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Stamps and first day covers issued in 2021

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Stamps and first day covers by country

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Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist

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	== Breakdown ==		== Breakdown ==

	This breakdown counts only the issues and covers currently entered in this checklist. The checklist is a work in progress, so these figures do not represent every issue or cover that exists. An issue means one issue group in the checklist; different cover versions count as separate covers. A zero means that no entries have been added ~~for that year yet~~. Decade subtotals cover the years shown, beginning with 1958 and ending with 2026.		This breakdown counts only the issues and covers currently entered in this checklist. The checklist is a work in progress, so these figures do not represent every issue or cover that exists. An issue means one issue group in the checklist; different cover versions count as separate covers.

			Grey rows identify years up to 1972 in which no issues were released. From 1973, following Isle of Man postal independence, at least one issue was released each year; a zero for these later years means that entries have not yet been added to this checklist. Decade subtotals cover the years shown, beginning with 1958 and ending with 2026.

	{\| class="wikitable fdc-decade-summary"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-decade-summary"
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	\|-		\|-
	\| 1958 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1958\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1958\|0}}		\| 1958 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1958\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1958\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1959 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1959\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1959\|0}}		\| 1959 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1959\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1959\|0}}
	\|- class="fdc-decade-subtotal"		\|- class="fdc-decade-subtotal"
	\| 1950s subtotal \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-issues-1950\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-covers-1950\|0}}		\| 1950s subtotal \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-issues-1950\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-covers-1950\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1960 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1960\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1960\|0}}		\| 1960 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1960\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1960\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1961 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1961\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1961\|0}}		\| 1961 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1961\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1961\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1962 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1962\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1962\|0}}		\| 1962 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1962\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1962\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1963 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1963\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1963\|0}}		\| 1963 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1963\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1963\|0}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1964 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1964\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1964\|0}}		\| 1964 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1964\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1964\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1965 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1965\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1965\|0}}		\| 1965 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1965\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1965\|0}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1966 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1966\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1966\|0}}		\| 1966 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1966\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1966\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1967 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1967\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1967\|0}}		\| 1967 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1967\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1967\|0}}
	\|-		\|-
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	\|- class="fdc-decade-subtotal"		\|- class="fdc-decade-subtotal"
	\| 1960s subtotal \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-issues-1960\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-covers-1960\|0}}		\| 1960s subtotal \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-issues-1960\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-covers-1960\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1970 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1970\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1970\|0}}		\| 1970 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1970\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1970\|0}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1971 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1971\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1971\|0}}		\| 1971 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1971\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1971\|0}}
	\|-		\|- class="fdc-no-issues"
	\| 1972 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1972\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1972\|0}}		\| 1972 \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-issues-1972\|0}} \|\| {{#var_final:fdc-checklist-year-covers-1972\|0}}
	\|-		\|-

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Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist

PhantomSteve — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:39:43 GMT

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Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist

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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1950\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1950\|first\|year=1958}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 18 August 1958 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 3d – GPO cover – 1958]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 18 August 1958 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 3d – GPO cover – 1958]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1950}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1950}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first\|year=1964}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 June 1964 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 2½d – Castle Rushen cover – 1964]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 June 1964 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 2½d – Castle Rushen cover – 1964]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first\|year=1966}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 7 February 1966 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1966]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 7 February 1966 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1966]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first\|year=1968}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-4d-5d-1968-GPO-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 4 September 1968 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – 4d and 5d – GPO cover – 1968]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-4d-5d-1968-GPO-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 4 September 1968 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – 4d and 5d – GPO cover – 1968]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960\|first\|year=1969}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 26 February 1969 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1969]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 26 February 1969 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1969]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1970}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-Decimal-Currency-1971-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 7 July 1971 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-Decimal-Currency-1971-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 7 July 1971 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1973}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 July 1973 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – Decimal regionals – GPO cover – 1973]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 July 1973 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – Decimal regionals – GPO cover – 1973]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1974}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 March 1974 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – GPO cover – 1974]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 March 1974 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – GPO cover – 1974]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1975}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 January 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 January 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1976}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 12 March 1976 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 12 March 1976 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first\|year=2021}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Sir-Barry-Gibb-2021-ZM91-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 3 November 2021 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Sir Barry Gibb • Singer • Songwriter • Producer – 2021]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Sir-Barry-Gibb-2021-ZM91-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 3 November 2021 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Sir Barry Gibb • Singer • Songwriter • Producer – 2021]]
	\|}		\|}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first\|year=2022}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Chinese-Year-of-the-Tiger-2022-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 13 January 2022 \|\| [[Isle of Man - Chinese Year of the Tiger - 2022]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Chinese-Year-of-the-Tiger-2022-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 13 January 2022 \|\| [[Isle of Man - Chinese Year of the Tiger - 2022]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|new}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|new}}

