Il-permess għall-immaġni għadu mhux ikkonfermat
1917–1918 / Wirt
George V · WAR TAX halfpenny
War Tax overprints — 1917–1918
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
- Multiple Crown CA
- Karta
- Mhux dokumentat
- Kulur
- Deep green
- Kwantità
- Mhux dokumentat
Sorsi u verifika
Parzjalment verifikatHalfpenny identity is supported by inspected specimens and specialist research. Packing records of 22 October and 3 November 1917 do not establish its first sale day; conflicting retrospective dates remain unresolved.
- Peter Fernbank, BWISC Bulletin 201, June 2004, p.27 — Malta halfpenny packing records ↗
- British Empire World War I Tax Stamps, exhibit PDF p.12 — George V halfpenny specimen ↗
- Andrew McClellan, Revenue Reverend — Malta War Tax halfpenny watermark and printer ↗
Immaġni u attribuzzjoni
Il-permess għall-immaġni għadu mhux ikkonfermat
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.