''The J.B. Catalogue of Malta Stamps and Postal History'' is

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's leading stamp catalogue. It was first published in 1984 and is published bi-annually by Joseph Buttigieg of Sliema Stamp Shop. It is currently in its twenty-second edition (2014). The catalogue originally used the SG numbering system, but from the early 1990s it had separate numbering. It is in English and the prices were denominated in

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s until 2006, and

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s from 2008. The twentieth edition (2010) was awarded the Silver-Bronze Medal in ''Phila Nippon '11'' Japan World Stamp Exhibition, which held in

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between 28 July and 2 August 2011, and the twenty first edition (2012) was awarded the silver medal in the ''Australia 2013'' FIP World Stamp Exhibition, which was held at the

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between 10 and 15 May 2013.

The ''JB Catalogue'' lists all of Malta's stamps and stationery, philatelic material issued by MaltaPost and a number of items relating to Malta's postal history.

Stamps

* GB stamps used in Malta (1857–1884) *

Postage stamps A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the ...

(1860- ) *Air Mail stamps (1928–1984) *Miniature Sheets (1971- ) *FRAMA labels (2002) *Stamp booklets (1970- ) *Postage Due stamps (1925–1993) *

Revenue stamps A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, ...

(1899–1988) * National Insurance stamps (1956–1974) *Specimen stamps (1860–1969) *Errors (1860–2001)

Postal stationery A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or Newspaper wrapper, wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage ...

*Post paid postcards (1885–1944) *Post paid newspaper wrappers (1885–1913) *Registered envelopes (1885–1995) *Post paid envelopes (1900, 2002- ) * Formular aerogrammes (1969–1991) *Post paid aerogrammes (1971)

Philatelic material

*Postal cards (1980- ) *Maximum cards (1981- ) *Said's maximum cards (1984–1994) *Year pack postcards (1996–2005) *Philatelic Bureau cards (2001-2012) *Postcards ''(issued by

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)'' (2001– ) *Occasion Cards (2001- )

Postmarks, cachets and postal history

*Special handstamp cancellations (1924- ) *Valletta postmarks prior to 1921 *Village postmarks (1887–1954) *Modern postmarks (1954- ) *Postmen's handstamps (Bollo personale) (1888-1949) *Postage Due handstamps (1819–1923) *Disinfected mail - red wax seals (c.1816-1844) *Disinfected mail - cachets (1830–1911) *Air mail/

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s (1928- ) *Zeppelin flights (1933–1935) *Hot air balloon flights (1970–1983) *Other interesting cancellations

References

External links

MaltaPost Philatelic Bureau

Malta Philatelic Society

Malta Study Circle

Sliema Stamp Shop
Philately of Malta Stamp catalogs Sliema {{Malta-stub