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1966 / Faith & tradition
Holy Family · 4d
Christmas 1966 · Holy Family
Denomination4d
Issue date1966-10-07
The story behind the issue
Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus stand before shepherds in Cremona’s modern interpretation of the Nativity.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- De La Rue
- Printing process
- Photogravure
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Maltese Crosses
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- Joseph C. Camilleri · Chev. Emvin Cremona’s Christmas Stamp Designs, JMPS 44(3), pp. 2–9 · original sheets and covers ↗
- Anthony Grech · A Marian Stamp Album (3), Christmas 1964–1968 ↗
- Philatelic Society of Malta newsletter 1(1), Spring 1967, pp. 9–10 · contemporary full denomination lists ↗
Image & attribution
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All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Specialist shades, printing errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.