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	<includeonly>{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-covers-{{{1}}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-covers-{{{1}}}\|0}}+1}}}}{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-issues-{{{1}}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-issues-{{{1}}}\|0}}+1}}}}}}		<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{{2\|}}}\|first\|{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-current-year\|{{{year\|}}}}}}}{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-covers-{{{1}}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-covers-{{{1}}}\|0}}+1}}}}{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-total-covers\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-total-covers\|0}}+1}}}}{{#if:{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-year-covers-{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-year-covers-{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|0}}+1}}}}}}{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-issues-{{{1}}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-issues-{{{1}}}\|0}}+1}}}}{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-total-issues\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-total-issues\|0}}+1}}}}{{#if:{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|{{#vardefine:fdc-checklist-year-issues-{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|{{#expr:{{#var:fdc-checklist-year-issues-{{#var:fdc-checklist-current-year\|}}\|0}}+1}}}}}}}}
	\|-{{#ifeq:{{{2\|}}}\|new\| class="fdc-new-issue"}}</includeonly><noinclude>		\|-{{#ifeq:{{{2\|}}}\|new\| class="fdc-new-issue"}}</includeonly><noinclude>
	Starts one cover row in [[Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist]] and updates the decade counters.		Starts one cover row in [[Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist]] and updates the year, decade and overall counters.

	* First cover row in a yearly table: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}</nowiki>		* First cover row in a yearly table: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1975}}</nowiki>
	* First cover of a later issue group in that table: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}</nowiki>		* First cover of a later issue group in that table: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}</nowiki>
	* Another cover of the same issue: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}</nowiki>		* Another cover of the same issue: <nowiki>{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}</nowiki>

	~~Replace 1970 with~~ the decade’s starting year. The first and new markers each count one issue; only new adds the double-line class. Every call counts one cover. Use once per cover row, replacing the ordinary row separator.		The first parameter is the decade’s starting year. Supply year= on the first row of each yearly table; subsequent rows use that year automatically.

			The first and new markers each count one issue; only new adds the double-line class. Every call counts one cover. Use once per cover row, replacing the ordinary row separator.
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Category:1976 stamps and first day covers

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This category brings together stamps and first day covers issued in 1976.

[[Category:Stamps and first day covers by year|1976]]

Category:First day covers issued in 1976

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Category:Stamps issued in 1976

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This category contains individual postage stamps issued in 1976.

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Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist

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 | ☐ || [[File:FDC-Wanted.png|frameless|120px|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] || 29 October 1975 || [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975]]
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IM-SG-MS79

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Created page with "{{Stamp |image= |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=MS79 |variant= |issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration |issue-date=12 March 1976 |withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=209367 |sold-out= |year=1976 |face-value=45½p (total of 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p) |subject=Miniature sheet..."

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{{Stamp
|image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=MS79
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=209367
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=45½p (total of 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p)
|subject=Miniature sheet containing the four William Christian designs, SG75–78
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|Miniature sheet]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=150 × 90 mm (catalogue); 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
|notes=No collection scan has been supplied.
}}

The miniature sheet contains one each of the 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p designs, in a horizontal row, with illustrated margins. Its combined face value is 45½p. The catalogue lists it separately as MS79 and gives perforation 14.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

No suitable miniature-sheet scan has been supplied for publication on the wiki. The wanted-cover photographs remain private reference images.

== Constituent stamp designs ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-75.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-75]] || 5½p || [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-76.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-76]] || 7p || Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-77.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-77]] || 13p || [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-78.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-78]] || 20p || [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|}

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 209,367 miniature sheets sold. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-78

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-78.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=78
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=424728
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
|notes=Cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover. The same SG design also occurs in MS79, whose constituent stamps are perforated 14.
}}

'''SG78''' is the 20p stamp in this Isle of Man issue, released on '''12 March 1976'''.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=78
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The design depicts Christian as a frontiersman carrying a long gun. The catalogue uses the subject wording Christian as an Indian Fighter; the information sheet relates the design to frontier conflict and peace negotiations.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

The image is a cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. It is not a scan of a miniature-sheet constituent stamp. The miniature sheet repeats the design with perforation 14, whereas the ordinary stamp is perforated 13½.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 424,728 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-77a

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{{Stamp
|image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=77a
|variant=Black face value and inscriptions printed double
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=
|notes=No collection scan has been supplied.
}}

The catalogue’s suffix a follows SG77, giving the complete identifier SG77a. It records the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. The issue date is the parent issue’s release date, not a separately established discovery or error-release date.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=77a
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

No example of this variety has been supplied or identified among the owned scans. The ordinary [[IM-SG-77]] illustration is not used as an image of the error. A separate quantity sold for the variety is not given; the main SG77 sales figure is not assigned to SG77a.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

No separate sales figure is supplied for SG77a. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-77

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:28:57 GMT

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=77
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=558348
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]
|notes=Cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover. The same SG design also occurs in MS79, whose constituent stamps are perforated 14.
}}

'''SG77''' is the 13p stamp in this Isle of Man issue, released on '''12 March 1976'''.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=77
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The information sheet identifies Henry as Colonel and Christian as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment. It recounts Christian’s later election to the colonelcy. The separately catalogued double-printing error is [[IM-SG-77a]].<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

The image is a cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. It is not a scan of a miniature-sheet constituent stamp. The miniature sheet repeats the design with perforation 14, whereas the ordinary stamp is perforated 13½.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 558,348 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-76

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:28:46 GMT

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=76
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=524144
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]
|notes=Cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover. The same SG design also occurs in MS79, whose constituent stamps are perforated 14.
}}

'''SG76''' is the 7p stamp in this Isle of Man issue, released on '''12 March 1976'''.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=76
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The design shows Christian carrying the Fincastle Resolutions towards Williamsburg. The information sheet describes the county meeting of 20 January 1775 and the subsequent delivery and publication of the resolutions.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

The image is a cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. It is not a scan of a miniature-sheet constituent stamp. The miniature sheet repeats the design with perforation 14, whereas the ordinary stamp is perforated 13½.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 524,144 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-75

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-75.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=75
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=487310
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=5½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]] [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
|notes=Cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover. The same SG design also occurs in MS79, whose constituent stamps are perforated 14.
}}

'''SG75''' is the 5½p stamp in this Isle of Man issue, released on '''12 March 1976'''.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The information sheet identifies the scene as Christian listening to Patrick Henry’s speech at St John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

The image is a cancelled ordinary stamp detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. It is not a scan of a miniature-sheet constituent stamp. The miniature sheet repeats the design with perforation 14, whereas the ordinary stamp is perforated 13½.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 487,310 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
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|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
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|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover
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|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
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|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
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|copy-number=
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|addressed=No
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=One circular Douglas first-day strike. The shared Douglas detail was scanned from the owned official stamp-set cover; it is not taken from this wanted example.
|postmark-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-postmark.jpg
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|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph is used only in private print documents. Reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The unaddressed envelope shows a large brown-and-gold figure labelled William Christian, with smaller figures at the foot and The Isle of Man Salutes an American… Son of a Manxman wording down the left. Only the 7p and 13p stamps, [[IM-SG-76]] and [[IM-SG-77]], are present, tied by one circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 12 March 1976. No producer has been securely identified from the supplied photograph.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1976 - American Revolution - William Christian cover.webp
|notes=Illustrative image of a wanted cover; not a scan of an owned example and not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and any accompanying material are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default, rather than establishing that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. Their reuse does not imply that this wanted cover is owned or includes that information sheet.

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The photographed cover bears [[IM-SG-76]] and [[IM-SG-77]] only.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-76
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|perforation=13½
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|First day cover]]
|cover-producer=
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=The addressed envelope has a black battle-scene illustration within a gold-coloured frame, the bicentennial emblem above, and the wording FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE STAMP / OF THE ISLE OF MAN below.
|addressed=Yes
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=One circular Douglas first-day strike. The shared Douglas detail was scanned from the owned official stamp-set cover; it is not taken from this wanted example.
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|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph is used only in private print documents. Reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The addressed envelope has a black battle-scene illustration within a gold-coloured frame, the bicentennial emblem above, and the wording FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE STAMP / OF THE ISLE OF MAN below. It bears only the 13p stamp, [[IM-SG-77]], tied by a circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 12 March 1976. The wording is used here as a descriptive label; it does not by itself identify the envelope’s producer or prove Postal Authority production. The photograph is addressed to Canada, but a specifically United States target market has not been established. Recipient details are not transcribed here.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1976 - american revolution - official commemorative stamp.webp
|notes=Illustrative image of a wanted cover; not a scan of an owned example and not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and any accompanying material are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default, rather than establishing that the photographed example includes a leaflet. The collector supplied [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392279859884 eBay item 392279859884] as the source listing; its contents could not be independently retrieved when preparing this record. Producer and intended market remain unconfirmed.

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. Their reuse does not imply that this wanted cover is owned or includes that information sheet.

