Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

Activities of the Order of Malta in Slovakia, on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Slovak Republic (joint issue with the Slovak Republic)

On sale Yes
Face value Stamp 1,25 €
Stamp description

The stamp depicts a scene of the reception of a family of Ukrainian refugees by a Slovak volunteer of the Order of Malta. The stamp is completed by the legend “ORDINE DI MALTA SLOVACCHIA”, the inscriptions “SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA” and “POSTE MAGISTRALI”, the emblem of the Order’s activities and the face value “€ 1.25”. In the margin of the sheet of ten stamps there are the inscriptions, in Italian and Slovak, ‘EMISSIONE CONGIUNTA SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA – SLOVACCHIA’ and ‘SPOLOČNÉ VYDANIE ZVRCHOVANÉHO VOJENSKÉHO MALTÉZSKEHO RÁDU A SLOVENSKA’, the cross of the Order of Malta and the Slovak national coat of arms.

Date of issue 23 June 2023.
Face values € 1,25.
Size 30 x 40 mm.
Perforation 13 ¼ x 13.
Print run twenty thousand stamps.
Stamp sheet ten stamps.
Printed by Cartor Security Printers, La Loupe, France, in offset.