https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63180 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:17:35 GMT 2026-04-18T07:17:35Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63254 Title: Postal diary : 7th January - 12th March 2019 Abstract: The official diary of the Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society covering the period 7th January - 12th March 2019. 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. Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63254 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63252 Title: Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society : no. 48(3) : December 2019 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ CUTAJAR, C. L. - The conquest of space : 50th anniversary of the Moon landing -- 2/ BONELLO, G. - Select Malta mail of the French Navy in WWI -- 3/ DE BATTISTA, J. V. - Postal diary : 7th January 2019 - 12th March 2019. Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63252 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63208 Title: The conquest of space : 50th anniversary of the Moon landing Abstract: Since time immemorial Man has been fascinated by the mysteries of space and what lay outside our Earth. Suddenly, the sum of man's accumulated knowledge burst forth with a velocity that was awesome. In the course of 30 years centuries of learning became focussed on man's dreams of adventure in space. What had seemed unattainable became reality when on 20 July 1969 Man set foot on the surface of the Moon. [excerpt] Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63208 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63204 Title: Select Malta mail of the French Navy in WWI Abstract: When the first world war loomed inevitable in 1914, the two main Allies, Great Britain and France, agreed to share and divide their maritime spheres of responsibilities. France would be the foremost actor in the Mediterranean, while Great Britain would assume military leadership in the Channel, the Atlantic and the North Sea. For the duration of the war, the British Mediterranean fleet acted under the supreme command of a French Admiral, and the French navy followed British orders in the North. The cooperation between the two navies was fraught with major difficulties, misunderstandings and rivalries, but survived the duration of the war. The powerful French warships moved base from Toulon to Malta, and arrived, to great popular excitement and festivities, in the Valletta harbours on August 11 , 1914, just before the formal declaration of war. One aspect that distinguished the two fleets in Malta was censorship. While the British authorities enforced a total ban on photographing British shipping in the harbours for fear of security breaches, no such restrictions seem to have hit French warships in the Malta harbours. Photos of British ships in Maltese waters taken during the war are almost impossible to find, while images of French warships in the Malta harbours abound. [excerpt] Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63204 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z