AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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1980 / Art & artists

Destruction of Idolatry

Flemish tapestries IV

Denomination8c
Issue date1980-01-30
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The story behind the issue

The final tapestry issue depicts two religious compositions and a separate portrait of Grand Master Perellos.

Technical details

Issuing authority
Malta General Post Office
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
Maltese pound / lira · decimal
Designer
Emvin Cremona
Printer
Printex Limited, Malta
Printing process
Lithography
Stamp dimensions
48 × 39.5 mm
Perforation
14 × 14
Watermark
Maltese crosses, sideways
Paper
Chalk surfaced
Colour
Not documented
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

Image & attribution

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Basic design/value types and explicitly documented major watermark differences; excludes unchanged reprints, plate/pane numbers, errors and repeated formats.

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