Reed basketry — 60c

Maltese crafts — first dual-currency issue

Denomination60c / €1.40

Issue date2006-12-29

Both amounts are printed on the same stamp. This is one collecting record; the second value is transcribed from the source, not calculated.

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The story behind the issue

Both printed face values describe one stamp, not two collectibles.

Your notes

Technical details

Issuing authority: MaltaPost plc
Postal purpose: Postage
Currency: Maltese pound / lira · decimal / EUR
Designer: Richard J. Caruana
Printer: Printex Limited
Printing process: Offset lithography
Stamp dimensions: 44 × 31 mm
Perforation: 13.9 × 14 (comb)
Watermark: Maltese crosses
Paper: Not documented
Colour: Not documented
Quantity: Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

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

Contemporary postal diary, PSM 36(1), entry 2006-12-29 ↗

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.