AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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2009 / Heritage

Early Temple period — €0.02

Malta’s heritage definitive set

Denomination€0.02
Issue date2009-12-29
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The story behind the issue

Seventeen definitives; the numbered souvenir sheet repeats these design/value types.

Technical details

Issuing authority
MaltaPost plc
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
EUR
Designer
Edward D. Pirotta and Paul Psaila
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.

Image & attribution

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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.

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