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Title: 'Nizza': a method used for sealing letters
Authors: Bonnici, Alfred
Keywords: Letter mail handling -- Malta -- History
Disinfection markings (Philately) -- Malta -- History
Disinfection and disinfectants -- Malta -- History
Envelopes (Stationery) -- History
Issue Date: 2007-08
Publisher: Malta Philatelic Society
Citation: Bonnici, A. (2007). 'Nizza': a method used for sealing letters. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 36(2), 2-14.
Abstract: One of the deadliest diseases that afflicted humanity was the Black Death - Plague. It was first reported in Europe in the middle ages and whenever there was an outbreak, it caused death to thousands of people, and disrupted economies of nations. Strict quarantine was imposed, and so no food could be imported or exported. The first plague epidemic that visited Malta according to A Ferres, occurred in 1270. In order that it did not spread to other countries, severe sanitary and quarantine precautions had to be imposed, by European States, and quarantine stations called Lazarettos were built, in all major European ports. [excerpt]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/72378
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