2007-anniversaries-personalities","2007-last-lira-coins","2008-euro-coins","2008-cyprus-joint","2008-door-knockers","2008-olympics","2008-europa-letters","2008-annus-paulinus","2008-planet-earth","2008-cruise-liners","2008-christmas","2009-fungi","2009-postal-transport","2009-euro-anniversary","2009-europa-astronomy","2009-small-states-games","2009-cruise-liners","2009-scenery","2009-christmas","2009-heritage-definitives"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2005":55,"2006":63,"2007":69,"2008":27,"2009":45},"annualCountDefinition":"Design/value and documented diagnostic types by issue-associated year. Dual currencies do not duplicate a stamp. Unchanged packaging and unproved reprint distinctions excluded.","scope":"259 ordinary design/value and documented major types in 59 groups, including 90 stamps bearing both lira and euro values. Each dual face is one record. Candidate 2005 floral reprint diagnostics and an October 2008 Europa reprint distinction remain unresolved and excluded from this count; full structural completeness is not certified.","scopeMt":"259 tip ordinarju u tip ewlieni dokumentat f’59 grupp, inklużi 90 bolla b’valuri fil-lira u fl-ewro. Kull bolla b’żewġ valuri tingħadd darba. Id-differenzi proposti għall-istampar mill-ġdid tal-fjuri tal-2005 u ta’ Europa f’Ottubru 2008 għadhom mhux ivverifikati u huma esklużi minn dan l-għadd. Il-kompletezza speċjalizzata mhix iċċertifikata.","sources":[{"title":"Contemporary postal diary including the December 2009 definitives","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69547/1/JMPS39%281%29A8.pdf"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":259,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":259,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2010-2014","title":"2010–2014 · documented ordinary inventory","titleMt":"2010–2014 · inventarju ordinarju dokumentat","expectedStamps":264,"expectedGroups":49,"actualStamps":264,"actualGroups":49,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2010-malta-gibraltar-guns","2010-occasions","2010-papal-visit","2010-europa","2010-world-cup","2010-biodiversity","2010-natural-treasures","2010-christmas","2010-first-stamp-anniversary","2011-landscapes","2011-wwf","2011-europa","2011-malta-buses","2011-maritime-malta","2011-iceland-joint","2011-christmas","2011-senate-assembly","2012-definitive-additions","2012-international-artists","2012-occasions","2012-george-cross-anniversary","2012-europa","2012-olympic-games","2012-operation-pedestal","2012-historical-gates","2012-christmas","2013-papal-bull","2013-mattia-preti","2013-fountains","2013-europa","2013-maritime-day","2013-fauna","2013-curacao-joint","2013-malta-buses-ii","2013-red-cross","2013-christmas","2014-fountains-ii","2014-israel-joint","2014-maritime-commemorations","2014-papal-canonisation","2014-eu-accession-anniversary","2014-europa","2014-independence-republic","2014-world-cup","2014-maltese-flora","2014-euromed","2014-grandmasters","2014-first-world-war","2014-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2010":29,"2011":38,"2012":115,"2013":26,"2014":56},"annualCountDefinition":"Design/value and documented diagnostic types by issue-associated year. Dual currencies do not duplicate a stamp. Unchanged packaging and unproved reprint distinctions excluded.","scope":"264 documented basic design/value types in 49 groups, including all 88 Operation Pedestal vessels, 20 buses and 28 Grand Masters. Identical booklet and miniature-sheet repetitions are not extra stamp records. Some subjects retain explicit sheet-position captions, and technical and specialist reprint checks remain open.","scopeMt":"264 tip bażiku dokumentat f’49 grupp, inklużi t-88 bastiment ta’ Operation Pedestal, 20 karozza tal-linja u 28 Gran Mastru. Ripetizzjonijiet identiċi f’libretti jew foljetti ma jingħaddux bħala bolli oħra. Xi suġġetti għadhom deskritti bil-pożizzjoni fil-folja, u għad fadal verifiki tekniċi u speċjalizzati.