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The photographed cover bears only [[IM-SG-77]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:27:12 GMT

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|perforation=14 (miniature sheet)
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|issue-format=Miniature sheet of four stamps, SG75–78
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|First day cover]]
|cover-producer=Mercury
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=The unaddressed Mercury envelope shows Independence Hall, Philadelphia, beneath an American bicentenary heading, with the Mercury imprint at lower left.
|addressed=No
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Ramsey, Isle of Man|Ramsey, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / RAMSEY / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=Three circular Ramsey strikes: two on the miniature sheet and one on the envelope. No Ramsey detail scan has been supplied.
|postmark-image=
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
|information-sheet-image=
|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph is used only in private print documents. Reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The unaddressed Mercury envelope shows Independence Hall, Philadelphia, beneath an American bicentenary heading, with the Mercury imprint at lower left. An intact MS79 occupies the right side. Three circular Ramsey first-day cancellations dated 12 March 1976 are visible: two on the miniature sheet and one below it on the envelope. The printed explanatory text belongs to the cachet, not to the cancellation.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1976 - american revolution - mercury MS.webp
|notes=Illustrative image of a wanted cover; not a scan of an owned example and not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and any accompanying material are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default, rather than establishing that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. The stamp scans show the ordinary perforation-13½ versions, used only to illustrate the designs; they are not scans of this cover’s perforation-14 miniature-sheet stamps. No separate miniature-sheet scan is available for wiki illustration.

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The four stamps below form the intact miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]]. The illustrations show the corresponding ordinary stamp designs and come from the owned stamp-set cover; their perforation differs from the sheet.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-75.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-75
|face-value=5½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-76
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-78.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-78
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:26:53 GMT

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|perforation=13½
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|First day cover]]
|cover-producer=Cotswold Covers
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=The unaddressed Cotswold envelope shows two United States flags with eagle finials, a blue bicentenary ribbon, a gold-coloured border, First Day Cover lettering and the COTSWOLD COVERS imprint.
|addressed=No
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=One circular Douglas first-day strike. The shared Douglas detail was scanned from the owned official stamp-set cover; it is not taken from this wanted example.
|postmark-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
|information-sheet-image=
|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph is used only in private print documents. Reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The unaddressed Cotswold envelope shows two United States flags with eagle finials, a blue bicentenary ribbon, a gold-coloured border, First Day Cover lettering and the COTSWOLD COVERS imprint. The complete stamp set is arranged 5½p and 7p above 13p and 20p, tied by one circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 12 March 1976.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1976 - American Revolution - cotswold.webp
|notes=Illustrative image of a wanted cover; not a scan of an owned example and not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and any accompanying material are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default, rather than establishing that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. Their reuse does not imply that this wanted cover is owned or includes that information sheet.

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The photographed cover bears the complete ordinary stamp set, SG75–78.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-75.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-75
|face-value=5½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-76
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-78.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-78
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-Official-Stamp-Set-FDC.jpg
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|perforation=13½
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=Official [[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|first day cover]]
|cover-producer=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=The addressed official envelope is headed Commemorating Colonel William Christian of Virginia, with a coloured bicentennial emblem and Isle of Man Post Office Authority official first day cover wording.
|addressed=Yes
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=Two circular Douglas first-day strikes. The detail scan is from this owned cover.
|postmark-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=Double-sided information sheet
|information-sheet-title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|information-sheet-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg
|information-sheet-back-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg
|information-sheet-notes=Held with the owned official stamp-set cover. Both printed sides are supplied.
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=Yes
|condition=
|collection-comment=Owned, with a double-sided information sheet. Addressed; recipient details are not transcribed. Envelope reverse not supplied or confirmed blank.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The addressed official envelope is headed Commemorating Colonel William Christian of Virginia, with a coloured bicentennial emblem and Isle of Man Post Office Authority official first day cover wording. Four separate stamps are arranged from left to right in ascending value order: 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p. Two circular Douglas first-day cancellations dated 12 March 1976 tie the stamps. Recipient details are not transcribed here. The collector owns this cover and its double-sided information sheet. The envelope reverse has not been supplied or confirmed blank.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976
|type=Owned first day cover
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-Official-Stamp-Set-FDC.jpg|Owned front scan]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-postmark.jpg|postmark detail]].
|notes=Ownership and accompanying information sheet confirmed by the collector.
}}</ref>

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The photographed cover bears the complete ordinary stamp set, SG75–78.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-75.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-75
|face-value=5½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-76
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-78.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-78
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Cancelled stamp detail from the owned official stamp-set cover.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=American Revolution; William Christian; Patrick Henry; bicentenary
|text-credit=
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|perforation=14 (miniature sheet)
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|issue-format=Miniature sheet of four stamps, SG75–78
|cover-type=Official [[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|first day cover]]
|cover-producer=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=The unaddressed official envelope bears a standing frontiersman at left, the bicentennial emblem, American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 lettering and the Isle of Man Post Office Authority official first day cover inscription.
|addressed=No
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=12 March 1976
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 12 MAR 1976 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=Two circular Douglas first-day strikes. The shared Douglas detail was scanned from the owned official stamp-set cover; it is not taken from this wanted example.
|postmark-image=IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
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|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph is used only in private print documents. Reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the four stamps [[IM-SG-75]]–[[IM-SG-78]] and miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]] on '''12 March 1976''' for '''Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration'''. Stanley Gibbons records first day covers for both formats.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The cover ==

The unaddressed official envelope bears a standing frontiersman at left, the bicentennial emblem, American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 lettering and the Isle of Man Post Office Authority official first day cover inscription. An intact MS79 is tied by two circular Douglas first-day cancellations dated 12 March 1976.<ref name="Christian-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1976 - american revolution - official - ms.webp
|notes=Illustrative image of a wanted cover; not a scan of an owned example and not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and any accompanying material are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default, rather than establishing that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The genuine stamp detail scans and the information sheet used below come from the [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]. The stamp scans show the ordinary perforation-13½ versions, used only to illustrate the designs; they are not scans of this cover’s perforation-14 miniature-sheet stamps. No separate miniature-sheet scan is available for wiki illustration.

== Issue background ==

The issue commemorates the bicentenary of the [[wikipedia:en:American Revolution|American Revolution]] and Colonel [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]. The official information sheet relates his Manx ancestry through his father, Israel Christian, and describes his association with [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]], Virginia politics and military service. It presents the four designs as stages in Christian’s life.<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=75–78, 77a and MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Miniature sheet ==

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

== Catalogue variety ==

The catalogue lists [[IM-SG-77a]], the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. This entry is not an identification of the error on the cover shown.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records stamp sales of 487,310 (5½p), 524,144 (7p), 558,348 (13p) and 424,728 (20p), and 209,367 miniature sheets. These are stamp and miniature-sheet sales, not numbers of covers produced or sold. Withdrawal from sale was on 11 March 1977; no separate sold-out or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

The four stamps below form the intact miniature sheet [[IM-SG-MS79]]. The illustrations show the corresponding ordinary stamp designs and come from the owned stamp-set cover; their perforation differs from the sheet.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-75.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-75
|face-value=5½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-76.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-76
|face-value=7p
|subject=Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-77.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-77
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-78.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-78
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter
|format=Stamp within a [[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|miniature sheet]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official commemorative stamp cover – 1976]]
* [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – William Christian cover – 1976]]

== References ==

<references />

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Isle of Man First Day Cover Checklist

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	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 9 September 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 50th Death Anniversary of Sir George Goldie – Mercury cover – 1975]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 9 September 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 50th Death Anniversary of Sir George Goldie – Mercury cover – 1975]]
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			\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]
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			\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]]
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			\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Pictorial-Definitives-1975-11p-and-13p-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Pictorial-Definitives-1975-11p-and-13p-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]

IM-SG-74

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-74.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=74
|variant=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=402463
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG74''' is the 13p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''' issue, released on '''29 October 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=74
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design shows a shipwreck scene with John Kelly holding a manuscript above the water. The information sheet identifies this as part of the Old Testament translation being carried to the printers at Whitehaven. It recounts how the manuscript survived a wreck off the Cumberland coast.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].<ref name="Bible-stamp">{{Cite
|title=IM-SG-74
|type=Stamp scan
|reference=[[:File:IM-SG-74.jpg|Cancelled stamp detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
}}</ref>

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 402,463 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 28 October 1976. These are stamp-sales figures and dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation information.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-71]] — 5½p; Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
* [[IM-SG-72]] — 7p; [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
* [[IM-SG-73]] — 11p; [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-73

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:47:31 GMT

Created page with "{{Stamp |image=IM-SG-73.jpg |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=73 |variant= |issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible |issue-date=29 October 1975 |withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=405126 |sold-out= |year=1975 |face-value=11p |subject=Bishop Hildesley and wikipedia:en:Bishops..."

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-73.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=73
|variant=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=405126
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG73''' is the 11p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''' issue, released on '''29 October 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=73
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design combines a portrait of Bishop Hildesley with Bishops Court. The information sheet relates Hildesley to the translation project and identifies the building with the Bishops of Sodor and Man.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].<ref name="Bible-stamp">{{Cite
|title=IM-SG-73
|type=Stamp scan
|reference=[[:File:IM-SG-73.jpg|Cancelled stamp detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
}}</ref>

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 405,126 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 28 October 1976. These are stamp-sales figures and dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation information.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-71]] — 5½p; Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
* [[IM-SG-72]] — 7p; [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
* [[IM-SG-74]] — 13p; [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-72

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:47:20 GMT

Created page with "{{Stamp |image=IM-SG-72.jpg |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=72 |variant= |issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible |issue-date=29 October 1975 |withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=607377 |sold-out= |year=1975 |face-value=7p |subject=Reverend Philip Moore and wikipedi..."

