MALTA€1.16Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €1.16Image unavailable

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Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death — €1.16

Three hundred and fifty years since Melchiorre Gafà’s death

Denomination€1.16

Issue date2017-09-04

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Five wax models in the Mdina Cathedral Museum; precise work-to-value mapping remains under review.

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Issuing authority: MaltaPost plc
Postal purpose: Postage
Currency: EUR
Artist / illustrator: Melchiorre Gafà
Photographer: Daniel Cilia
Designer: Sean Cini
Printer: Printex Limited
Printing process: Offset lithography
Stamp dimensions: 31 × 44 mm
Perforation: 13.9 × 14 (comb)
Watermark: Maltese crosses
Paper: Not documented
Colour: Not documented
Quantity: Not documented

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