Colour scan
1899 / Heritage
Melita · the personification of Malta
The first pictorial definitives
Denomination2/6
Issue date1899-02-04
The story behind the issue
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.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Printing process
- Line engraving
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Stamps per sheet
- 60 stamps in five rows of 12
- Plate number
- No plate number reported by Séfi
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Crown CC
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Olive-grey
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
VerifiedImage & attribution
Stamp: Malta Post Office; scan: dealingstamps, uploaded by Xwejnusgozo / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — expired Crown copyright
Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.
