MALTA

Covers and stamps / Malta

MALTA: 1915 (June 24): Stampless picture postcard to England, from a soldier in hospital at St. Andrews, handstamped "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / MEDTn" and violet triple ring "WOUNDED POST OFFICE / (Crown) / MALTA. This rare cachet used briefly in June & July 1915, very few examples are recorded. Provenance: Spink sale 19029, July 2019, lot 945