I refer to the letter entitled Stumped, by John M. Grima of Toronto, Canada, in which he complains that MaltaPost has given the public just one month to use up old stamps.

This is incorrect. Stamps with the Lm currency only denomination were last issued in 2006. The last issue, in fact, was the Bob Geldof miniature sheet issued on December 22, 2006. Prior to that, the Christmas 2006 set consisting of four stamps and a miniature sheet had been issued on November 6, 2006 with the following denominations: 8c, 16c, 22c, 27c, 50c.

This, in effect, means the public had 14 months in which to use up their Lm only denomination stamps, and not just one month, as stated in Mr Grima's letter.

All stamps issued after December 22, 2006 carried dual denominations, i.e. the Lm and the euro which remain valid for postage for an indefinite period of time.

We trust this clarifies matters.