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Shield · 1½d · rose-red · POSTAGE AND REVENUE

George V — POSTAGE AND REVENUE overprints

Denomination1½d
Issue dateUndated
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The story behind the issue

Local overprints restored dual-purpose use to the shield and pictorial designs. Later colour substitutions are outside this initial issue group.

Technical details

Issuing authority
Malta Post Office
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
GBP pre-decimal
Designer
Not documented
Printer
Government Printing Office, Valletta (overprint); Waterlow & Sons (base stamps)
Printing process
Not documented
Stamp dimensions
Not documented
Perforation
Not documented
Watermark
Multiple Script CA
Paper
Not documented
Colour
Rose-red
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

A distinct colour change, known with POSTAGE AND REVENUE overprint. The specialist exhibit ties the rate change to an announcement of 5 December 1928 but explicitly says the stamp's release date is unknown. The issue group's 1928 date must not be inherited as this stamp's proven year.

Image & attribution

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Nineteen basic overprinted types: seventeen original values and two later colour changes. Later recolour release dates remain unknown. Shades, errors, proofs and specialist plate varieties excluded.

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