Europa 1996 issue

Abstract

This issue was printed in the four-colour process using the standard CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) process colours for each value, (plus the solid colour 'gold'). The progressive sheets were printed in the following order: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow. Both stamps are of the vertical format. A Pane of ten stamps of each value, is divided into twelve spaces, three rows of four. In the first space, of the top row, of both values, can be seen "Europa '96". In the second space of the top row can be seen the "Inez Trophy", a bronze statuette depicting the Muse of Drama (30c) and the entrance to the Allied Newspapers Ltd in St Paul's Street, Valletta (14c). The value of the whole Pane of stamps is seen in the top margin, above the second and third spaces of the top row, printed in black. [excerpt]