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

1899-02-04 / Heritage

The first pictorial definitives

Four pictorial designs brought local boats, maritime history, an allegory of Malta and Saint Paul onto the island’s stamps. The lower values used Crown CA paper, while the two higher values used Crown CC.

4 stamp records · 4½d / 5d / 2/6 / 10/-

Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.

Print checklist ↗

Gozo fishing boat · 4½d
1899

The first pictorial definitives

Gozo fishing boat

4½d
Maltese galley · 5d
1899

The first pictorial definitives

Maltese galley

5d