MALTA1dAngels facing right · Christmas 1967Image unavailable
1967MALTA8dHoly Family · Christmas 1967Image unavailable
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1967 / Faith & tradition
Holy Family · Christmas 1967
Christmas 1967 · Nativity triptych
Denomination8d
Issue date1967
The story behind the issue
The three trapezoidal designs form a Nativity scene with angels flanking the Holy Family. The triptych is documented on 20 October 1967; the first separate-sheet release remains under review.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Not documented
- Printing process
- Not documented
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Maltese Crosses
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedThe triptych release is confirmed on 20 October 1967. A differing date is reported for single-denomination sheets; year-only dating avoids assigning the triptych date to every format.
- 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 2(1), Spring 1968, p. 10 · contemporary Christmas issue discussion ↗
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.