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Title: The PSM magazine : no. 26(1) : April 1997 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ FARRUGIA, J. - Maltese cities 1797-1997 issue : Citta Hompesch, Citta Ferdinand, Citta Beland -- 2/ Richard J. Caruana, stamp designer -- 3/ BONNICI, A. - Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798).

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Title: Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798) Abstract: The election of Bailiff Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797 -1798) took place on the 17th July 1797, after the death of Grand Master Emanuel de Rohan Polduc (1775- 1797) who died on the 13th July, 1797 at 10.30pm after suffering a paralytic stroke. When G. M. E. de Rohan Polduc became Grand Master on the 12th November 1775, Bailiff Ferdinand von Hompesch was amongst the candidates contesting that election. G. M. E. de Rohan Polduc held Bailiff Hompesch in very high esteem, and had hinted several times to his colleagues that Bailiff Hompesch would be an ideal successor. [excerpt]

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Title: Richard J. Caruana, stamp designer Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Richard J. Caruana was born in 1946. His love for aircraft and art were combined when he started to illustrate aviation books for Italian publishers in 1967, and later in England, a career which, since then, has made him a household name with aviation enthusiasts around the world. [excerpt]

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Title: Maltese cities 1797-1997 issue : Citta Hompesch, Citta Ferdinand, Citta Beland Abstract: This issue was printed in the four-colour process using the standard CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) process colours. The progressive sheets were printed in the following order: Black-Cyan-Magenta-Yellow. Colour Checks in the form of coloured discs 3mm in diameter were printed in four different places on the margins of each Pane, of each value. These are seen next to the first and last stamps, of the top and bottom rows. The colours from top to bottom correspond to the colours used for Pane numbers, from left to right, in all positions. Cumulative totals of progressive columns of stamps are seen in bottom margin only, printed in black, in all Panes, of all values. The Printed Sheet of each value consisted of two Panes, A and B. Each Pane has fifty stamps made up of five rows often stamps. All values are of the vertical format. [excerpt]

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