IM-SG-80
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| Identifier | IM-SG-80 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 80 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Douglas Horse Trams Centenary |
| Date of issue | 26 May 1976 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 25 May 1977 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 627,083 |
| Face value | 5½p |
| Subject or design | First double-decker horse tram, No. 2, near the Iron Pier, 7 August 1876 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson (J. Nicholson in the catalogue) |
| Printer | Helio Courvoisier (Courvoisier in the catalogue) |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; five colours (information leaflet) |
| Dimensions | 29 × 46.2 mm, including perforations (information leaflet; printed order) |
| Perforation | 11½ (catalogue); 11½ × 11¾ (information leaflet) |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates (information leaflet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Official cover – 1976 Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Cotswold cover – 1976 Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Mercury cover – 1976 |
| Notes | Cancelled scan from the owned official cover. Sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The catalogue gives perforation 11½; the information leaflet gives 11½ × 11¾. |
This 5½p stamp depicts the first double-decker horse tram, No. 2, near the Iron Pier, 7 August 1876. It belongs to the four-stamp issue commemorating the centenary of the Douglas horse-tram service, issued on 26 May 1976.[1]
The catalogue records 627,083 stamps sold and withdrawal from sale on 25 May 1977.[2]
Production details
The stamps were designed by J. H. Nicholson and printed in five colours by Helio Courvoisier using photogravure, in sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The information leaflet describes white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. It gives a size of 29 × 46.2 mm including perforations and perforation 11½ × 11¾; the catalogue describes granite paper and perforation 11½.[1][2]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-81 — 7p, toast-rack tram, 1890.
- IM-SG-82 — 11p, horse-bus, 1895.
- IM-SG-83 — 13p, Royal tram, 1972.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Horse-Trams Centenary(Issue information leaflet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Double-sided leaflet supplied with the owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stanley Gibbons.Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue.Stanley Gibbons.Section: Isle of Man.p. 202.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 80–83.Issue details transcribed from the collector’s catalogue; edition and publication year not supplied.
