IM-SG-99
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-99 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 99 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Linked Anniversaries |
| Date of issue | 26 May 1977 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 25 May 1978 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 525,703 |
| Face value | 6p |
| Subject or design | F. A. Applebee at Ballig Bridge, 1912 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S. |
| Printer | John Waddingtons Ltd. |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Multicoloured; four colours according to the information sheet |
| Dimensions | 27.94 × 44.45 mm (information sheet) |
| Perforation | 13½ |
| Watermark | Unwatermarked |
| Paper or gum | White paper with PVA gum |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Linked Anniversaries – Official cover – 1977 Isle of Man – Linked Anniversaries – Cunningham House cover – 1977 |
| Notes | Sheets of 50 in two panes of 5 × 5 with a gutter. Imprint: right-hand corner, bottom margin. Plate numbers: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D (each × 4). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s owned official cover. |
This 6p stamp was issued on 26 May 1977 as part of the Linked Anniversaries issue.[1]
Subject
The 6p stamp depicts F. A. (“Pa”) Applebee riding a two-stroke Scott motorcycle over Ballig Bridge during the 1912 Senior TT. A Scout beside the road is signalling in Morse code. The information sheet describes Applebee as the winner of that race.[2]
Production details
The official information sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., as designer and John Waddingtons Ltd. as printer. It specifies 300-line-screen lithography, four colours for each value, a stamp size of 27.94 × 44.45 mm, and white unwatermarked paper with PVA gum. Perforation is given as 13½ × 13½, consistent with the catalogue’s 13½.[2]
The official sheet explicitly identifies the paper as unwatermarked.[2]
The stamps were printed in sheets of 50, in two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5, with a gutter between the panes. The catalogue places the imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.[2][1]
The catalogue lists 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D (each × 4) for this value.[1]
Sales and withdrawal
The catalogue records 525,703 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 25 May 1978.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-100 — 7p, St John Ambulance Brigade at Governor’s Bridge, circa 1938.
- IM-SG-101 — 11p, Scouts working the TT scoreboard.
- IM-SG-102 — 13p, John Williams at Windy Corner, 1976.
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. 203.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 99–102.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 Linked Anniversaries — Tourist Trophy Races, Boy Scouts, St. John Ambulance(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Two-sided information sheet accompanying the collector's owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