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-72.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=72
|variant=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=607377
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=7p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG72''' is the 7p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''' issue, released on '''29 October 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=72
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design combines a portrait of Reverend Philip Moore with Ballaugh Old Church. The information sheet identifies Moore as editor of Yn Vible Casherick and associates him with the church as its vicar.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].<ref name="Bible-stamp">{{Cite
|title=IM-SG-72
|type=Stamp scan
|reference=[[:File:IM-SG-72.jpg|Cancelled stamp detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
}}</ref>

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 607,377 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 28 October 1976. These are stamp-sales figures and dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation information.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-71]] — 5½p; Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
* [[IM-SG-73]] — 11p; [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
* [[IM-SG-74]] — 13p; [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-71

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:47:08 GMT

Created page with "{{Stamp |image=IM-SG-71.jpg |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=71 |variant= |issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible |issue-date=29 October 1975 |withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=738774 |sold-out= |year=1975 |face-value=5½p |subject=Title page of the Manx Bible..."

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-71.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=71
|variant=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=738774
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=5½p
|subject=Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]] [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG71''' is the 5½p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''' issue, released on '''29 October 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=71
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

An open volume shows the title page of the Manx Bible, identified by the information sheet as the 5½p subject.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].<ref name="Bible-stamp">{{Cite
|title=IM-SG-71
|type=Stamp scan
|reference=[[:File:IM-SG-71.jpg|Cancelled stamp detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
}}</ref>

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 738,774 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 28 October 1976. These are stamp-sales figures and dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation information.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-72]] — 7p; [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
* [[IM-SG-73]] — 11p; [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
* [[IM-SG-74]] — 13p; [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:46:51 GMT

Created page with "{{#vardefine:stamp-count|0}} {{FDC issue |fdc-image= |fdc-back-image= |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |country-2= |country-code-2= |issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover |issue-date=29 October 1975 |withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (stamps withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold= |sold-out= |year=1975 |stamp-type=Commemorative stamp |stamp-subtype=Anniversary |theme=Christ..."

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{{#vardefine:stamp-count|0}}

{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=Christmas; Manx Bible; translation; churches; Manx language
|text-credit=
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|perforation=14
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=Commercial cover
|cover-producer=Cotswold Covers
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=Open Bible illustration, Manx Bible Centenary and First Day Cover lettering, gold-coloured rounded border and COTSWOLD COVERS imprint.
|addressed=No
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First_day_of_issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=29 October 1975
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 29 OCT 1975 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=One black circular Douglas first-day cancellation. The shared detail scan comes from the owned official cover and illustrates the same cancellation design and date; it is not taken from this wanted example.
|postmark-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
|information-sheet-image=
|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph identifies the cover and is used only in the private print documents. The reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued four stamps on '''29 October 1975''' for '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''', catalogued as [[IM-SG-71|SG71]]–[[IM-SG-74|SG74]]. Stanley Gibbons records a first day cover for the issue.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=71–74
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The reference cover ==

The unaddressed Cotswold envelope has an open Bible illustration, Manx Bible Centenary and First Day Cover lettering within a gold-coloured rounded border, and a COTSWOLD COVERS imprint. The complete set is arranged with 5½p and 7p above 11p and 13p. The two rows are tied by a circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 29 October 1975.<ref name="Bible-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1975 - manx bible centenary - cotswold.webp
|notes=Illustrative photograph of a wanted cover, not a scan of a copy owned by the collector. The photograph is not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and accompanying materials are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default; it does not establish that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The stamp illustrations and the information sheet cited below come from the [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]. They illustrate the stamp issue and do not establish ownership or accompanying material for this wanted cover.

== Issue background ==

The issue combines Christmas 1975 with the bicentenary of the single-volume edition of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]. The information sheet describes earlier publication in three volumes during 1771–1773, followed by a one-volume edition in 1775, of which it says 40 copies were produced for clergy. The 1775 anniversary therefore concerns the single-volume edition rather than the beginning of the translation project.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The designs recognise [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]], [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]], alongside the Bible’s title page. The information sheet relates them to the editing, support, transcription and printing of the Manx scriptures.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Plate numbers ==

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

All four stamps were withdrawn from sale on 28 October 1976. The quantities in the stamp table are individual denomination sales, not quantities of first day covers. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-71.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-71
|face-value=5½p
|subject=Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 738,774 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-72.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-72
|face-value=7p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 607,377 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-73.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-73
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 405,126 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-74.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-74
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 402,463 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]
* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975

