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1990 / Faith & tradition
St Paul
Visit of Pope John Paul II
Denomination4c
Issue date1990-05-25
The story behind the issue
St Paul and Pope John Paul II mark the papal visit to Malta.
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
Partially verifiedResearch 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.
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.