MALTA1c + 5mNativity · detailImage unavailable
1979MALTA7c + 1c5The Nativity · complete paintingImage unavailable
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1979 / Faith & tradition
The Nativity · complete painting
Christmas 1979 · paintings by Giuseppe Calì
Denomination7c + 1c5
Issue date1979-11-14
The story behind the issue
Details and complete paintings of the Nativity and Flight into Egypt from Tarxien’s Annunciation parish church form four charity stamps.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Charity premium (additional to postage)
- 1c5
- Designer
- Emvin Cremona
- Printer
- Printex Ltd., Malta
- Printing process
- Lithography
- 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
Image permission not established
All 4 original basic design/value types in this issue. Unchanged printings, plate positions and specialist varieties are excluded.