Shared vermilion FIVE PENCE galley front-design illustration only. WATERMARK UNVERIFIED; source identifies an 1899 issue, not a certified 1904 printing. Commons filename says 1895; its description says 1899.
1904 / Heritage
Maltese galley · multiple watermark
Edward VII era · multiple Crown CA
Denomination5d
Issue date1904-12-29
The story behind the issue
Multiple Crown CA paper replaced the earlier single watermark. Nine values appeared between 1904 and 1906, including the existing harbour, boat and galley pictorial designs.
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
- Perforation
- 14
- Watermark
- Multiple Crown CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Vermilion
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
VerifiedImage & attribution
UK / Malta Post Office; original-stamp reproduction from eBay item360301232368, uploaded by Gwillhickers to Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — exact Commons file page explicitly declares PD-UKGov for the artwork and faithful reproduction;1899 artwork is more than70years old
Base designs only; shades, errors, proofs and later printings excluded.
