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1990 / Faith & tradition
Christmas — 10c
Christmas 1990
Denomination10c + 2c
Issue date1990-11-10
The story behind the issue
The Christmas issue carries separate charitable premiums.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- Malta Department of Posts
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Charity premium (additional to postage)
- 2c
- Designer
- Għaqda Ħbieb tal-Presepju
- Printer
- Printex Limited, Malta
- Printing process
- Lithography
- Stamp dimensions
- 44 × 31 mm
- Perforation
- 13.9 × 14
- Watermark
- Maltese crosses, sideways
- Paper
- Chalk surfaced
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedResearch notes: The Bureau bulletin month is October; the actual first day is 10 November, confirmed by both the contemporary issue study and postal diary.
- Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(2-3), pp. 41–42 ↗
- Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(1), diary, 10 November 1990 ↗
Image & attribution
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Ordinary basic design/value types plus explicitly documented major watermark differences. Excludes postage dues (separately researched), unchanged reprints, repeated formats, plate/pane numbers, errors and minor varieties.