Malta Queen Victoria Halfpenny Yellow-Green

Malta · 1885 · ½d

This definitive stamp features the diademed profile of Queen Victoria, facing left, a common design used across the British Empire. The denomination 'HALF PENNY' is inscribed at the bottom, with 'MALTA' at the top, all within an ornate frame. The stamp is printed in a distinctive yellow-green color.

Issued in 1885, this was Malta's first halfpenny stamp, fulfilling a new postal rate requirement. It was part of a series that replaced the original 1860 halfpenny stamp which did not bear the country's name.