There is no doubt that illustrated story books intensely evoke childhood memories. Young children enjoy poring over book covers with a time-defying immersion that grown-ups unfortunately tend to lose. Such "magic" was presented to an entire generation of Maltese school children through two much-loved local publications - "Id-Denfil" and "Many adults today still cherish fond memories of these iconic Maltese textbooks that accompanied them throughout their early school years.

What we read, see and share at a young age stays with us for life. With this in mind, MaltaPost proudly introduces two stamps that portray these two Maltese iconic children's books. - "Id-Denfil" (€0.37) and "Il-Gojjin" (€3.00). This stamp issue should take many back-in-time to relive the visual happiness of their childhood.

The stamps will be issued in a sheet of 10, with each stamp measuring 31mm x 44mm, a comb perforation 13.9 x 14.0 and bearing the Maltese Cross watermark. The sheets measure 185mm x 118mm and were produced by Printex Ltd in the offset process. This issue consists of  500,000 of the €0.37 stamp and 300,000 of the €3.00.   stamp set is designed by MaltaPost p.l.c and photography was done courtesy of the National Library of Malta.

These stamps will be available from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo from Friday 17 February 2023. 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 [email protected]