MALTA 1922 'SELF-GOVERNMENT' 2s purple and blue/blue, SG111

MALTA 1922 'SELF-GOVERNMENT' 2s purple and blue/blue, SG111Malta 1922 'SELF GOVERNMENT' 2s purple and blue blue, watermark MCA, SG111. A fresh mint example with large part original gum. In 1922, stamps from Malta experienced an evolution , due to the new self governing status of the crown colony. During 1921, Malta was granted a new constitution and self government status within the British Empire. It was still a crown colony, with their defense and foreign affairs directed by Great Britain, and the British

who was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1643

A rare overprint error and most attractive in this positional form

Hong Kong 1863-71 brownish grey

with Christopher himself at the centre of the narrative

Slight gum creasing

T 1935-7 3s blue and black

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £370+

and just seven years before Marie Antoinette was executed

Seventh laureate head right

Superb unmounted mint with full original gum

Queen Mary was the grandmother of Elizabeth II

refers to the disastrous weather that struck on Fulton Day