MALTA1dThe Beheading of Saint John the BaptistImage unavailable
1970MALTA5dInterior of Saint John’s Co-CathedralImage unavailable
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1970 / Art & artists
Interior of Saint John’s Co-Cathedral
Thirteenth Council of Europe Art Exhibition
Denomination5d
Issue date1970-03-21
The story behind the issue
Eight stamps present paintings, church architecture, pharmacy objects and vestments associated with the Order of St John.
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
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- Paper
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- Colour
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- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Verified- New Zealand Stamp Monthly · April 1970, p. 17 · contemporary Art Exhibition release and all values ↗
- World of Stamps · Malta, November 2012, p. 9 · illustrated original eight-stamp Art Exhibition issue ↗
- Charles Savona-Ventura · Maltese Medical History as Seen Through Postage Stamps, 1998 · issue dates and subjects ↗
Image & attribution
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All 8 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.