AN INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF MALTESE STAMPS POSTAGE SINCE 1860 · MALTA & GOZO
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MALTA€0.26Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 1Image unavailable

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2014 / Historical figures

Grandmaster portrait — sheet 3, row 1, column 1

Grandmasters of the Order of Malta, 1530–1798

Denomination€0.26
Issue date2014-09-30
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The story behind the issue

Twenty-eight portraits represent the grandmasters who governed Malta during the Order’s rule.

Technical details

Issuing authority
MaltaPost plc
Postal purpose
Postage
Currency
EUR
Designer
Not documented
Printer
Printex Limited, Malta
Printing process
Offset lithography
Stamp dimensions
44 × 31 mm
Perforation
13.9 × 14.0 (comb)
Watermark
Maltese crosses
Paper
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Quantity
Not documented

Sources & verification

Partially verified

Position identifies a distinct portrait in the complete issued sheets. Individual name transcription is not yet verified.

Research notes: All 28 different €0.26 stamps are included: one sheet of eight and two sheets of ten. Positional captions avoid unverified personal-name mappings. Marginal maps and coats of arms are not stamps.

Image & attribution

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Ordinary basic design/value types and documented major technical changes. Excludes postage dues, unchanged reprints, repeated packaging, personalised tabs, sheet-margin overprints, replica products, errors and minor varieties.

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