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1974 / Faith & tradition
The Nativity
Christmas 1974
Denomination8m + 2m
Issue date1974-11-22
The story behind the issue
Decorative stars frame four Christmas scenes. Each postage value carries a separate premium for local child welfare.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta General Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Charity premium (additional to postage)
- 2m
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Printex Limited
- Printing process
- Lithography
- Stamp dimensions
- 28.5 × 26.8 mm, perforation to perforation; vertical
- Perforation
- 14 × 14 (announced gauge)
- Watermark
- Maltese Crosses
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedImage & 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.