Colour scan of the specified 1949 UPU denomination/design; front image does not authenticate watermark, perforation or paper
1949 / Railways & transport
Mercury and transport · Violet
Universal Postal Union · 75th anniversary
Denomination2½d
Issue date1949-10-10
The story behind the issue
Four different designs celebrate international postal communication.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- Not documented
- Printing process
- Not documented
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Not documented
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Violet
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- Geir Sør-Reime · World of Stamps: Malta, Stamp News Online 23 (2012), pp. 6–7 · issued stamps illustrated ↗
- Mario Casingena · The Medal, The Melite Post 8 (2018), p. 7 · Malta UPU issue date ↗
Image & attribution
Malta government (stamp); mechanical scan sourced from Colnect, uploaded by Matsievsky to Wikimedia Commons · Public domain — expired UK Crown copyright (PD-UKGov), expressly declared on the exact Commons file page
All 4 basic issued design/value/colour combinations in this commemorative group. Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.
