MALTA10c + 2cAngels by Mattia Preti · 10cImage unavailable
1989MALTA3c + 1cAngels by Mattia Preti · 3cImage unavailable
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1989 / Faith & tradition
Angels by Mattia Preti · 3c
Christmas 1989 · angels by Mattia Preti
Denomination3c + 1c
Issue date1989-11-11
The story behind the issue
Christmas 1989 · angels by Mattia Preti, issued as 3 basic design/value types.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta General Post Office
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Charity premium (additional to postage)
- 1c
- Designer
- Joseph L. Mallia
- Printer
- Printex Limited, Malta
- Printing process
- Lithography
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- 13.5 × 13.5
- Watermark
- Maltese crosses, upright
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedThe contemporary report supports this issue identity; independent specimen and full technical cross-checks remain open.
Image & attribution
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Original basic design/value types; documented major paper, watermark and perforation alternatives are separately identified. Unchanged reprints, errors and plate/pane positions are excluded.