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost contemporary announcement — Operation Pedestal","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=184"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":264,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":264,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2015-2021","title":"2015–2021 · documented ordinary inventory","titleMt":"2015–2021 · inventarju ordinarju dokumentat","expectedStamps":302,"expectedGroups":91,"actualStamps":302,"actualGroups":91,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2015-yalta-anniversary","2015-flora-ii","2015-aqueducts","2015-anzac-centenary","2015-first-stamp-anniversary","2015-europa-toys","2015-sepac-culture","2015-euromed-boats","2015-maritime-ex-voto","2015-john-bosco","2015-great-siege-anniversary","2015-un-anniversary","2015-christmas","2015-chogm","2016-flora-iii","2016-valletta-foundation","2016-wwf-shearwaters","2016-europa-think-green","2016-russia-joint","2016-sepac-seasons","2016-euromed-fish","2016-rio-olympics","2016-dom-mintoff","2016-hms-hastings","2016-balcony-corbels","2016-san-marino-joint","2016-christmas","2017-eu-presidency","2017-flora-iv","2017-balcony-corbels-ii","2017-europa-castles","2017-postal-uniforms","2017-sepac-handcrafts","2017-euromed-trees","2017-pedestal-anniversary","2017-maltese-festa","2017-melchiorre-gafa","2017-vessels-order","2017-christmas","2017-floor-tiles","2018-traditional-costumes","2018-maritime-vi","2018-europa","2018-valletta-culture","2018-world-cup","2018-euromed-houses","2018-operation-husky","2018-sepac-views","2018-festa-ii","2018-padre-pio","2018-dogs","2018-christmas","2018-kyrgyzstan-joint","2019-maritime-vii","2019-council-europe","2019-europa","2019-sette-giugno","2019-map-plotters","2019-euromed-costumes","2019-moon-landing","2019-sepac-houses","2019-festa-iii","2019-ems","2019-popular-entertainers","2019-stage-commandos","2019-gandhi","2019-romania-joint","2019-apiculture","2019-christmas","2020-residential-houses-ii","2020-festa-iv","2020-europa","2020-sepac-art","2020-euromed-gastronomy","2020-dogs-ii","2020-john-paul-ii","2020-slovakia-joint","2020-christmas","2020-beethoven","2021-healthcare-heroes","2021-act-now","2021-napoleon","2021-europa","2021-sepac-maps","2021-prince-philip","2021-euromed-jewellery","2021-olympic-games","2021-festa-v","2021-maltese-buses","2021-senate-assembly","2021-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2015":26,"2016":31,"2017":50,"2018":53,"2019":49,"2020":54,"2021":39},"annualIssueGroupsExpected":{"2015":14,"2016":13,"2017":13,"2018":13,"2019":16,"2020":10,"2021":12},"annualCountDefinition":"Distinct basic design/value types by issue-associated year; identical packaging repeats and unchanged reprints excluded.","scope":"302 basic design/value types in 91 ordinary issue groups across seven reconciled annual inventories. Identical packaging repeats do not increase stamp counts. Includes eight tile types, four Gandhi designs and twenty Festa IV subjects. Detailed captions, technical fields, specialist reprints and modern image permissions remain open; postage dues are not certified by this ordinary-stamp audit.","scopeMt":"302 tip bażiku f’91 grupp ordinarju, imqabbla ma’ seba’ inventarji annwali. Ripetizzjonijiet identiċi f’pakketti ma jżidux l-għadd. Jinkludi tmien tipi tal-madum, erba’ disinji ta’ Gandhi u għoxrin suġġett ta’ Festa IV. Għad fadal deskrizzjonijiet, dettalji tekniċi u permessi għall-immaġnijiet. 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Repeated identical stamps count once: one 2015 Penny Black type and eight 2017 tile designs. Some captions, technical attributes and specialist reprint distinctions remain under review. Postage dues and unchanged reprints are outside this bounded inventory.","scopeMt":"107 tip bażiku f’40 grupp ordinarju, imqabbla mal-pakketti annwali, mas-sekwenzi tal-ħarġiet u mal-lista SEPAC. Bolli identiċi jingħaddu darba: tip wieħed ta’ Penny Black tal-2015 u tmien disinji tal-madum tal-2017. Xi deskrizzjonijiet u dettalji tekniċi għadhom qed jiġu vverifikati. It-taxxa postali u stampi mill-ġdid identiċi huma barra dan l-inventarju.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost official 2015 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=1576"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2016 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=3667"},{"title":"Contemporary 2017 Year Pack inventory and postal diary","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/63345/1/JMPS47%283%29A2.pdf"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":107,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":107,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2018-2021","title":"2018–2021 · documented ordinary inventory","titleMt":"2018–2021 · inventarju ordinarju