The Philatelic Bureau of Maltapost is issuing a set of four stamps featuring Maltese prehistoric sculptures on Wednesday.

The stamps, which come in four values, are designed by Josian Bonello using images photographed by Daniel Cilia and are offset printed by Printex Limited of Qormi on Maltese Crosses watermarked paper.

The stamps carry both decimal and euro denominations, these being 15c / euro 0.35, 29c / euro 0.68, 60c / euro 1.40, and Lm1.50 / euro 3.49.

Five thousand years ago, the Maltese archipelago going through one of the most remarkable cultural developments that took place during the prehistory of the Mediterranean.

The inhabitants developed art forms that were distinctive, even unique. Working with the basic materials the islands had to offer, they produced the unequalled buildings that are known today as the Megalithic Temples of Malta. Extraordinary in their sophistication, these monumental buildings have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.