MALTA2dMadonna Damascena · UltramarineImage unavailable
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1962 / Heritage
Great Siege Monument · Carmine-red
The Great Siege of 1565
Denomination3d
Issue date1962-09-07
The story behind the issue
Four designs present a sacred image, the siege monument, Jean de Valette and the assault on Fort Saint Elmo.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons
- Printing process
- Photogravure
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Crown CA (block capitals)
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Carmine-red
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- The Canadian Philatelist · September–October 1964, pp. 221–223 (Crown Agents Bulletin) ↗
- Western Stamp Collector · 15 September 1962 · Crown Agents forthcoming issue reports preserved by Falkland Islands National Archives ↗
Image & attribution
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All 4 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Excludes proofs, specimens, errors, specialist shades and later reprints.