Malawi Philately: 1972 Christmas – 30t Detail from St. Anne With the Virgin & Child – Bruges

The image used on this stamp is taken from an illuminated manuscript (1525-1523). It is a miniature from the Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg. Suffrage to St Anne. St Anne, the Virgin and Child in a garden.  This, and many other miniatures, were already detached from the manuscript, when purchased by Frederick William Robert Stewart, IV Marquess of Londonderry c.1856.

Details
  • Designer: Victor Whiteley
  • Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa)
  • Process: Lithography
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  • Watermark: Cockerels
  • Perf: 14.5 x 14 (comb)
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