https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54692 2026-07-19T10:55:06Z 2026-07-19T10:55:06Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54718 2020-04-26T05:12:05Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: 70th anniversary of Operation Pedestal known in Malta as the Santa Maria Convoy : Malta in World War II Abstract: The Feast of the Assumption of Mary (St Mary Feast - il-festa ta' Santa Marija) is a public holiday in Malta, celebrated on the 15th August in eight parishes in Malta and one in Gozo. The Ohio one of the merchant man of the convoy arrived in Malta on this particular day bringing to Malta much needed supplies, when Malta because of lack of provisions was on the verge of surrendering to Nazi Germany. Consequently, the Maltese with pride call it the Santa Marija Convoy.

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Title: Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society: no. 41(2) : August 2012 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Contents: 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION PEDESTAL KNOWN IN MALTA AS THE SANTA MARIA CONVOY MALTA IN WORLD WAR II by Gavin Fryer - BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS by R.A. Rostron - PAQUEBOT MAIL by Dr. Alfred Bonnici - POSTAL DIARY 23 JULY- 6 SEPTEMBER 2011 by Joseph Fenech

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54696 2020-04-29T12:22:39Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Balloons and airships Abstract: Miscellaneous ephemera related to hot air balloons and the Graf Zeppelin airships with detailed descriptions illustrating the history of these means of transport. Both balloons and airships were used in the transport of mail.

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/54695 2020-04-26T05:12:12Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Paquebot mail Abstract: Paquebot is a French word for packet boat, and postal administrations use paquebot hand stamps to mark mail received from a seagoing vessel, that has no, on board post office. The earliest recorded date found in the London GPO records, is the issue of a "PAQUEBOT" hand stamp to Malta on 30 January 1894. In 1930 a circular date stamp was introduced bearing the caption "PAQUEBOT MALTA with Maltese crosses.

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