MALTA1dStar and angel waking the shepherdsImage unavailable
1968MALTA8dHoly Family and shepherd at the cradleImage unavailable
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1968 / Faith & tradition
Holy Family and shepherd at the cradle
Christmas 1968 · pentagonal designs
Denomination8d
Issue date1968-10-03
The story behind the issue
Three pentagonal stamps depict scenes from the Nativity story, with the Maltese inscription Milied.
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
- Not documented
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- Joseph C. Camilleri · Cremona’s Christmas stamp designs · original sheets and covers ↗
- John H. Mercieca · The Christmas Stamp Issues of Malta, JMPS 24(2–3), pp. 5–6 ↗
- New Zealand Stamp Monthly · September 1968, pp. 16–18 · Crown Agents reports and original La Valette stamps ↗
- MaltaPost historical record · 8d denomination and 3 October 1968 date ↗
Image & attribution
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All 3 basic issued design/value combinations in this group. Postage dues, revenue and postal stationery, unchanged reprints, specialist shades/errors, proof/specimen material and presentation formats excluded.