MALTA2½dEdward VII · two pence halfpennyImage unavailable
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1903 / Heritage
Edward VII · two pence halfpenny
Edward VII · single Crown CA
Denomination2½d
Issue date1903-09-09
The story behind the issue
The first Edward VII stamps entered use value by value in 1903 and 1904. This group comprises the seven values on single Crown CA paper; each stamp records its own documented release date.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- Not documented
- Printing process
- Not documented
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Stamps per sheet
- 240 stamps in four panes of 60
- Perforation
- 14
- Watermark
- Crown CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Maroon and ultramarine
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
VerifiedImage & attribution
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Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.