MALTA1dOur Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · GreenImage unavailable
1951MALTA3dOur Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · VioletImage unavailable
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1951 / Faith & tradition
Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Scapular · Violet
Seventh centenary of the Scapular
Denomination3d
Issue date1951-07-12
The story behind the issue
The Carmelite Basilica altarpiece in Valletta supplies the shared design of the Virgin Mary bestowing the Scapular on Saint Simon Stock.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.
- Printer
- Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.
- Printing process
- Recess printing
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- 12 × 11¾
- Watermark
- Multiple Script CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Violet
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- Anthony Grech · A Marian Stamp Album: the first Marian stamp of Malta ↗
- The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 219 and 221 ↗
- Anthony Fenech · Religion on Malta Stamps, Part II, JMPS 9(2), p. 9 ↗
Image & attribution
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All 3 basic issued design/value/colour combinations in this commemorative group. Excludes specimens, proofs, flaws and specialist printing varieties.