Pope John Paul II

Technical details

Issuing authority

Malta Department of Posts

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Designer

Noel Galea Bason

Printer

Printex Limited, Malta

Printing process

Lithography

Stamp dimensions

29 × 47 mm

Perforation

13.6 × 13.85

Watermark

Maltese crosses, sideways

Paper

Chalk surfaced

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

Not documented

Sources & verification

Research notes: Farrugia explicitly confirms sheetlet and large-pane stamps have the same perforation and watermark, and cannot be distinguished individually. No duplicate sheetlet records are added.

• Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 20(2-3), pp. 63–66 ↗

Image & attribution

Image permission not established

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.