Elf opening a red letterbox

Technical details

Issuing authority

MaltaPost p.l.c.

Postal purpose

Postage

Currency

EUR

Designer

Not documented

Printer

Printex Ltd

Printing process

Offset lithography

Stamp dimensions

31 × 44 mm

Perforation

13.9 × 14.0

Watermark

Maltese Cross

Paper

Not documented

Colour

Not documented

Quantity

60000

Sources & verification

Research notes: The original miniature-sheet front and SEPAC description establish two distinct €1 stamps: left, an elf painting a toy at a workbench; right, an elf holding a toy. These are included as separate basic designs. Their specialist technical attributes require independent examination.

• MaltaPost — Christmas 2022 — Santa’s Workshop ↗
• SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration ↗
• SEPAC postal-administration issue page and original stamp illustration ↗

Image & attribution

Image permission not established

Ordinary basic design/value inventory reconciled, including two distinct €1 miniature-sheet stamps. Repeated formats, labels and unchanged reprints excluded; specialist paper, gum and perforation completeness remains open.