1 comment.‘Maritime Malta’ special stamp set to be issued by MaltaPost
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The Philatelic Bureau of MaltaPost will issue a philatelic a set of 4 stamps on 10 August 2011, entitled ‘Maritime Malta,’ depicting four vessels which reflect the importance of maritime activities in Malta’s economic development and security.
The stamps features the M.V. Ta’ Pinu of Gozo Channel, M.V. Jean De La Valette of Virtu Ferries, Patrol Boat – P23 of the Armed Forces of Malta and M.V Spinola of Tug Malta. An amount of 100,000 stamps carry a face value of €0.26, 400,000 stamps carry a face value of €0.37, 80,000 stamps carry a face value of €0.67, and 60,000 carry a face value of €0.91.
The stamps measure 44.0mm x 31.0mm with a perforation of 13.9 x 14.0 (comb). All stamps have been offset printed on Maltese Crosses watermarked paper by Printex Limited and are available in sheets of 10. A set of 4 maximum cards will be issued to complement the stamp set. These are a philatelic version of a postcard bearing an identical image of a stamp.
This stamp set will be available from Wednesday 10th August in all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo and also from the Mobile Post Office. More information is available from the MaltaPost Philatelic Bureau by visiting www.maltaphilately.com, emailing philately@maltapost.com, telephoning on 2596 1740 or by post at 305, Triq Hal Qormi, Marsa MTP 1001.
I have been colecting Malta stamps since 1965 when we were vacationing for a month
and I became a member of Maltapost subscring for a new first day iissue a compleate
sheet,and there was one in particular that I invested in was the TWO POUNDS STAMP
when Malta became Republic,is there much demand for this?in the meantime I will
continue saving for the rest of my life.