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2023MALTA€0.01Porbeagle sharkImage unavailable
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2023 / The natural world
Porbeagle shark
Marine Life
Denomination€0.01
Issue date2023-07-28
The story behind the issue
Five marine species illustrated by Andrew Micallef, with design by MaltaPost p.l.c. and scientific consultation from Professor Patrick J. Schembri.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- MaltaPost p.l.c.
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- EUR
- Artist / illustrator
- Andrew Micallef
- Designer
- MaltaPost p.l.c.
- Printer
- Printex Ltd
- Printing process
- Offset
- Stamp dimensions
- 44 × 31 mm
- Perforation
- 14.0 × 13.9
- Watermark
- Maltese Cross
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- 1500000
Sources & verification
VerifiedSpecies-to-denomination mapping checked against the illustrated Stamp Lover study (June 2024, p. 79). Image reproduction permission has not been established.
- MaltaPost · Marine Life ↗
- Stamp Lover · June 2024, p. 79, Marine Conservation by Julia Todd ↗
- WOPA · Malta Marine Life 2023, official issue details ↗
Image & attribution
Image permission not established
All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded.