sentences:  A set of five stamps depicting films shot in Malta was meant to be issued on 27 February 2002, but due to unclear circumstances the stamps were never officially released.Despite this, some stamps ended up in collectors' hands and a set of the unissued stamps sold for £5,500 at an auction in 2018.When Malta joined the European Union during the 2004 enlargement, a joint stamp issue was released by nine of the ten new EU members including Malta.