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Naval arsenal · additional 10d value
Maltese history definitives · additional values
Denomination10d
Issue date1970
The story behind the issue
Two additional denominations extend the 1965 historical definitive series for changed postal rates.
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
Partially verifiedThe 1970 issue year is established. Bonavia gives 7 August, while two contemporary Crown Agents-derived reports give 1 August. The exact first day remains under review; the 1965 series-start date is not applied to these new values.
- Carmel G. Bonavia · Annus Paulinus 2008–2009, p. 25 · additional 1970 definitive values ↗
- Crown Agents Stamp Bureau · South African Philatelist, September 1970, p. 200 · additional definitive advertisement ↗
- New Zealand Stamp Monthly · September 1970, p. 18 · additional definitive release report ↗
- Lois L. Corbin · Fine Arts on Maltese Stamps, Part III · historical definitive subjects ↗
Image & attribution
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All 2 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.