Philatelic Issue: EUROMED 2025 – Resources of the Mediterranean, Globigerina Limestone

The Postal Union for the Mediterranean (PUMed) is a regional postal community, consisting of 20 member countries, intended to promote the collective interests of its national postal operators within the Euro-Mediterranean region.

MaltaPost has again joined members of the Euromed Postal Joint Stamp Project in the issue of a new set of stamps bearing a common theme – “Resources of the Mediterranean”. In this regard, MaltaPost will issue a set of two stamps related to the main natural resource of the Maltese Islands, Globigerina Limestone. The stone’s relatively soft texture makes it easy to carve, rendering it an essential material for both structural and decorative purposes.

The €0.45 stamp shows a skilled stonemason, carving a low-relief design out of a large stone structure. The second stamp, bearing a denomination of €1.50, shows a striking example of a magnificent baroque building, the Banca Giuratale in Gozo, built in 1733 from locally quarried globigerina limestone. Both stamp visuals are the work of local artist Mariah Grech.

The set will be issued in a sheet of 10 stamps, with each stamp measuring 44 mm x 31 mm, with a comb perforation of 14.1 x 14.2 and bearing the Maltese Cross watermark. The sheets measure 115 mm x 182 mm and were produced in the offset process by Printex Limited. The issue consists of 100,000 stamps of the €0.45 denomination and 50,000 stamps of the €1.50 denomination.  

The stamps will be available from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo from Wednesday 9 July 2025. Orders may be placed online at www.maltaphilately.com ; or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost p.l.c., 305 Qormi Road, Marsa MTP 1001; by telephone 2596 1740 or via e-mail info@maltaphilately.com