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Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Stuart cover – 1978

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First day cover details
FDC image No image uploaded
FDC reverse image No reverse image uploaded
Country Isle of Man
Country code IM
Issue title Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Stuart cover
Date of issue 18 October 1978
Withdrawal or invalidation date 31 December 1983 (stamps withdrawn from sale)


Stamp type Definitive
Stamp subtype Country pictorial
Theme or subject Isle of Man; landmarks; nature and heritage
Text credit
Designer or artist J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S.
Printer Helio Courvoisier SA
Printing process Photogravure
Colours Multicoloured; 5 colours
Paper and gum Granite paper; special tropical-climate gumming
Perforation 11½ (catalogue; see leaflet reading in the text)
Stamp dimensions 28 × 33.4 mm
Issue format Sheets of 50 (arrangement varies by value; see text)
Number of stamps 4
Cover type Standard cover
Cover producer Stuart Covers
Cover reference
Limited edition No
Edition limit N/A
Copy number N/A
Cachet or cover design Viking longship and three-legs shield with Isle of Man and Independent Postal Service wording, Stuart emblem and First Day of Issue inscription.
Addressed Yes
Postmark type First-day-of-issue postmark
Postmark location Douglas, Isle of Man
Postmark date 18 October 1978
Postmark inscription FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 18 OCT 1978 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
Postmark notes Douglas circular first-day cancellation.
Postmark image

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Signed No
Signed by N/A
Signature details N/A
Information sheet included Yes
Information materials
Information sheet title
Information sheet image No image uploaded
Information sheet reverse image No reverse image uploaded
Information sheet notes
Certificate of authenticity included No
Certificate of authenticity image N/A
Certificate of authenticity reverse image N/A
FDC owned No
Condition
Collection Comment Wanted cover; supplied photograph is a private reference, not an owned collection scan.

Image notice: Images on these pages may depict copyrighted stamp designs, cover artwork, text or photographs. Unless otherwise stated, they are scans of physical items in the collection of PhantomSteve. Rights in the depicted material remain with their respective rightsholders. See Copyrights.


This cover belongs to the Landmarks and Queen Elizabeth II definitive series, issued in stages: ½p–16p on 28 February 1978, 20p–£1 on 18 October 1978, and £2 on 29 September 1981.[1]

Illustrated cover

This wanted reference bears 25p, 20p, 50p, £1 (left to right, reading the rows from top to bottom). Its circular Douglas first-day cancellation is dated 18 October 1978. The example is addressed.[2]

Subjects and production

25p — The official sheet describes the tailless Manx cat, drawing attention to its relatively long hind legs and characteristic stance.[3]

20p — The official sheet describes the fuchsia hedges found along Manx roads and notes that two bees are included in the design.[3]

50p — The sheet describes the chough’s coastal habitat and breeding on the Calf of Man bird sanctuary. It records the species under the short design label Chough; the collector’s catalogue identifies the red-billed chough.[3]

£1 — The official sheet links the Viking warrior to Norse settlement on the island and the tradition of Tynwald. It relates the design to the forthcoming 1979 millennium celebrations.[3]

The official sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., and Helio Courvoisier SA. It specifies photogravure, five colours, 28 × 33.4 mm stamps, and white paper with brownish-greenish silk threads and special gumming for a tropical climate. It gives the paper weight as “105 gr”. The catalogue calls this granite paper. The sheet does not explicitly state a watermark status.[3][1]

The catalogue gives perforation 11½.[1] The information sheet gives 11¼ × 11¼.[3] SG normally reports perforations to the nearest half and uses the Instanta gauge as its standard. These source readings are retained separately; their difference alone does not establish an additional catalogue variety.[4]

Sheets, plates and imprints

  • 20p: sheets of 50 (10 × 5). Plate numbers: None (catalogue; collector-confirmed scope). Imprint: None.
  • 25p: sheets of 50 (10 × 5). Plate numbers: None (catalogue; collector-confirmed scope). Imprint: None.
  • 50p: sheets of 50 (10 × 5). Plate numbers: None (catalogue; collector-confirmed scope). Imprint: None.
  • £1: sheets of 50 (10 × 5). Plate numbers: None (catalogue; collector-confirmed scope). Imprint: None.

[1]

Withdrawal

25p, 20p, 50p, £1: withdrawn from sale on 31 December 1983.[1]

No quantity-sold figures are supplied for this series; the sales fields remain blank.

Stamps on this cover

The stamp images are shared design illustrations from the collector’s owned official covers; they are not scans of the wanted example.

Image Identifier Face value Subject Format Other catalogues Notes


Manx cat IM-SG-125 25p Manx cat Stamp Scan from the collector’s official cover.



Fuchsia IM-SG-124 20p Fuchsia Stamp Scan from the collector’s official cover.



Red-billed chough (inscribed Chough) IM-SG-126 50p Red-billed chough (inscribed Chough) Stamp Scan from the collector’s official cover.



Viking warrior IM-SG-127 £1 Viking warrior Stamp Scan from the collector’s official cover.


References

  1. ↑ 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.pp. 204–205.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 111–128, including the listed a perforation variants.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Transcribed by the collector, who also confirms that A1-1-1-1 and B1-1-1-1 apply to the £2 value and unspecified values have no plate numbers recorded.
  2. ↑ Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Stuart cover – 1978(Reference photograph).Collector-supplied private reference illustration of a wanted cover; not an owned collection scan.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 1978 High Value Definitive Postage Stamps(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Sheet accompanying the collector’s owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
  4. ↑ 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.Ringwood. The collector confirms that perforations are normally given to the nearest half and the Instanta gauge is the catalogue standard. The page of this general convention was not supplied.
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