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1954 / Historical figures
Elizabeth II and Saint John’s Co-Cathedral · Violet
Royal Visit of Elizabeth II
Denomination3d
Issue date1954-05-03
The story behind the issue
Saint John’s Co-Cathedral and the portrait of Elizabeth II commemorate her visit as reigning monarch.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Waterlow & Sons
- Printer
- Waterlow & Sons
- Printing process
- Recess printing
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Script CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Violet
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- John V. De Battista · The Visits of H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II to Malta, JMPS 50(3), pp. 9–13 ↗
- Carmel Bonnici · British Monarchs on Maltese Stamps (2), The Melite Post 3 (2017), pp. 3 and 5 ↗
- The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 219 and 221 ↗
Image & attribution
Image permission not established
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