https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77253 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:50:25 GMT 2026-04-08T02:50:25Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77577 Title: The PSM magazine : no. 23(3) : December 1994 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ BONNICI, A. - Count Federico de Lazara Cavaliere in Malta : 1662-66 -- 2/ BONELLO, G. - The planned invasion of Malta : postal history -- 3/ FARRUGIA, J. - Malta : a diary : May - September, 1994 -- 4/ FARRUGIA, J. - Postage dues 1993 issue - X, 75th anniversary Lions International - Y. Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77577 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77576 Title: Postage dues 1993 issue - X, 75th anniversary Lions International - Y Abstract: In issue X, two different solid colours were used for each value, one being a very lighter shade of the main colour. The main colours are red, blue, green and yellow for the le, 2c, 5c and 10c values respectively. Issue Y was printed in multicolours, using the same four different colours for both values. 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 all Panes, of all values, in issues X and Y. The colours from top to bottom, correspond to the colours used for Pane numbers, from left to right, on all Panes, of all values, in issues X and Y. Cumulative totals of progressive columns of stamps are seen in top and bottom margins, in all Panes, of all values, in issues X and Y. In issue X they are printed in red (le), blue (2c), green (5c) and yellow (10c). In issue Y, they are printed in black. [excerpt] Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77576 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77575 Title: Malta : a diary : May - September, 1994 Abstract: The official diary of The PSM Magazine covering the period of May - September, 1994. 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. Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77575 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77574 Title: The planned invasion of Malta : postal history Abstract: I do not propose to relate in detail the plans or the capture of Malta during the Second World War - an invasion that fortunately never materialised but which, through - out the conflict, occupied the minds of the ablest strategists on the Axis side. A huge mass of literature, some very authoritative, based mostly on Italian sources, has clarified the subject. On the other hand I know of almost no published material in English which is not merely divulgative or, at worse, war propaganda. A serious study, tapping all the archives - British, German, Italian and Japanese - is long overdue. This magazine cannot be the right venue for such an important historical enterprise. The drama, the deceit, the rivalries, the indecision which characterised the operation would, I am sure, make captivating reading. [excerpt] Thu, 01 Dec 1994 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77574 1994-12-01T00:00:00Z