MaltaPost tries something different for this year's Christmas stamp set
Illustrator of the 2022 set FABIO AGIUS speaks with Esther Lafferty about the unique designs. This year, MaltaPost has released Christmas stamps that deviate from the annual recreations of nativity scenes. Instead, this latest stamp issue, designed by illustrator and MaltaPost employee Fabio Agius, shows an imagined scene of Advent industry at the North Pole. “I have been working in the archives at MaltaPost for 27 years, and every year we produce Christmas stamps,” says Agius. “As Malta is such a Catholic country, they have almost always been based on the Christmas story, so this year it is fantastic to be doing something more innovative. These stamps are giving us a sneaky peek right inside Santa’s workshop.” Illustrator and MaltaPost employee Fabio Agius While Agius and his colleagues brainstormed ideas for the annual Christmas stamp, Agius, who is also a comic artist and co-founder of Wicked Comics – the organisers of the Malta Comic-Con – suggested they would depict Father Christmas’s workshop. “I made a sketch for my colleagues to consider and was thrilled when they accepted.” Agius drew the final artwork in the traditional comic-book way – pencilling it first and then...