Air battle of Malta and end of the Second World War — 8c

Technical details

Issuing authority

MaltaPost plc

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

Maltese pound / lira · decimal

Designer

Richard J. Caruana

Printer

Printex Limited

Printing process

Offset lithography

Stamp dimensions

Not documented

Perforation

13.9 × 14 (comb)

Watermark

Maltese crosses

Paper

Not documented

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

Not documented

Sources & verification

First day, denomination and basic issue membership are sourced. Independent specimen checks of technical attributes remain open.

• Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-09-23 ↗

Image & attribution

Image permission not established

Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Includes distinct miniature-sheet stamps; excludes unchanged sheet/booklet presentation, personalised labels, postal stationery, replicas, errors, plate states and minor varieties. Postage dues have a separate audit.