Maritime Malta Series V- are new stamps featuring vessels of the Order, that will be issued on Friday by MaltaPost. The photography and design is by Sean Cini.
Consisting of 3 stamps, this issue will feature vessels dating back to the Order of St.John. The €0.63, €1.85, and €3.59, stamps depict three models of square-rigged warships known as ‘third rate ships-of-the-line,’ which are currently on display at the Malta Maritime Museum.
They will be issued in sheets of 10 stamps with each stamp measuring 44mm x 31mm, a perforation of 13.9x 14.0 (comb.) bearing the Maltese Crosses watermark.
The sheets measure 185mm x 115mm. Printex Limited produced the set in offset and the issue consists of 100,000 of the €0.63 stamp, 50,000 of the €1.85 stamp and 40,000 of the €3.59 stamp.
This philatelic issue will be available as from Friday, the 29th of September, from all Post Offices in Gozo and Malta, by phone on 25961740, online at www.maltaphilately.com [1] or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost.