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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65708| Title: | PPH 9 Type "E1'' (first issue) |
| Authors: | Wood, Hadrian Bugeja, Ignatius Louis |
| Keywords: | Handstamps (Philately) Postage stamps -- Malta -- History -- 20th century Postage stamp design -- Malta -- History -- 20th century |
| Issue Date: | 2014-12 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Wood, H., & Bugeja, I. L. (2014). PPH 9 Type "E1'' (first issue). Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 43(3), 5. |
| Abstract: | The first issue of PPH 9 Type 'El', (in a circle frame), must be regarded as one of the rarest postman's handstamps and, as is often the case, owes its rarity to its short life. PPH 9 Type 'El' was issued to replace PPH 9 Type 'A' in the early 1930s and was itself replaced soon after by a second issue of PPH 9 Type 'E2', (in an oval frame with a dot). The only reason we can think of for Type 'El' being withdrawn is that the figure "9" could be mistaken for a "6" if viewed upside-down, whereas the dot at the bottom of Type 'E2' was added to signify the figure was a "9". [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65708 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2014 - 43(3) |
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