Halfpenny Yellow · white paper, no watermark

Dettalji tekniċi

Awtorità emittenti

Malta (British colonial administration)

Użu postali

Posta

Munita

GBP pre-decimal

Disinjatur

Mhux dokumentat

Stampatur

De La Rue

Proċess tal-istampar

Typography

Daqs tal-bolla

18½ × 22½ mm (historic reference)

Bolol f’folja

240 stamps in four panes of 60

Numru tal-pjanċa

1

Perforazzjoni

14

Filigrana

None

Karta

Thin white wove paper

Kulur

Buff and brown-orange shades

Kwantità

Mhux dokumentat

Sorsi u verifika

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 The 18½ × 22½ mm dimension is the reported historical reference for this halfpenny design, not a certified measurement of the illustrated specimen or a new physical-type distinction.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.

• Alfred Bonnici · Halfpenny Yellow study, chapter 2, revised (1978) ↗
• A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks ↗
• 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 ↗

Immaġni u attribuzzjoni

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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.