Image permission not established
1901–1913 / Heritage
Valletta Harbour ¼d · watermark inverted and reversed
Harbour farthing · inverted and reversed Crown CA watermark
Only this release range is established; the individual issue year remains unverified.
The story behind the issue
The combined inverted-and-reversed watermark state expressly recorded for the original single-Crown-CA harbour farthing.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Stamp format
- Watermark orientation variety
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- Not documented
- Printing process
- Not documented
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- 14
- Watermark
- Crown CA, sideways, inverted and reversed
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedSéfi explicitly includes the combined state, so its existence is not deduced merely by combining inversion with reversal. The bounds mean base availability in 1901 and documentary existence by 1913, not uninterrupted production. Particular shades, dates, gum and plate assignments remain unestablished. Reverse inspection is required to authenticate the combined state.
Research notes: The first appearance remains unknown. The 1901 heading identifies the base issue; the individual range carries the uncertainty.
Image & attribution
Image permission not established
One expressly observed combined state, not an invented permutation of two separately known possibilities.
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