https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76055 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:22:31 GMT 2026-04-17T12:22:31Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76204 Title: The PSM journal : no. 29(3) : December 2000 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ FENECH, A. - "A rare feast for philatelists" : MALTEX 2000 -- 2/ BONELLO, G. - Malta in the Wembley exhibition, 1924 : postal connections -- 3/ CASSAR, P., & BONNICI, A. - The postal services in Malta in the mid-nineteenth century : some mercantile, commercial and social aspects -- 4/ FENECH, A. - Postal diary : 1st January - 30th October 2000. Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76204 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76199 Title: Postal diary : 1st January - 30th October 2000 Abstract: The official diary of the Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society covering the period of 1st January - 30th October 2000. 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. Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76199 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76129 Title: The postal services in Malta in the mid-nineteenth century : some mercantile, commercial and social aspects Abstract: This account is based on the contents of two registers which were found by chance by the present writer in the spring of 1978 during a stroll in the countryside in the area of Tal Mirakli, Attard. They had been discarded and dumped in a rubbish heap. 1 Each register measures 30cm by 21.5cm. Some of the leaves are torn with missing pieces. They have dated entries, written in Italian in faded ink. There are indications that they were originally bound but their hard covers are missing together with their backstrips; joints are broken; the leaves show some foxing and are frayed in the margins. Each page is divided by vertical lines into columns headed:- Date and time of arrival of letters; name of ship; date and time of dispatch of letters; name and address of person receiving the letter; and a column bearing the name of the employee delivering the letter. [excerpt] Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76129 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76128 Title: Malta in the Wembley exhibition, 1924 : postal connections Abstract: In the tradition of the great Universal Exhibitions which had gained popularity and momentum in the previous century, London embarked on its own showpiece in 1924, to demonstrate to the world the might of the British Empire. 1924 was a momentous year for Britain. Stanley Baldwin's Conservatives resigned in January, to be followed by the first Labour Government ever, led by Ramsey MacDonald, only to be shortly later heavily defeated at the polls by the Conservatives. Baldwin was back with a vengeance in October. The Prince of Wales, later the short-lived King Edward VIII, chaired the Exhibition. Baldwin and Edward VIII soon fell out badly over the Wally Simpson romance. The exhibition had been meticulously planned since the end of the First World War. Britain expected every dominion and colony to be present with its own pavilion. [excerpt] Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76128 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z