Illustrated story books can intensely evoke childhood memories. Young children enjoy poring over book covers with a time-defying immersion that grown-ups unfortunately tend to lose.
This “magic” was presented to an entire generation of Maltese school children through two much-loved local publications – “Id-Denfil” and “Il-Gojjin.”
What we read, see and share at a young age stays with us for life. With this in mind, MaltaPost has introduced two stamps that portray these two Maltese iconic children’s books. – “Id-Denfil” (€0.37) and “Il-Gojjin” (€3.00).
This stamp issue should take many back-in-time to relive the visual happiness of their childhood, MaltaPost said.
Many adults today still cherish fond memories of these iconic Maltese textbooks that accompanied them throughout their early school years.
The stamps will be issued in a sheet of 10, with each stamp measuring 31mm x 44mm, a comb perforation 13.9 x 14.0 and bearing the Maltese Cross watermark. The sheets measure 185mm x 118mm and were produced by Printex Ltd in the offset process.
This issue consists of 500,000 of the €0.37 stamp and 300,000 of the €3.00. The stamp set is designed by MaltaPost p.l.c and photography was done courtesy of the National Library of Malta.
These stamps will be available from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo from Friday, the 17th of February.
Orders may be placed online at www.maltaphilately.com [1] or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost p.l.c. 305, Qormi Road, Marsa, MTP 1001, by telephone 2596 1740 or via e-mail info@maltaphilately.com [2]