dokumentat","expectedStamps":195,"expectedGroups":51,"actualStamps":195,"actualGroups":51,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2018-traditional-costumes","2018-maritime-vi","2018-europa","2018-valletta-culture","2018-world-cup","2018-euromed-houses","2018-operation-husky","2018-sepac-views","2018-festa-ii","2018-padre-pio","2018-dogs","2018-christmas","2018-kyrgyzstan-joint","2019-maritime-vii","2019-council-europe","2019-europa","2019-sette-giugno","2019-map-plotters","2019-euromed-costumes","2019-moon-landing","2019-sepac-houses","2019-festa-iii","2019-ems","2019-popular-entertainers","2019-stage-commandos","2019-gandhi","2019-romania-joint","2019-apiculture","2019-christmas","2020-residential-houses-ii","2020-festa-iv","2020-europa","2020-sepac-art","2020-euromed-gastronomy","2020-dogs-ii","2020-john-paul-ii","2020-slovakia-joint","2020-christmas","2020-beethoven","2021-healthcare-heroes","2021-act-now","2021-napoleon","2021-europa","2021-sepac-maps","2021-prince-philip","2021-euromed-jewellery","2021-olympic-games","2021-festa-v","2021-maltese-buses","2021-senate-assembly","2021-christmas"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2018":53,"2019":49,"2020":54,"2021":39},"annualIssueGroupsExpected":{"2018":13,"2019":16,"2020":10,"2021":12},"annualCountDefinition":"Distinct basic design/value types by issue-associated year; identical packaging repeats and unchanged reprints excluded.","scope":"195 basic design/value types in 51 ordinary groups. The 2019 pack combines two separately issued entertainment sets; both groups are retained. Four Gandhi stamps and all twenty Festa IV subjects are counted distinctly. The 2020 Apiculture reprint specification conflict and several captions/technical attributes remain unresolved. Postage dues and unchanged reprints are outside scope.","scopeMt":"195 tip bażiku f’51 grupp ordinarju. Il-pakkett tal-2019 jgħaqqad żewġ settijiet ta’ divertiment separati; iż-żewġ gruppi jinżammu. L-erba’ bolli ta’ Gandhi u l-għoxrin suġġett ta’ Festa IV jingħaddu separatament. Il-kunflitt fid-dettalji tal-istampar mill-ġdid ta’ Apiculture tal-2020 u xi deskrizzjonijiet għadhom mhux solvuti. It-taxxa postali u stampi mill-ġdid identiċi huma barra l-ambitu.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost official 2018 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=4878"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2019 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5023"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2020 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5155"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2021 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=5244"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":195,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":195,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2022-2026","title":"2022–2026 · ordinary inventory to 5 November 2026","titleMt":"2022–2026 · inventarju ordinarju sal-5 ta’ Novembru 2026","asOf":"2026-11-05","partialYears":[2026],"expectedStamps":182,"expectedGroups":56,"actualStamps":182,"actualGroups":56,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2023-books","2023-railway","2023-small-states","2023-marine","2023-zahra","2023-festa-vii","2023-fort-manoel","2023-comic","2023-christmas","2024-railway","2024-airlines","2024-euromed","2024-olympic","2024-sepac","2024-festa-viii","2023-euromed","2025-diabolik","2025-festa-ix","2025-sepac-architecture","2025-euromed-limestone","2025-council-of-europe","2025-europa-archaeology","2025-pope-francis","2025-cats-ii","2025-year-of-snake","2022-santas-workshop","2022-nativity","2022-comic-art","2022-elizabeth-memorial","2022-sepac-beverages","2022-teresa-calcutta","2022-festa-vi","2022-euromed","2022-meteorological-centenary","2022-platinum-jubilee","2022-europa-myths","2022-buses-ii","2022-pope-francis","2022-national-anthem-centenary","2023-europa-peace","2023-sepac-traditional-markets","2024-year-of-dragon","2024-europa","2024-upu-anniversary","2024-nativity","2024-christmas","2024-national-anniversaries","2025-nativity","2025-christmas","2026-year-of-horse","2026-tramways","2026-europa","2026-maltese-architecture","2026-euromed-mosaics","2026-sepac-landmarks","2026-festa-x"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2022":41,"2023":39,"2024":40,"2025":38,"2026":24},"annualIssueGroupsExpected":{"2022":14,"2023":12,"2024":12,"2025":11,"2026":7},"annualCountDefinition":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types; repeated packaging and unchanged reprints excluded. 