MALTA10d + 2dNativity scene and churchImage unavailable
1970MALTA1d + ½dChristmas procession and churchImage unavailable
Image permission not established
1970 / Faith & tradition
Christmas procession and church
Christmas 1970 · Maltese celebrations
Denomination1d + ½d
Issue date1970-11-07
The story behind the issue
Christmas celebrations appear before Maltese churches, with a separate charitable premium on each stamp.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Charity premium (additional to postage)
- ½d
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Government Printer, Israel
- 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- MaltaPost historical record · Christmas 1970 1d + ½d · original stamp and release date ↗
- Crown Agents Stamp Bulletin · Christmas 1970 · release and production notice, Falkland Islands National Archives ↗
- Lois L. Corbin · The Christmas Stamps, JMPS 8(3), p. 10 · charity issues and subjects ↗
Image & attribution
Image permission not established
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.