AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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1981 / The natural world

Barn owl

Birds 1981

Denomination3c
Issue date1981-01-20
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The story behind the issue

Four birds are represented in the first commemorative issue of 1981.

Technical details

Issuing authority
Malta General Post Office
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
Maltese pound / lira · decimal
Designer
Maurice Tanti Burlo
Printer
Printex Limited, Malta
Printing process
Lithography
Stamp dimensions
26.43 × 35.016 mm
Perforation
13.4 × 13.5
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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