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Title: The PSM magazine : no. 17(3) : December 1988 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ KAYFETZ, P., & KAYFETZ, B. - Finding a treasure trove of information : part 4 -- 2/ FARRUGIA, J. - Malta : a diary : May - August, 1988 -- 3/ FARRUGIA, J. - Europa 1988 issue -- 4/ FARRUGIA, J. - Detailed information about : international commemorations and other issues.

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Title: Detailed information about : international commemorations and other issues Abstract: Issues X, Y and Z were printed in multicolours using four colours for each value of the three issues. Colour checks in the form of coloured discs 3mm in diameter are seen in the right hand margin, next to the last stamp of the bottom row, in each Pane, of each value, in issues X, Y and Z. Colour checks from top to bottom correspond to the colours used for Pane numbers from left to right, on all Panes, of all values, of issues X, Y and Z. Cumulative totals of progressive columns of stamps, are seen in top and bottom margins, printed in black, on all Panes, of all values, of issues X and Y, but printed in brown, blue and green on Panes of the 4c, 10c and 35c respectively, in issue Z. [excerpt]

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Title: Europa 1988 issue Abstract: The theme chosen by CEPT this year is ''Means of Transport and Communication". This eighteenth set of the Europa series, is being issued in the usual form of small Panes of ten stamps. The 10c stamp features land, sea and air transport. The 35c stamp depicts modern means of communication. Both stamps are of the vertical format and each Pane of ten stamps is divided into twelve spaces, three rows of four. [excerpt]

1988-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79952 2021-08-18T06:16:28Z 1988-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Finding a treasure trove of information : part 4 Abstract: Many philatelists, the authors included, spend countless hours indirectly piecing together bits of information about the printing plates and processes which were used for various stamp issues. The process is painstaking and slow. It involves the assembly of stamps into larger units which, along with marginal bits, allow inferences to be drawn about the plates. Sometimes preparatory items, such as essays, die proofs, colour trials, plate proofs, or printer's record items provide additional clues. Those of us who savour digging into dusty archives find correspondence and invoices which provide additional data. The results of this indirect research, when compiled in one work, can be impressive. The Malta Study Circle Handbook is an example. It is considered a model of philatelic writing regarding a single country. The authors, luckily, have been afforded the chance-of-a-lifetime opportunity to explore an original resource. This was a storage attic containing most of the printing plates, artists' original engraved dies, and transfer rollers for the Malta stamps printed between 1899 and 1937.

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