AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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1928 / Heritage

Shield · 4½d · overprint

George V — POSTAGE AND REVENUE overprints

Denomination4½d
Issue date1928-10-01
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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
Typography
Stamp dimensions
Not documented
Perforation
Not documented
Watermark
Multiple Script CA
Paper
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

Basic value supported by the illustrated exhibit. Exact shade and finer technical characteristics are not assigned.

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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