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Valletta handstamps | | 1897 saw the name VALLETTA first appear in a Malta postmark. Single ring with time and date in one line, as shown. |
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Image | Reference | Issued | Description | Earliest | Latest | Detail | Library |
 | v | Not Recorded | Hand cancels of Malta GPO POSTED OUT OF COURSE | Not Recorded | Not Recorded |  |  (0) |
 | 1897 VAG-2 | 09/1897 | as shown. Only known strike of this type. In use till October 1902, then little used for 4 years. Again in service from 1906 till early 1909, when replaced by VAG-31. | 03/10/1897 | 17/12/1909 |  |  (8) |
 | 1899 VAG-7a | 07/1899 | 2 strikes of this cancel. 7a has the 'dot' in line with top of letter A at end of MALTA, as shown. Replaced in early 1909 by VAG-31. | 24/07/1899 | 17/09/1909 |  |  (3) |
 | 1902 VAG-7b | 07/1902 | as shown. 7b has the 'dot' to the right of MALTA being much lower than on 7a. Replaced in early 1909 by VAG-31. | Not Recorded | Not Recorded |  |  (0) |
 | 1909 VAG-31a | 16/02/1909 | 2 strikes recorded in GPO Proof Book dated 16.FE.09. 31a has a 16mm gap when drawing a line between the bottom of V in Valletta and the top of the left leg of M in Malta. | 20/03/1909 | 07/07/1924 |  |  (3) |
 | VAG-31b | 16/02/1909 | 31b has a 14mm gap when drawing a line between the bottom of V in Valletta and the top of the left leg of M in Malta. | Not Recorded | Not Recorded |  |  (0) |

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