Authentic vermilion FIVE PENCE galley front scan. Commons filename says1895; its description identifies the1899 issue. Representative illustration; watermark is not authenticated.
1899 / Wirt
Maltese galley
The first pictorial definitives
Valur nominali5d
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 (sideways)
- Karta
- Mhux dokumentat
- Kulur
- Vermilion
- Kwantità
- Mhux dokumentat
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UK / Malta Post Office; original-stamp reproduction from eBay item360301232368, uploaded by Gwillhickers to Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for the artwork and faithful reproduction;1899 artwork is more than70years old
Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.
