Seashells — row 3, column 4

Technical details

Issuing authority

MaltaPost plc

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Stamp format

Sheetlet stamp

Designer

Andrew Micallef

Printer

Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany

Printing process

Offset lithography

Stamp dimensions

Not documented

Perforation

Not documented

Watermark

Not documented

Paper

Not documented

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

Not documented

Sources & verification

Position identifies a distinct design in the complete four-by-four sheet. Exact species transcription remains unverified.

• Anthony Fenech, contemporary postal diary, PSM 32(3), 20 August 2003 ↗
• Original complete Moths/Butterflies and Seashells sheets, visually inspected specimen photograph, four-by-four design positions ↗

Image & attribution

Image permission not established

Ordinary basic design/value types and explicitly documented major technical changes, including distinct miniature-sheet stamps and self-adhesive booklet types. Excludes postage dues (separate audit), unchanged reprints, tabs, repeated formats, plate states and minor varieties.