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1971 / Culture & books
Europa chain — 2d
Europa 1971
Denomination2d
Issue date1971-05-03
The story behind the issue
Malta’s first Europa set uses the common chain design in three denominations.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta General Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- GBP pre-decimal
- Designer
- Not documented
- 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 verifiedResearch notes: First day established from an inspected complete first-day cover: Valletta 3 MAY 1971. Wider primary attribute audit remains pending.
- The Europa CEPT Stamp Issue, PSM 21(2–3), pp. 17–18 ↗
- GPO notice: forthcoming Europa souvenir folders, Gazette 20 April 1971 ↗
- Original Europa 1971 first-day cover · Valletta canceller 3 MAY 1971 and printed first-day caption 3-v-71 · inspected specimen ↗
Image & attribution
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Ordinary basic design/value types; excludes postage dues, repeated miniature-sheet or booklet formats, plate numbers, errors and minor varieties.