IM-SG-74
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-74 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 74 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible |
| Date of issue | 29 October 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 402463 |
| Face value | 13p |
| Subject or design | John Kelly saving the Bible manuscript |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue) |
| Printer | Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue) |
| Printing process | 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 or gum | White paper with PVA gum (information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue 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.[1]
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.[2]
The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975.[3]
Production
The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by lithography and perforated 14.[1]
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.[2]
Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.[1][2]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-71 — 5½p; Title page of the Manx Bible
- IM-SG-72 — 7p; Reverend Philip Moore and Ballaugh Old Church
- IM-SG-73 — 11p; Bishop Hildesley and Bishops Court
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. 201.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 74.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Front and reverse of the sheet held with the collector’s Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975..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.
- ↑ IM-SG-74(Stamp scan).Reference: Cancelled stamp detail supplied by the collector..The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