PhantomSteve — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:46:31 GMT

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
|fdc-back-image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=Christmas; Manx Bible; translation; churches; Manx language
|text-credit=
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|perforation=14
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:Event cover|Commemorative cover]]
|cover-producer=Church of St Sanctain, Santon
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=Black church-and-churchyard illustration with a pale yellow wash, CHURCH OF ST. SANCTAIN / SANTON / ISLE OF MAN heading and MANX BIBLE BI-CENTENARY 1775–1975 / COMMEMORATIVE COVER inscription.
|addressed=Yes
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue#Special handstamps|Special handstamp]]
|postmark-location=Isle of Man; Kirk Santon named in the commemorative handstamp
|postmark-date=29 October 1975
|postmark-inscription=BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE / YN VIBLE CASHERICK / EZRA / NEHEMIAH / Translated by / Rev. Thomas Cubbon / Kirk Santon / 29 OCTOBER 1975 / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=Pictorial commemorative handstamp showing an open book and naming Ezra, Nehemiah, Rev. Thomas Cubbon and Kirk Santon. Recorded from the supplied wanted-cover photograph; the servicing post office is not separately identified.
|postmark-image=
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
|information-sheet-image=
|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=No
|condition=
|collection-comment=Wanted. The supplied reference photograph identifies the cover and is used only in the private print documents. The reverse and accompanying material have not been examined.
}}

The Isle of Man issued four stamps on '''29 October 1975''' for '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''', catalogued as [[IM-SG-71|SG71]]–[[IM-SG-74|SG74]]. Stanley Gibbons records a first day cover for the issue.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=71–74
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== The reference cover ==

The addressed commemorative envelope is headed “CHURCH OF ST. SANCTAIN”, with Santon and Isle of Man below. It shows the church, trees and churchyard in black over a pale yellow wash. A handwritten address block is present; the recipient is not transcribed here. The complete set is arranged with 5½p and 7p above 11p and 13p. Its pictorial handstamp depicts an open book, identifies Ezra and Nehemiah as translated by Rev. Thomas Cubbon, Kirk Santon, and is dated 29 October 1975. This is a different cancellation from the circular Douglas first-day handstamp on the official cover.<ref name="Bible-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975
|type=Reference photograph
|reference=Collector-supplied 1975 - manx bible centenary - st Sanctain.webp
|notes=Illustrative photograph of a wanted cover, not a scan of a copy owned by the collector. The photograph is not reproduced on PhantomWiki.
}}</ref>

The reverse and accompanying materials are not shown. The information-sheet value follows the collection’s agreed default; it does not establish that the photographed example includes a leaflet.

The stamp illustrations and the information sheet cited below come from the [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]. They illustrate the stamp issue and do not establish ownership or accompanying material for this wanted cover.

== Issue background ==

The issue combines Christmas 1975 with the bicentenary of the single-volume edition of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]. The information sheet describes earlier publication in three volumes during 1771–1773, followed by a one-volume edition in 1775, of which it says 40 copies were produced for clergy. The 1775 anniversary therefore concerns the single-volume edition rather than the beginning of the translation project.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The designs recognise [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]], [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]], alongside the Bible’s title page. The information sheet relates them to the editing, support, transcription and printing of the Manx scriptures.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Plate numbers ==

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

All four stamps were withdrawn from sale on 28 October 1976. The quantities in the stamp table are individual denomination sales, not quantities of first day covers. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-71.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-71
|face-value=5½p
|subject=Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 738,774 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-72.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-72
|face-value=7p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 607,377 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-73.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-73
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 405,126 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-74.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-74
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 402,463 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]
* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975

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Created page with "{{#vardefine:stamp-count|0}} {{FDC issue |fdc-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-Official-FDC.jpg |fdc-back-image=N/A |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |country-2= |country-code-2= |issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover |issue-date=29 October 1975 |withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (stamps withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold= |sold-out= |year=1975 |stamp-type=wikipedia:en:Commemorative s..."

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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-Official-FDC.jpg
|fdc-back-image=N/A
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|country-2=
|country-code-2=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (stamps withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=Christmas; Manx Bible; translation; churches; Manx language
|text-credit=
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|perforation=14
|stamp-dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|issue-format=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=Official [[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|first day cover]]
|cover-producer=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|cover-reference=
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=Illustration captioned Bride Church, with Manx Bible Bi-Centenary 1775–1975 heading and the Isle of Man Post Office Authority official-cover inscription.
|addressed=Yes
|postmark-type=[[wikipedia:en:First_day_of_issue#Postmark|First-day-of-issue postmark]]
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas, Isle of Man]]
|postmark-date=29 October 1975
|postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 29 OCT 1975 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
|postmark-notes=One black circular Douglas first-day cancellation. The detail scan is from this owned official cover.
|postmark-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=Yes
|information-materials=Double-sided information sheet
|information-sheet-title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|information-sheet-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg
|information-sheet-back-image=IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg
|information-sheet-notes=Held with this official cover. Both printed sides have been supplied; the reverse gives design descriptions and production details.
|authenticity-certificate=No
|authenticity-certificate-image=
|authenticity-certificate-back-image=
|fdc-owned=Yes
|condition=
|collection-comment=Owned. Addressed official cover with a blank envelope reverse, as confirmed by the collector, and its double-sided information sheet. Recipient details are not transcribed here.
}}