2026 is checked only through 5 November.","scope":"182 basic design/value types in 56 ordinary groups. Annual groups reconcile to postal-administration lists and year-pack evidence; the 2024 pack enumeration is contemporary secondary reporting, cross-checked against individual member issue pages. Includes both distinct €1 Santa’s Workshop miniature-sheet stamps. 2026 is a partial-year inventory through 5 November, not a full-year claim. First-day metadata conflicts, some captions and technical measurements remain open; postage dues and specialist varieties are not certified.","scopeMt":"182 tip bażiku f’56 grupp ordinarju. Il-gruppi huma mqabbla mal-listi tal-amministrazzjoni postali u mal-pakketti annwali; il-lista tal-pakkett tal-2024 ġejja minn rapport kontemporanju u hija mqabbla mal-paġni tal-ħarġiet individwali. Jinkludi ż-żewġ bolli distinti ta’ €1 mill-foljett Santa’s Workshop. L-2026 tkopri biss il-perjodu sal-5 ta’ Novembru, mhux is-sena kollha. Għad fadal kunflitti fid-dati, xi deskrizzjonijiet u kejl tekniku. It-taxxa postali u l-varjetajiet speċjalizzati mhumiex iċċertifikati.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost official 2022 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6329"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2023 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6384"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration 2024 annual issue listing","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/releaseyear/&loc=MT&ry=2024"},{"title":"Contemporary report of MaltaPost 2024 Year Pack enumeration","url":"https://gozo.news/117009/maltapost-launches-year-pack-of-stamps-issued-throughout-2024/"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2025 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6534"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration 2026 listing, checked through 5 November","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/releaseyear/&loc=MT&ry=2026"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":88,"verification":{"Verified":94,"Partially verified":88,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2022-2023","title":"2022–2023 · documented ordinary inventory","titleMt":"2022–2023 · inventarju ordinarju dokumentat","asOf":"2026-11-05","partialYears":[],"expectedStamps":80,"expectedGroups":26,"actualStamps":80,"actualGroups":26,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2023-books","2023-railway","2023-small-states","2023-marine","2023-zahra","2023-festa-vii","2023-fort-manoel","2023-comic","2023-christmas","2023-euromed","2022-santas-workshop","2022-nativity","2022-comic-art","2022-elizabeth-memorial","2022-sepac-beverages","2022-teresa-calcutta","2022-festa-vi","2022-euromed","2022-meteorological-centenary","2022-platinum-jubilee","2022-europa-myths","2022-buses-ii","2022-pope-francis","2022-national-anthem-centenary","2023-europa-peace","2023-sepac-traditional-markets"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2022":41,"2023":39},"annualIssueGroupsExpected":{"2022":14,"2023":12},"annualCountDefinition":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types; repeated packaging and unchanged reprints excluded. 2026 is checked only through 5 November.","scope":"80 basic design/value types in 26 ordinary groups. Annual groups reconcile to postal-administration lists and year-pack evidence; the 2024 pack enumeration is contemporary secondary reporting, cross-checked against individual member issue pages. Includes both distinct €1 Santa’s Workshop miniature-sheet stamps. First-day metadata conflicts, some captions and technical measurements remain open; postage dues and specialist varieties are not certified.","scopeMt":"80 tip bażiku f’26 grupp ordinarju. Il-gruppi huma mqabbla mal-listi tal-amministrazzjoni postali u mal-pakketti annwali; il-lista tal-pakkett tal-2024 ġejja minn rapport kontemporanju u hija mqabbla mal-paġni tal-ħarġiet individwali. Jinkludi ż-żewġ bolli distinti ta’ €1 mill-foljett Santa’s Workshop. Għad fadal kunflitti fid-dati, xi deskrizzjonijiet u kejl tekniku. It-taxxa postali u l-varjetajiet speċjalizzati mhumiex iċċertifikati.","sources":[{"title":"MaltaPost official 2022 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6329"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2023 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6384"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":33,"verification":{"Verified":47,"Partially