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Definitives 1922-1926: Melita & Britannia

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Melita holding rudder

Issued 28/08/1922

Denomination: 2d
Catalogue References: Michel Michel: MT 87 Michel Scott: MT 103 Michel Yvert & Tellier: MT 89 Michel Stanley Gibbons: MT 128 Michel Unificato: MT 89
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Melita is a national personification of Malta. The name originated from the Punic-Roman town of Melite (Μελίτη, Melite in Ancient Greek), the ancient capital of Malta which eventually developed into the city of Mdina. The symbolic depiction of a country as a woman called by the Latin name of that country was common in the 19th century (such as Britannia, Columbia, Germania, Hibernia and Helvetia).

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Melita holding rudder

The Melita issue is a series of dual-purpose postage and revenue stamps issued by the Crown Colony of Malta between 1922 and 1926, depicting the national personification Melita. They were commemorative stamps since they celebrated the islands' new status as a self-governing colony following a new constitution in 1921, but also a definitive issue intended for regular use over an extended period of time. Designed by two leading Maltese artists, Edward Caruana Dingli and Gianni Vella, the issue consisted of stamps in various denominations from ¼d to £1; Caruana Dingli's designs were used on the pence and pound values and Vella's design on the shilling values.

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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II

Issued 03/06/1953

Denomination: 1½ d
Colour: 🎨 Black, Deep yellow green
Catalogue References: Michel Mi: MT 232 Michel Sn: MT 241 Michel Yt: MT 234 Michel Sg: MT 261 Michel AFA: MT 231 Michel Un: MT 234
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Centenary of Dogma of the Immaculate Conception

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Central Altarpiece, Collegiate Parish Church, Cospicua

Issued 1954

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Catalogue References: Michel MT 235 Stamp Number MT 244 Yvert et Tellier MT 237 Stanley Gibbons MT 264 AFA number MT 234 Unificato MT 237
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Central Altarpiece, Collegiate Parish Church, Cospicua

The Piccolomini Altarpiece is an architectural and sculptural altarpiece in the left-nave of Siena Cathedral, commissioned by cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini who expected it to become his tomb. However, he was elected Pope Pius III and buried in the Vatican. It was built between 1481 and 1485 by Andrea Bregno in Carrara marble, with additions in the following decades – these included four niche sculptures produced between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo of saints Peter, Augustine (later resculpted as Saint Pius), Paul and Gregory.

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