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1977 / Heritage
Knights of Malta · 1c7 on 4d
1c7 surcharge on the historical definitive
Denomination1c7
Issue date1977-03-24
The story behind the issue
The pre-decimal 4d historical definitive received a black 1c7 surcharge. This changed denomination is a distinct basic stamp.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Underlying denomination
- 4d
- Overprint / surcharge
- 1c7 in black; former value obliterated
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Government Printing Press, Malta (overprint)
- Printing process
- Letterpress overprint
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Multiple Maltese Crosses
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedThe contemporary issue report supports the basic inventory and stated fields. Independent specimen and original-notice checks of the remaining technical attributes are still open.
Image & attribution
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All 1 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.
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