MALTA¼dGeorge V · ¼dImage unavailable
1914–1921MALTA2/6Melita · 2/6Image unavailable
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1919 / Heritage
Melita · 2/6
George V era — Multiple Crown CA definitives
Denomination2/6
Issue date1919
The story behind the issue
New royal portraits accompanied retained Maltese pictorial designs. This group collects the basic values introduced during the 1914–1921 period and the 1919 Melita reissue.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Printing process
- Recess printing
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Crown CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Grey-green
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedYear and watermark reissue supported; individual printing and shade not certified.
- The Canadian Philatelist, Vol.15 No.5, September–October 1964, printed pp.217–218 (PDF pp.23–24) ↗
- Malta Postal Museum — chronology, introduction of George V definitives in 1914 ↗
Image & attribution
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Twelve basic design/value entries, including the 4d harbour and 1919 2/6. The unchanged 5d galley printing is excluded as potentially duplicating the retained Edward-era issue. The 1919 10/- has a separate record. Shade, paper and plate varieties excluded.
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1914–1921MALTA4dValletta Harbour · 4dImage unavailable
1914–1915MALTA6dGeorge V · 6dImage unavailable
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1914–1921