MALTA28cSt Catherine painting — vertical cream frame — 28cImage unavailable
2005MALTA45cSt Catherine painting — vertical blue frame — 45cImage unavailable
Image permission not established
2005 / Art & artists
St Catherine painting — vertical blue frame — 45c
St Catherine in art
Denomination45c
Issue date2005-06-08
The story behind the issue
Four distinct paintings, identified by value, orientation and frame; exact artwork titles remain under review.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- MaltaPost plc
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- Maltese pound / lira · decimal
- Designer
- Francis X. Ancilleri
- Printer
- Printex Limited
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp dimensions
- Not documented
- Perforation
- Not documented
- Watermark
- Maltese crosses
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- Not documented
Sources & verification
Partially verifiedDistinct painting, value and orientation are visible on the original set. Exact artwork title and attribution await readable primary captions.
- Contemporary postal diary, PSM 34(3), entry 2005-06-08 ↗
- SEPAC postal-administration platform, original four-stamp set visually inspected; date corroborates actual diary ↗
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.