Authentic colour reproduction of an original stamp; front illustration, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade
1886 / Wirt
Queen Victoria · five shillings
Queen Victoria · high value
Valur nominali5/-
Data tal-ħarġa1886
L-istorja wara l-ħarġa
A larger five-shilling stamp extended the definitive range in the year after the six-value issue. The handbook distinguishes several rose shades; these are grouped in this base-design record.
Dettalji tekniċi
- Awtorità emittenti
- Malta Post Office
- Użu postali
- Posta
- Munita
- GBP pre-decimal
- Disinjatur
- Mhux dokumentat
- Stampatur
- Mhux dokumentat
- Proċess tal-istampar
- Typography
- Daqs tal-bolla
- 25½ × 30½ mm (historic reference measurement)
- Bolol f’folja
- 120 stamps in 10 rows of 12
- Numru tal-pjanċa
- 1
- Perforazzjoni
- 14
- Filigrana
- Crown CC
- Karta
- White wove paper
- Kulur
- Rose shades
- Kwantità
- Mhux dokumentat
Sorsi u verifika
Verifikat- A. J. Séfi, The Postage Stamps of Malta (1913), chapters III and XV–XX: original sheet arrangements and plate marks ↗
- Collin and Calman, A Catalogue for Advanced Collectors, Part VII, printed p.428: Victoria printing, paper and reference measurements ↗
Immaġni u attribuzzjoni
Government of Malta artwork; scan of original uploaded by Arno-nl to Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — exact source page declares PD-old / Public Domain Mark for Government of Malta artwork; original published 1886, also before 1931 for US expiry
Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.
Fl-istess ħarġa
Esplora din il-ħarġa ↗Ebda bolla oħra f’din il-ħarġa.