MALTA3dConsecration of Saint Publius · Bright purple, gold and blueImage unavailable
1960Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary
Consecration of Saint Publius · Bright purple, gold and blue
3d
MALTA1½dShipwreck of Saint Paul · Blue, gold and yellow-brownImage unavailable
Image permission not established
1960 / Faith & tradition
Shipwreck of Saint Paul · Blue, gold and yellow-brown
Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary
Denomination1½d
Issue date1960-02-09
The story behind the issue
Six designs interpret the Pauline story through frescoes, sculpture and new compositions, including three diamond-shaped stamps.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Printing process
- Photogravure
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple St Edward’s Crown CA
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Blue, gold and yellow-brown
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin) ↗
- Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, JMPS 37(3), pp. 19–25 ↗
- Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen through Postage Stamps (1998), pp. 9–13 ↗
Image & attribution
Image permission not established
All 6 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.
In the same issue
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1960Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary
Departure of Saint Paul · Carmine, gold and pale grey
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MALTA8dSaint Paul statue, Rabat · Black and goldImage unavailable
1960MALTA1/-Angel with the Acts of the Apostles · Maroon and goldImage unavailable
1960Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary
Angel with the Acts of the Apostles · Maroon and gold
1/-
MALTA2/6Saint Paul and the Second Epistle to the Corinthians · Blue, deep bluish green and goldImage unavailable
1960Saint Paul’s shipwreck · nineteenth centenary
Saint Paul and the Second Epistle to the Corinthians · Blue, deep bluish green and gold
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