https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/80084 2026-05-15T09:31:21Z 2026-05-15T09:31:21Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/80552 2021-08-31T11:10:28Z 1987-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The PSM magazine : no. 16(2) : August 1987 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ BONNICI, A. - Editorial -- 2/ BONNICI, A. - Disinfection : part 11 -- 3/ MERCIECA, J. H. - An address deliverd by Dr. J .H. Mercieca at the monthly meeting of the Malta Philatelic Society, on the 2nd March 1987, on the occasion of a commemorative evening dedicated to the memory of the late Prof. Emvin Cremona -- 4/ BONELLO, G. - Early manuscript delivery charges -- 5/ FARRUGIA, J. - Malta : a diary : September - December, 1986 -- 6/ FARRUGIA, J. - Detailed information about : Christmas issue 1986 and other issues.

1987-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/80483 2021-08-31T08:06:19Z 1987-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Detailed information about : Christmas issue 1986 and other issues Abstract: Issues X, Y and Z were printed in multicolours. 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, except in the 10c value, of issue Y, which are next to the last stamps of the two bottom rows. It is interesting to mention here, that for the colour checks of Pane A, of the 13c value, of issue Z, nothing can be said for reasons to be stated later on. 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, except for the top colour (blue) in the 10c value, of issue Y which in the Pane numbers is printed last on.. the right instead of first on the left. Cumulative totals of progressive columns of stamps are seen in top and bottom margins, printed in black, on all Panes, of all values, in issues X, Y and Z. [excerpt]

1987-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/80481 2021-08-31T07:54:59Z 1987-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Malta : a diary : September - December, 1986 Abstract: The official diary of The PSM Magazine covering the period of September - December, 1986. 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.

1987-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/80480 2021-08-31T07:54:34Z 1987-08-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Early manuscript delivery charges Abstract: Before the introduction in Malta of handstamped delivery charge marks on April 6th, 1816, the amount due for postage was indicated in long-hand. Most mail from abroad had a digit, usually large, handwritten on the front, which corresponded to the charge due. The present note does not deal with those letters which only show numbers; these are relatively common and have been recorded. I propose to illustrate some much scarcer examples in which the charge is fully written in longhand, not in numbers. As far as I am able to ascertain, these types of charges have not been recorded before. Information about them is scanty. Who wrote out the charges? The sender, the carrier vessel, the postal authorities or the addressee? [excerpt]

1987-08-01T00:00:00Z