MALTA1dArms of the Order and La ValetteImage unavailable
1968MALTA2/6Putti and La Valette’s death dateImage unavailable
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1968 / Heritage
Putti and La Valette’s death date
Fourth centenary of La Valette’s death
Denomination2/6
Issue date1968-08-01
The story behind the issue
Heraldry, portraiture and funerary sculpture honour Jean Parisot de La Valette.
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- Philatelic Society of Malta · Spring 1969, pp. 14–16 · contemporary new issues and Gandhi report ↗
- New Zealand Stamp Monthly · September 1968, pp. 16–18 · Crown Agents reports and original La Valette stamps ↗
Image & attribution
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All 4 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.