A joint stamp issue, with ‘Viticulture’ as a theme is being released by MaltaPost and Slovakia Post on Saturday.
The issue consists of two stamps, representing each country.The Malta stamp was designed by Miguel Farrugia of MaltaPost and the Slovakia stamp was designed by Adrian Ferda of Slovakia.
The Malta stamp features a vineyard located in the limits of Siggiewi, while that of Slovakia shows a vineyard in the Skalica region renowned for production of the Skalicky rubín wine.
Each stamp carries a face value of 59c and the set will be issued in a sheet of 10 stamps, with each stamp measuring 44mm x 31mm, a comb perforation of 13.75 x 13.75 and bearing the Maltese Cross watermark.
The sheets measure 158mm x 150mm and were produced by Printex Ltd in the offset process. The issue consists of 5,000 sheets.
They will be available for sale as from Saturday, the 24th of October at all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo: online at www.maltaphilately.com [1] or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost p.l.c. 305, Qormi Road, Marsa, MTP 1001; Telephone: 2596 1740, email: info@maltaphilately.com [2]