Christmas 1998 · paintings by Mattia Preti · 16c + 3c

Technical details

Issuing authority

MaltaPost plc

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Charity premium (additional to postage)

3c

Designer

MaltaPost Graphic Section

Printer

Printex Limited, Malta

Printing process

Lithography

Stamp dimensions

Not documented

Perforation

14 × 14

Watermark

Maltese crosses, upright

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, 1998 issue studies, PSM 31(2), pp. 22–31 ↗
• Anthony Fenech, contemporary 1998 postal diary, PSM 29(1) ↗

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.