| Issue Date | 21.04.20015 |
| ID | Michel: Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pR |
| Author | Edward D. Pirotta / Paul Psaila |
| Stamps in set | 1 |
| Value | €0.01 Elephas falconeri - dwarf elephant |
| Size (width x height) | 44.0 mm x 31.0 mm |
| Layout | sheet of 10 stamps |
| Products | MS 1 |
| Paper | watermarked paper bearing Maltese Crosses |
| Perforation | 13.9 x 14.0 |
| Print Technique | Offset |
| Printed by | Printex Limited |
| Quantity | 500,000 |
| Issuing Authority | Malta Post plc |
On April 21,
2015 Malta Post announces that the €0.01, €0.02 and €0.05
stamps of the Definitive Issue
have been reprinted. This
reprint consists of 500,000
of each stamp, in
sheets of 10 stamps bearing
sheet numbers
as follows: €0.01 stamp
160001-210000
(this number is printed on a sheet margin: left stamp
on the third row from top), €0.02 stamp
040001 – 090000, and the
€0.05 stamp 020001 – 070000 both numbers included.
There
are only one stamp in the mini sheet with a visible difference compare
the stamp from 2011: Logo of Malta Post over stamp from the
top-left corner of the mini-sheet is smaller as the logo on
printed on mini-sheet from 2011 and the world "post" is
written
in orange rather than red color (see image below). Another
differences are: stamps from 2015
have
more black color as stamps from 2011, "Pleistocene Perion" text on
stamps from 2015 written closer to edge of the stamps (see image
on the right side), bigger distance from edge of the black square
to perforation on the top (see image below).
There
are only one stamp in the mini sheet with a visible difference compare
the stamp from 2011: Logo of Malta Post over stamp from the
top-left corner of the mini-sheet is smaller as the logo on
printed on mini-sheet from 2011 and the world "post" is
written
in orange rather than red color (see image below). Another
differences are: stamps from 2015
have
more black color as stamps from 2011, "Pleistocene Perion" text on
stamps from 2015 written closer to edge of the stamps (see image
on the right side), bigger distance from edge of the black square
to perforation on the top (see image below).
Stamp
and Mini-Sheet from 2011 on the left, stamp from 2015 is on the right
side (scans made on the scanner and on the same time).
Note:
some
times ago, wrong image of the stamp published here. The image of the
stamp dated by year 2015 provided by fellow collector.
Official
answer of Malta Post about the stamp is:"Good morning and thank you for your order. Re the Definitive re-print of €0.01, the date at the bottom of each stamp reads 2009. You would know that it is a re-print from the serial number on each sheet. The numbers of re-prints for the €0.01 where from 160001 – 210000, both numbers included. .... I have checked all the sheets that we have in stock, but they all have printed 2009. "
References: Malta Post
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Latest update 13.11.2017
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