Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Blue-black · 2d

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

1938 / Places & architecture

Victoria and the Citadel, Gozo · Blue-black

George VI pictorial definitives · original colours

Denomination2d

Issue date1938-02-17

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The story behind the issue

Fifteen values pair Maltese landmarks, sculpture and traditional dress with the new monarch. The farthing shows Grand Harbour with the royal monogram.

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Technical details

Issuing authority: Malta Post Office
Postal purpose: Postage
Currency: GBP pre-decimal
Designer: Not documented
Printer: Waterlow & Sons
Printing process: Recess printing
Stamp dimensions: Not documented
Perforation: 12½ (line)
Watermark: Multiple Script CA
Paper: Not documented
Colour: Blue-black
Quantity: Not documented

Sources & verification

Verified

Grech’s specimen-based Marian Stamp Album supplement 2, PDF p. 1, explicitly assigns line 12.5 to the four 2d Citadel stamps discussed. This adds the perforation method to the previously recorded gauge; no new printing type or date is inferred.

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

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All fifteen original values. Base issued design/value/colour combinations only. Printing flaws, shade gradations, specimens, proofs and other specialist varieties excluded.