IM-SG-103
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| Identifier | IM-SG-103 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 103 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley |
| Date of issue | 19 October 1977 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 18 October 1978 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 661,755 |
| Face value | 6p |
| Subject or design | Old Summer House, Mount Morrison, Peel |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | Helio Courvoisier SA |
| Printer | Helio Courvoisier SA |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; four colours for each design |
| Dimensions | 28 × 33.4 mm (information sheet) |
| Perforation | 11½ (catalogue); 11¼ × 11¼ (information sheet) |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres, 105 g/m², with special gumming for a tropical climate (information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Official cover – 1977 Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Cotswold cover – 1977 Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Mercury cover – 1977 Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1977 |
| Notes | Sheets of 50 (5 × 10). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s owned official cover. |
This 6p stamp was issued on 19 October 1977 as part of the bicentenary of the first visit of John Wesley issue.[1]
Subject
The 6p depicts the old summer house at Mount Morrison, Peel, identified by the information sheet as the first Methodist meeting house on the island. The leaflet describes a small thatched building overlooking Peel Bay, used by the society established by the Reverend John Crook.[2]
Production details
The official information sheet credits Helio Courvoisier SA as both designer and printer. It specifies photogravure, four colours for each design, and official white paper containing coloured silk fibres, with special gumming for a tropical climate and a weight of 105 g/m². The catalogue describes this as granite paper.[2][1]
The leaflet gives this stamp’s dimensions as 28 × 33.4 mm. The stamps were issued in sheets of 50, arranged 5 × 10 according to the catalogue.[2][1]
The catalogue lists perforation 11½.[1] Its general convention is to report perforations normally to the nearest half, using the Instanta gauge as its standard.[3] The information sheet gives the more detailed figures 11¼ × 11¼ for the 6p and 13p, and 11¼ × 11¾ for the 7p and 11p.[2] The two source descriptions are retained; the difference alone does not establish a separately catalogued perforation variety.
Sales and withdrawal
The catalogue records 661,755 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 18 October 1978.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-104 — 7p, John Wesley preaching in Castletown Square.
- IM-SG-105 — 11p, John Wesley preaching outside Braddan Church.
- IM-SG-106 — 13p, New Methodist Church, Douglas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.p. 203.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 103–106.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley to the Isle of Man 1777–1977(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Two-sided information sheet accompanying the collector's owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
- ↑ Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: General catalogue conventions.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. The collector transcribed the catalogue convention that perforations are normally given to the nearest half and the Instanta gauge is the catalogue standard. The page for this general statement was not supplied.
