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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/83993| Title: | Detailed information of new issues : Europa 1979 issue |
| Authors: | Farrugia, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Postage stamp design -- Malta Postage-stamp printing -- Malta Postage stamps -- Margins -- Malta Postage stamps -- Varieties -- Malta Ships on postage stamps |
| Issue Date: | 1979 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Farrugia, J. (1979). Detailed information of new issues : Europa 1979 issue. The PSM magazine, 9(2), 21-23. |
| Abstract: | The 1979 "Europa" stamp set, depicts as part of the general theme "History of Postal and Telecommunications Services" past and present day methods of mail transport and communications. The 7c stamp features a "Maltese Speronara" and the tail fin of an Air Malta aircraft. The "Maltese Speronara" was a small open vessel equipped with sails and oars. It was designed to ride the waves and to sail to any port in the Mediterranean. The Order of St. John continuously employed the "Maltese Speronara" on several commissions, especially to carry official and private despatches to the galley squadrons or to the continent. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/83993 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 1979 - 9(2) |
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