Europa 1997 · tales and legends · 16c

Technical details

Issuing authority

Malta postal administration

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Designer

J. Mallia

Printer

Printex Limited, Malta

Printing process

Lithography

Stamp dimensions

Not documented

Perforation

13.8 × 13.7

Watermark

Maltese crosses, sideways

Paper

Not documented

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

Not documented

Sources & verification

Issue date, face value and basic type membership are sourced. The precise design-to-value caption and independent technical checks remain open.

• Farrugia, 1997 diary and issue studies, PSM 28(2), pp. 19–34 ↗

Image & attribution

Image permission not established

Basic ordinary postage types plus separately documented major watermark, paper, perforation or denomination differences. Excludes unchanged reprints, errors, marginal positions and repeated presentation formats.