Malta:EUROMED - Handicraft Jewellery in the Mediterranean

MaltaPost participated in a EuroMed Postal Union philatelic issue, themed "Handicraft Jewellery in the Mediterranean" with a set of three stamps issued on 12 July 2021.

Issue Description
For centuries the Mediterranean Sea was a refuge for many cultures and civilisations. This brought generations of artists who adopted and developed different styles and crafts that created what we recognise today as distinctive Mediterranean jewellery. This philatelic issue reproduces items of jewellery found and produced in Malta in the 19th century. All three items are made from gold and embellished with seed pearls.

Issue Details
This philatelic issue reproduces items of jewellery found and produced in Malta in the 19th century. All three items are made from gold and embellished with seed pearls.

Stamps
The stamps feature a set of earrings 'Tais (€ 0.10 stamp), a Maltese Cross pendant (€ 0.30 stamp) and a seed pearl brooch (€ 2.50 stamp).

All three 19th century pieces are made from gold, and embellished with seed pearls.

These three pieces of jewellery were displayed in the 2013 exhibition "Vanity, Profanity and Worship: Jewellery from the Maltese Islands" organised by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti and held at the Casino Maltese, Valletta.

Sheets
Each of the two full sheets with formatted margins contains 10 stamps (5 x 2) (one design).

EUROMED Series
Other Issues under the EUROMED theme include: