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Title: | Edward Caruana Dingli's Melita stamps |
Authors: | Fenech, Anthony |
Keywords: | Caruana Dingli, Edward, 1876-1950 Postal service -- Malta -- History -- 20th century Postage stamp design -- Malta -- History -- 20th century Postage-stamp printing -- Malta -- History |
Issue Date: | 2001-04 |
Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
Citation: | Fenech, A. (2001). Edward Caruana Dingli's Melita stamps. The PSM journal, 30(1), 3-7. |
Abstract: | A few months after the granting of Self-Government in 1921, the Malta Postal Administration decided to issue a new Definitive Set of postage stamps. A Stamp Design Competition was announced and from the designs submitted, those chosen were Edward Caruana Dingli's allegorical figure of "Melita" for the 1/4d to 6d and the £1 values and Gianni Vella's symbolic design of Melita and Brittania embracing" for the 1/- to the 10/- values. On the 15th July 1921, Edward Caruana Dingli received a formal letter from the Lieutenant-Governor's Office in Malta informing him that "With reference to your letter of the 19th April 1921, I have the honour to inform you that you have been awarded the first prize of £20 for your design for Postage and Revenue stamps of Mala illustrative of the institution of Self-Government in these Islands. A draft on the Crown Agents for the colonies for the above amount is enclosed." [excerpt] |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/75425 |
Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2001 - 30(1) |
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