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, upper marginal block of 4 with part centre guide from R1 2 5 6, SG111. A fine and fresh mint positional block large part original gum. An extremely scarce positional multiple, with only 54 sheets printed. 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

Lord Mountbatten was the second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and an uncle to Prince Philip

Bahamas King George VI 1942 (12 Oct) 450th Anniversary of Landing of Columbus in New World overprinted

Great Britain 1841 1d red-brown Plate 34

Tonga 1895 (20 June) 1d on 2½d vermilion (type 12a)

script watermark

He became the 58th

King Jugurtha in right

and depicts Twain in his iconic white suit which became his trademark later in life

Cut from his head on August 1

Undenominated revenue stamps of Grenada featuring the Chalon Head design were used from 1875 and surcharged with a value and a "POSTAGE" overprint making them valid for regular postage

A fresh unmounted mint positional block with full original gum

while the whole sheet has a continuous external inscription