Image: MLT 1948 MiNr0201 pmB002

Description: Stamp of Malta (British colony with limited self-government); 1948; definitive stamp of the issue "Local Motives with overprint"; stamp drawing from 1943 with a diagonal, two-lines, black overprint "SELF-GOVERNMENT / 1947" after entry into force of a new (colonial-) constitution in 1947; stamp drawing with the Verdala Palace and a portrait of the British King George VI in oval with crown; stamp postmarked in 1950 Stamps: Michel: No. 201 (= No. 192 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 203; Scott: No. 210; AFA: No. 202 Color: green with black overprint Watermark: Malta No. 4 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple Saint Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA") Nominal value: 1 d. (Penny) Postage validity: from 25 November 1948 until 19 October 1976 date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1948-11-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1976-10-19T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp picture size (printed area): 30.5 x 26.0 mm
Title: MLT 1948 MiNr0201 pmB002
Credit: scan of original
Author: Postal administration for Malta
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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License: Public domain
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