MaltaPost will issue the ninth series of stamps depicting religious statues found in various churches around Malta and Gozo. Photography was taken by Mark Micallef Perconte.
This philatelic issue, which is being released on Friday, the 12th of September, will feature the following processional statues:
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Balluta;
Saint Peter in Chains in Birzebbuga;
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Fgura;
The Sacred Heart of Jesus in Fontana, Gozo;
Saint Anthony in Ghajnsielem, Gozo;
Our Lady of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Mellieha;
Saint Sebastian in Qormi;
Saint Gorg Preca in Swatar;
Our Lady of Grace in Victoria, Gozo; and
Our Lady of the Forsaken in Wardija.
MaltaPost said that the stamps will be issued in sheets of 10, with each stamp measuring 31mm x 44mm, a comb perforation of 13.0 x 14.0 and bearing the Maltese Cross watermark. Each sheet measures 182mm x 115mm and was produced in the offset process by Printex Ltd.
The issue consists of 250,000 stamps, each with a denomination of €0.45.
The philatelic issue will be available from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo.
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, via e-mail: info@maltaphilately.com [2]