A set comprising of two stamps is being issued by MaltaPost as part of EuroMed Postal Union philatelic stamp issue, themed ‘Trees of the Mediterranean.’

Artist Richard J Caruana designed this stamp set, and the €0.10 and €3.63 stamps depict Malta’s national tree known as the Araar or Sandarac tree.

MaltaPost said that this tree was first reported growing in the Maqluba area in Qrendi and later, in the 1980s, other clusters were discovered in Mellieha. Today it is found in several afforestation projects, including Foresta 2000.

The stamps will be issued in sheets of 10 stamps. Each stamp measures 44mm x 31mm, and has a perforation of 13.9x 14.0 (comb.) bearing the Maltese Crosses watermark. The sheets measure 118mm x 185mm. Printex Limited produced the set in offset and the issue consists of 100,000 of the €0.10 stamp and 40,000 of the €3.63 stamp.

This philatelic issue will be available as from Monday, the 10th of July, from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo, online at www.maltaphilately.com or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost p.l.c.

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