verified":33,"Research required":0}},{"id":"2024-2026","title":"2024–2026 · ordinary inventory to 5 November 2026","titleMt":"2024–2026 · inventarju ordinarju sal-5 ta’ Novembru 2026","asOf":"2026-11-05","partialYears":[2026],"expectedStamps":102,"expectedGroups":30,"actualStamps":102,"actualGroups":30,"unresolvedDates":0,"issueIds":["2024-railway","2024-airlines","2024-euromed","2024-olympic","2024-sepac","2024-festa-viii","2025-diabolik","2025-festa-ix","2025-sepac-architecture","2025-euromed-limestone","2025-council-of-europe","2025-europa-archaeology","2025-pope-francis","2025-cats-ii","2025-year-of-snake","2024-year-of-dragon","2024-europa","2024-upu-anniversary","2024-nativity","2024-christmas","2024-national-anniversaries","2025-nativity","2025-christmas","2026-year-of-horse","2026-tramways","2026-europa","2026-maltese-architecture","2026-euromed-mosaics","2026-sepac-landmarks","2026-festa-x"],"annualAssociatedExpected":{"2024":40,"2025":38,"2026":24},"annualIssueGroupsExpected":{"2024":12,"2025":11,"2026":7},"annualCountDefinition":"Distinct ordinary basic design/value types; repeated packaging and unchanged reprints excluded. 2026 is checked only through 5 November.","scope":"102 basic design/value types in 30 ordinary groups. Annual groups reconcile to postal-administration lists and year-pack evidence; the 2024 pack enumeration is contemporary secondary reporting, cross-checked against individual member issue pages. 2026 is a partial-year inventory through 5 November, not a full-year claim. First-day metadata conflicts, some captions and technical measurements remain open; postage dues and specialist varieties are not certified.","scopeMt":"102 tip bażiku f’30 grupp ordinarju. Il-gruppi huma mqabbla mal-listi tal-amministrazzjoni postali u mal-pakketti annwali; il-lista tal-pakkett tal-2024 ġejja minn rapport kontemporanju u hija mqabbla mal-paġni tal-ħarġiet individwali. L-2026 tkopri biss il-perjodu sal-5 ta’ Novembru, mhux is-sena kollha. Għad fadal kunflitti fid-dati, xi deskrizzjonijiet u kejl tekniku. It-taxxa postali u l-varjetajiet speċjalizzati mhumiex iċċertifikati.","sources":[{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration 2024 annual issue listing","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/releaseyear/&loc=MT&ry=2024"},{"title":"Contemporary report of MaltaPost 2024 Year Pack enumeration","url":"https://gozo.news/117009/maltapost-launches-year-pack-of-stamps-issued-throughout-2024/"},{"title":"MaltaPost official 2025 Year Pack inventory","url":"https://www.maltapost.com/news-details?id=6534"},{"title":"SEPAC postal-administration 2026 listing, checked through 5 November","url":"https://www.sepacstamps.eu/en/stamps/releaseyear/&loc=MT&ry=2026"}],"imagedStamps":0,"needsReview":55,"verification":{"Verified":47,"Partially verified":55,"Research required":0}},{"id":"selected-major-varieties","title":"Selected major varieties · initial selection","titleMt":"Għażla inizjali ta’ varjetajiet ewlenin","expectedStamps":13,"expectedGroups":13,"issueIds":["1902-one-pnney-error","1926-melita-inverted-postage","1893-fourpence-imperforate","1901-farthing-imperf-bottom","1905-farthing-imperf-top","1885-halfpenny-watermark-inverted","1885-shilling-watermark-inverted","1886-five-shillings-watermark-inverted","1878-halfpenny-reverse-compound","1901-farthing-watermark-inverted","1901-farthing-watermark-reversed","1901-farthing-watermark-inverted-reversed","1885-halfpenny-watermark-malformed-c"],"scope":"Two independently documented surcharge/overprint varieties, separate from ordinary basic inventories. A selected extension, not an exhaustive specialist checklist.","scopeMt":"Żewġ varjetajiet dokumentati tas-soprastampa, separati mill-inventarji bażiċi normali. Din hi għażla inizjali, mhux lista speċjalizzata sħiħa.","sources":[{"title":"A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapter XIX, pp34–35: surcharge setting and One Pnney error","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Postage_Stamps_of_Malta#XIX.—The_“One_Penny”_Provisional."},{"title":"Albert Ganado, The Melita 3d POSTAGE inverted, archival investigation, JMPS38(2),2009,pp3–23","url":"https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/69836/1/JMPS38%282%29A1.pdf"}],"actualStamps":13,"actualGroups":13,"unresolvedDates":12,"imagedStamps":2,"needsReview":13,"verification":{"Verified":0,"Partially verified":13,"Research required":0}}]}