The Isle of Man issued four stamps on '''29 October 1975''' for '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''', catalogued as [[IM-SG-71|SG71]]–[[IM-SG-74|SG74]]. Stanley Gibbons records a first day cover for the issue.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=71–74
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Owned official cover ==

The addressed official envelope has a church illustration captioned “Bride Church”, a Manx Bible Bi-Centenary heading and the dates 1775–1975. It bears the Postal Authority’s official first day cover inscription and a blue bilingual airmail label. Recipient details are not transcribed here. The 5½p and 7p stamps are above the 11p and 13p, with one circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 29 October 1975 across their central junction. The collector confirms that the envelope reverse is blank and the double-sided information sheet accompanies the cover.<ref name="Bible-cover">{{Cite
|title=Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975
|type=Owned first day cover
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-Official-FDC.jpg|Front scan]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-postmark.jpg|cancellation detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The collector confirms ownership, a blank envelope reverse and the accompanying information sheet.
}}</ref>

The stamp illustrations and cancellation detail were scanned from this owned official cover.

== Issue background ==

The issue combines Christmas 1975 with the bicentenary of the single-volume edition of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]. The information sheet describes earlier publication in three volumes during 1771–1773, followed by a one-volume edition in 1775, of which it says 40 copies were produced for clergy. The 1775 anniversary therefore concerns the single-volume edition rather than the beginning of the translation project.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The designs recognise [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]], [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]], alongside the Bible’s title page. The information sheet relates them to the editing, support, transcription and printing of the Manx scriptures.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

== Plate numbers ==

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

All four stamps were withdrawn from sale on 28 October 1976. The quantities in the stamp table are individual denomination sales, not quantities of first day covers. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Stamps on this cover ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-71.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-71
|face-value=5½p
|subject=Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 738,774 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-72.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-72
|face-value=7p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 607,377 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-73.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-73
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 405,126 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=IM-SG-74.jpg
|identifier=IM-SG-74
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 402,463 stamps. Stamp inscribed Christmas 1975.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />
}}
|}

== Related first day covers ==

* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]]
* [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]

== References ==

<references />

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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
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	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 26 February 1969 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1969]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 26 February 1969 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 4d – GPO cover – 1969]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1960}}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1970}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-Decimal-Currency-1971-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 7 July 1971 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Regional-Definitives-Decimal-Currency-1971-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 7 July 1971 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1973}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 July 1973 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – Decimal regionals – GPO cover – 1973]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 July 1973 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – Decimal regionals – GPO cover – 1973]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1974}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 March 1974 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – GPO cover – 1974]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 4 March 1974 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – GPO cover – 1974]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"		{\| class="wikitable fdc-checklist"
	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1975}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 January 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 8 January 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|first\|year=1976}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 12 March 1976 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 12 March 1976 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first\|year=2021}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Sir-Barry-Gibb-2021-ZM91-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 3 November 2021 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Sir Barry Gibb • Singer • Songwriter • Producer – 2021]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Sir-Barry-Gibb-2021-ZM91-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 3 November 2021 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Sir Barry Gibb • Singer • Songwriter • Producer – 2021]]
	\|}		\|}
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	! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title		! Owned !! Cover image !! Date of issue !! Cover title
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|first\|year=2022}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Chinese-Year-of-the-Tiger-2022-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 13 January 2022 \|\| [[Isle of Man - Chinese Year of the Tiger - 2022]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Chinese-Year-of-the-Tiger-2022-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 13 January 2022 \|\| [[Isle of Man - Chinese Year of the Tiger - 2022]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|new}}		{{FDC checklist row\|2020\|new}}

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	{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
	\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 9 September 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 50th Death Anniversary of Sir George Goldie – Mercury cover – 1975]]		\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 9 September 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – 50th Death Anniversary of Sir George Goldie – Mercury cover – 1975]]
			{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}
			\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]
			{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
			\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]]
			{{FDC checklist row\|1970}}
			\| ☐ \|\| [[File:FDC-Wanted.png\|frameless\|120px\|alt=Wanted cover, no image available]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
	{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}		{{FDC checklist row\|1970\|new}}
	\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Pictorial-Definitives-1975-11p-and-13p-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]		\| ☑ \|\| [[File:IM-Pictorial-Definitives-1975-11p-and-13p-Official-FDC.jpg\|frameless\|120px]] \|\| 29 October 1975 \|\| [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]