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1972 May 16
Malta
Introduction of decimal currency.
2-mil stamp depicts a coin showing the Maltese Cross;
3-mil stamp depicts a coin showing a bee and honeycomb;
5-mil stamp depicts a coin showing a Mnara;
1-cent stamp depicts a coin showing the George Cross;
2-cent stamp depicts a coin showing the Penthesilea;
5-cent stamp depicts a coin showing an Altar from the megalithic period;
10-cent stamp depicts a coin showing a grandmaster's barge, 18th century;
50-cent stamp depicts a coin showing the Great Siege Monument.
Catalog numbers: Michel 439-46; Scott 439-46; Yvert 441-48; Stanley Gibbons 467-74
Approximate value: US$4.60 (Scott 2010).
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