Emblem of Malta issue - X, Maltese uniforms third issue - Y

Abstract

Issue X was produced in multicolour lithography using five different colours, and issue Y using the same four colours for all 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 each Pane, of all values, in issue X and Y. The colours from top to bottom, correspond to the colours used for Pane numbers from right to left, on all Panes, of the single value in issue X, and from left to right, on all Panes, of all values, in issue Y. Cumulative totals of progressive columns of stamps, are seen in top and bottom margins, printed in black, on all Panes, of all values, in issues X and Y. [excerpt]