MALTA½dGeorge V · WAR TAX halfpennyImmaġni mhux disponibbli
1917–1918
Authentic colour front scan; illustrative design/value match, not authentication of watermark, paper, perforation or exact shade
1917–1918 / Wirt
Edward VII · WAR TAX threepence
War Tax overprints — 1917–1918
Valur nominali3d
Data tal-ħarġa1917–1918
Hija stabbilita biss din il-medda ta’ snin; is-sena individwali tal-ħarġa għadha mhux ivverifikata.
L-istorja wara l-ħarġa
Two overprinted royal portrait stamps served wartime tax purposes. Identifiable examples show George V on the halfpenny and Edward VII on the threepenny. Printing and packing dates are documented, while exact release dates remain under review.
Dettalji tekniċi
- Awtorità emittenti
- Malta Post Office
- Użu postali
- Posta
- Munita
- GBP pre-decimal
- Disinjatur
- Mhux dokumentat
- Stampatur
- De La Rue (base stamps and WAR TAX overprint)
- Proċess tal-istampar
- Mhux dokumentat
- Daqs tal-bolla
- Mhux dokumentat
- Perforazzjoni
- Mhux dokumentat
- Filigrana
- Mhux dokumentat
- Karta
- Mhux dokumentat
- Kulur
- Grey and purple
- Kwantità
- Mhux dokumentat
Sorsi u verifika
Parzjalment verifikatThe portrait is Edward VII, confirmed by an inspected specimen and the packing record's King Edward series wording. A 31 December 1917 packing date is not an issue date. Individual release date and watermark remain unassigned pending stronger evidence.
- Peter Fernbank, War Tax Plate — Bent Leg of X Flaw, BWISC Bulletin No.201, June 2004, p.27, Crown Agents packing records ↗
- British Empire World War I Tax Stamps — exhibit PDF p.12, original Malta specimens and differing chronology ↗
- Spink, 2019 sale 19029 lot 893 — physical mint/used and cover collection of the War Tax pair ↗
- The Canadian Philatelist, September–October 1964, printed p.217 — War Tax identities ↗
Immaġni u attribuzzjoni
British colonial stamp artwork; scan by Stan Shebs, August 2005, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), explicitly declared on exact Commons file page; pre-1949 colonial artwork
The two basic denomination/portrait combinations only. Dates are explicitly unresolved within 1917–1918; no shade, overprint, plate or watermark varieties are counted. A tax's effective date and a printer's packing date are not treated as a stamp's release date.