IM-SG-107
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| Identifier | IM-SG-107 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 107 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | RAF Diamond Jubilee |
| Date of issue | 28 February 1978 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 27 February 1979 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 690,536 |
| Face value | 6p |
| Subject or design | Short Type 184 seaplane and HMS Ben-my-Chree, 1915 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | A. D. Theobald |
| Printer | John Waddington’s Ltd |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Multicoloured; four colours for each value |
| Dimensions | 29.85 × 48.26 mm (information sheet) |
| Perforation | 13½ × 14 |
| Watermark | Unwatermarked |
| Paper or gum | P.V.A.-gummed paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Official cover – 1978 Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Mercury cover – 1978 Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Stuart cover – 1978 |
| Notes | Sheets of 50, in two panes of 5 × 5. Plate numbers: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D (each × 4). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s official cover. |
This 6p stamp was issued on 28 February 1978 as part of the RAF Diamond Jubilee issue.[1]
Subject
The 6p shows a Short Type 184 seaplane with HMS Ben-my-Chree in 1915. The official leaflet associates the design with Flight Commander C. H. K. Edmonds’s torpedo attack on 12 August 1915 and the island’s links with naval aviation through requisitioned Steam Packet ships.[2]
Production details
The information sheet credits A. D. Theobald as designer and John Waddington’s Ltd as printer. It specifies lithography, four colours for each value, a stamp size of 29.85 × 48.26 mm, unwatermarked P.V.A.-gummed paper of 102 g/m², and perforation 13½ × 14. The catalogue gives the same perforation.[2][1]
The official information sheet explicitly identifies the paper as unwatermarked.[2]
The catalogue records sheets of 50, in two panes of 5 × 5, and plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D for every value, each × 4. The leaflet likewise records two panes of 25 and describes printed cylinder details 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D alongside “traffic lights”.[1][2]
Sales and withdrawal
The catalogue records 690,536 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 27 February 1979.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-108 — 7p, Bristol Scout C and HMS Vindex, 1915.
- IM-SG-109 — 11p, Boulton Paul Defiant over Douglas Bay, 1941.
- IM-SG-110 — 13p, SEPECAT Jaguar over Ramsey, 1977.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.p. 204.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 107–110.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector. The collector confirms the 7p subject as Bristol Scout C.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Royal Air Force Diamond Jubilee — Date of Issue 28th February 1978(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Two-sided information sheet accompanying the collector’s owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
