AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
Silver Jubilee · ½d · ½d

Colour front scan cropped from a historical stamp album; representative visible design, denomination and colour, not watermark, paper, perforation or shade authentication

1935 / Historical figures

Silver Jubilee · ½d

George V Silver Jubilee

Denomination½d
Issue date1935-05-06
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The story behind the issue

Malta joined the colonial Jubilee issue with a Windsor Castle design and royal portrait. Four basic values are represented here.

Technical details

Issuing authority
Malta Post Office
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
GBP pre-decimal
Designer
H. Fleury
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.
Printing process
Not documented
Stamp dimensions
Not documented
Perforation
Not documented
Watermark
Multiple Script CA
Paper
Not documented
Colour
Black and green
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

Image & attribution

British Government / Malta Post Office; original-stamp album scan by Philafrenzy via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to individual stamp · Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly stated on source file page

Complete four basic denominations; extra-flagstaff, lightning-conductor and other plate varieties excluded. Despatch quantities are not presented as issued quantities.

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