Authentic colour reproduction of an original stamp; front illustration, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade
1899 / Wirt
Gozo fishing boat
The first pictorial definitives
Valur nominali4½d
Data tal-ħarġa1899-02-04
L-istorja wara l-ħarġa
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.
Dettalji tekniċi
- Awtorità emittenti
- Malta Post Office
- Użu postali
- Posta
- Munita
- GBP pre-decimal
- Disinjatur
- Mhux dokumentat
- Stampatur
- De La Rue
- Proċess tal-istampar
- Line engraving
- Daqs tal-bolla
- Mhux dokumentat
- Bolol f’folja
- 120 stamps in two panes of 60
- Numru tal-pjanċa
- No plate number reported by Séfi
- Perforazzjoni
- Mhux dokumentat
- Filigrana
- Crown CA
- Karta
- Mhux dokumentat
- Kulur
- Sepia
- Kwantità
- Mhux dokumentat
Sorsi u verifika
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UK/Malta Post Office artwork; original-stamp scan from BC Stamps, uploaded by Gwillhickers to Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — exact source page explicitly declares expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov); stamp artwork published 1899
Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.
