1939) "Handicraft Jewellery in the Mediterranean", Malta: "EUROMED" theme for 2021: Malta Post has issued three postage stamps in the denominations of €0.10, €0.30, €2.50, depicting traditional Maltese jewellery: Date of Stamps set issue: 12.07.2021:
"EUROMED" STAMPS:
The Postal Union for the Mediterranean (PUMed), created in Rome on 15.03.2011, by 14 Postal Administrations from the Mediterranean Region under the aegis of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), now has 23 members.
The objective behind this concept was to develop a similar project of the lines of "EUROPA" Stamps, wherein a theme will be chosen and all member countries will submit their design. As such, the Euromed Postal stamp project is a joint commitment, consisting of the annual issue of a stamp on the same theme.
Each member will then be free to issue the design prepared by it. This for the exception of the first stamp issued in 2014, where all members were obliged to have the same design.
The themes chosen for the member countries, since 2014, so far, are as follows:
2014 - “The Mediterranean”
2015 - “Boats used in the Mediterranean”
2016 - “Fish in the Mediterranean”
2017 - “Trees in the Mediterranean”
2018 - “Houses in the Mediterranean”
2019 - “Costumes used in the Mediterranean”
2020 - "Traditional Gastronomy in the Mediterranean"
2021 - "Handicraft Jewelry in the Mediterranean"
A set of Stamps brought out by Malta Post on the "EUROMED Project theme" for 2021, "Traditional Jewellery in the Mediterranean":
A brief:
From Antiquity, and the discovery of gold, the Mediterranean basin saw the birth of vocations of jewelers. From the 17th century, they exported their creations all over the world, adapting to the tastes of their customers and winning without ceasing in perfection.
Jewellery is considered to have always been a part of our human history as the earliest known jewellery is reckoned to have been worn 100,000 years ago. It is worn both to embellish, as well as, to symbolise wealth, power and social status. Some wear jewellery as a form of art for self-expression or as part of their tradition and cultural beliefs.
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.
The Stamps:
This Philatelic issue by Malta Post reproduces items of jewellery found and produced in Malta;
- a set of Earrings "Tais" featured on the 10c stamp
- a Maltese Cross Pendant on the 30c stamp and
- a Seed Pearl Brooch on the 2.50 Euro 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.
The First Day Cover (FDC) is titled "EUROMED HANDICRAFT JEWELLERY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN".
The three stamps issued in the set are affixed at top right. The special Cancellation Handstamp/Postmark is of the Philatelic Bureau, Malta and is dated - "12.07.2021".
Technical details:
Issue Date: 12.07.2021
Illustrator: Photography: Courtesy of Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
Process: Offset
Stamp Size(s): 31.0 mm x 44.0 mm (x 3 Stamps)
Stamp Values: €0.10, €0.30, €2.50
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