MALTA€0.58Self-portrait of Francesco ZahraImage unavailable
2023MALTA€0.38Virgin MaryImage unavailable
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2023 / Art & artists
Virgin Mary
Francesco Zahra · 250th anniversary
Denomination€0.38
Issue date2023-08-19
The story behind the issue
Four paintings commemorate the Maltese artist’s death in 1773. Three designs appeared in ordinary sheets; the Martyrdom of Saint George appeared as a stamp in a miniature sheet.
Technical details
- Issuing authority
- MaltaPost p.l.c.
- Postal purpose
- Postage
- Currency
- EUR
- Designer
- Not documented
- Printer
- Printex Ltd
- Printing process
- Offset
- Stamp dimensions
- 31 × 44 mm
- Perforation
- 13.9 × 14.0
- Watermark
- Maltese Cross
- Paper
- Not documented
- Colour
- Not documented
- Quantity
- 500000
Sources & verification
VerifiedImage & attribution
Image permission not established
All stamps described in the cited announcement; reprints and presentation products excluded.