Although this issue was authorized by the Maldives postal administration, virtually the whole issue was not sold in Maldives, but only distributed by the Maldives philatelic agency IGPC for distribution onto the philatelic market.
Still offered on the IGPC website decades later.
Please view the 1990 issues for more details.
50th Death Anniversary of Henri Matisse, 1869-1954.
Art institute of Chicago.
