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The Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost plc will be issuing an Occasion Card and a Postal Card during the Maltex 2007 Philatelic Exhibition being held at Le Meridien Hotel, Floriana between Friday the 28th and Sunday the 30th of September.
The Occasion Card, number 18 in the series, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the use of adhesives in the postal service in Malta. In September 1857 British postage stamps began to be used officially on mail from Malta to foreign destinations.
This Card shows the Queen Victoria perforated penny red-brown stamp postmarked with the “M” obliterator, as well as the statue of the same Queen erected in Valletta at a later date. The faintly printed adhesives comprise perforated stamps, registration labels, a self-adhesive booklet stamp, a Frama label stamp and three Cinderellas.
The imprinted stamp is the 51c / Euro 1.19 value showing the 17th century baroque balcony on the Hostel de Verdelin in Valletta, from the Miniature Sheet issued with the 2007 Maltese Balconies set designed by Alfred Caruana Ruggier, who also designed this Occasion Card.
The Postal Card, number 28 in the series, commemorates the participation of Maltapost plc in the Maltex 2007 Philatelic Exhibition. The two stamps imprinted on the Postal Card are the 16c / Euro 0.37 and 51c / Euro 1.19 stamps issued earlier this year to commemorate the worldwide Scout Movement and one of the visits to Malta of the founder of the Movement, Lord Baden-Powell.
Both Cards will be available in mint and cancelled format from all Maltapost postal retail outlets in Malta and Gozo, from the Maltapost Mobile Unit and from the temporary Branch Post Office during Exhibition opening hours at Le Meridien Phoenicia. Additional information can be obtained from the Philatelic Bureau (tel. 2596 1747, e-mail philately@maltapost.com, postal address: 305 Triq Hal Qormi, Marsa, MTP1001), or from the Maltapost website at www.maltapost.com.
Furthermore, a special cancellation for the Exhibition will be used on the same days, both at Le Meridien and at the Dar Annona postal retail outlet, Castille Square, Valletta.
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