Spinola Palace, St Julian’s

Technical details

Issuing authority

Malta Department of Posts

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Designer

Frank Portelli

Printer

Printex Limited, Malta

Printing process

Lithography

Stamp dimensions

Not documented

Perforation

Not documented

Watermark

Maltese crosses

Paper

Not documented

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

Not documented

Sources & verification

Research notes: The contemporary diary establishes the shared first day; retrospective society evidence confirms twelve stamps. A directly inspected complete original set supplies printed denominations and subject labels. Dimensions, paper and conflicting retrospective perforation measurements are omitted.

• Joseph Farrugia, contemporary issue study / postal diary, PSM 21(1), diary, 9 December 1991 ↗
• Marian Stamp Album 9: twelve-value set, date, designer, printer and technique ↗
• Original complete twelve-value 1991 definitive set, directly inspected photograph; evidence for printed denominations and subjects only ↗

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.