AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO

1885 / Heritage

Queen Victoria ½d · inverted Crown CA watermark

The halfpenny of the 1885 definitive family with its Crown CA watermark inverted relative to the stamp design.

1 stamp records · ½d

A selected, explicitly documented watermark-orientation variety, separate from the ordinary base issue; not an exhaustive specialist checklist.

Research notes: 1885 is the base-design anchor only. The individual date is bounded by base availability and the handbook publication.

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