AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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1998 / Sport

World Cup 1998 · miniature-sheet watermark · 16c · sideways watermark

World Cup 1998 · miniature-sheet watermark

Denomination16c
Issue date1998-06-10
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The story behind the issue

The sheet-derived stamps retain the pane stamps’ size and perforation but have sideways rather than upright watermarks.

Technical details

Issuing authority
MaltaPost plc
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
Maltese pound / lira · decimal
Stamp format
Miniature-sheet stamp
Designer
Richard J. Caruana
Printer
Printex Limited, Malta
Printing process
Lithography
Stamp dimensions
Not documented
Perforation
13.75 × 13.9
Watermark
Maltese crosses, sideways
Paper
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

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

Image & attribution

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

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