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Title: Postal diary : 15th March 2008 - 5th July 2008 Abstract: The official diary of the Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society covering the period of 15th March 2008 - 5th July 2008. This section contains chronological facts related to the postal services in Malta including the opening and closing of sub-post offices, commemorative handstamps and cancellations issued for special occasions, issues of new stamps, MaltaPost press releases and other philatelic miscellanea.

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Title: The Malta House of Representatives "official paid" slogan Abstract: In the Autumn 2007 "Melita" issue published by the Malta Study Circle (UK), on page 272 Mr. Alan Bannister shows a House of Representatives envelope sent to him by our president Dr. Alfred Bonnici (Member of Parliament 1962-1976. Speaker House of Representative 1966-71). He mentions that as far as he is aware, the type of paid marking on it "has not been recorded before". In view of this I thought it would be a good idea to share some information about these markings with our members, as the only other record on the subject I know of was published way back in 2002 when these markings were introduced. [excerpt]

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Title: Preservation and care of a philatelic collection Abstract: Conservation encompasses 3 explicit functions: 1. Examination which is the preliminary procedure taken to determine the original structure and materials comprising an artefact and the extent of its deterioration, alteration and loss. 2. Preservation which is action taken to retard or prevent deterioration or damage in cultural properties by control of the environment and/or treatment of their structure in order to maintain them as nearly as possible in an unchanging state. 3. Restoration which is action taken to return a deteriorated or damaged artefact as nearly as is feasible to its original Form, Design, Colour and Function with minimal further sacrifice of aesthetic and historic integrity. [excerpt]

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Title: Remembering Anthony Fenech (1938-2006) Abstract: We became acquainted with Mr Anthony Fenech more than ten years ago in the stamp-shop of Mr Joseph Buttigieg in Malta (Sliema/Manwel-Dimech-Street), which we frequented at regular intervals during our sojourns on the island, devoted not only to scientific research but also to recreation. A man, sitting there every Tuesday morning on a small tabouret at the side of the counter with numerous scribbling sheets of paper before him, at the first moment we took for a customer, having special wishes, apparently as difficult as time-consuming. Not wanting to press foreward ourselves (the performance of our own shopping empirically took even more time than an hour), we gave Mr Buttigieg to understand, he first of all might serve this customer; we would wait, of course, as long as necessary. [excerpt]

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