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Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – 1973

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First day cover details
FDC image Pictorial definitives — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1
FDC reverse image N/A
Country Isle of Man
Country code IM
Issue title Pictorial definitives — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1
Date of issue 5 July 1973
Withdrawal or invalidation date 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)


Stamp type Definitive
Stamp subtype Country pictorial
Theme or subject Manx wildlife and Viking heritage
Text credit
Designer or artist J. Nicholson
Printer Courvoisier
Printing process Photogravure
Colours Multicoloured; five colours according to the information card
Paper and gum Granite paper; thick shiny gum on printing (a)
Perforation 11½
Stamp dimensions 28 × 33 mm, including perforation
Issue format Sheets of 50 (10 × 5 according to the catalogue; information card states 5 × 10)
Number of stamps 4
Cover type Official first day cover
Cover producer Isle of Man Post Office Authority
Cover reference
Limited edition No
Edition limit N/A
Copy number N/A
Cachet or cover design Map of the Isle of Man and surrounding coasts, showing sea and air connections; inscribed ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE ISSUE and OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER
Addressed No
Postmark type First-day-of-issue postmark
Postmark location Douglas, Isle of Man
Postmark date 5 July 1973
Postmark inscription FIRST DAY OF ISSUE; -5 JUL 1973; DOUGLAS; ISLE OF MAN
Postmark notes Black circular first-day cancellation. The shared postmark detail scan was taken from the ½p to 2p official cover and illustrates the same design and date.
Postmark image

Main postmark for Pictorial definitives — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1


Signed No
Signed by N/A
Signature details N/A
Information sheet included Yes
Information materials Single-sided printed information card
Information sheet title Isle of Man Definitive Postage Stamps
Information sheet image Isle of Man Definitive Postage Stamps — front
Information sheet reverse image N/A
Information sheet notes Describes the four high-value designs, the ring-chain border and technical details. Credits artwork design to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. Its sheet layout of five stamps per row and ten rows differs from the catalogue's 10 × 5 description. The reverse is blank.
Certificate of authenticity included No
Certificate of authenticity image N/A
Certificate of authenticity reverse image N/A
FDC owned Yes
Condition Not specified
Collection Comment Owned. Unaddressed copy with a blank reverse. Accompanying information card recorded.

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This owned official first day cover bears the 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 Isle of Man pictorial definitives, SG 28, 31, 32 and 33, issued on 5 July 1973.[1]

The stamps depict a Manx cat, a Manx Loaghtyn ram, Manx shearwaters and a Viking longship. The designs are credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed them by photogravure on unwatermarked granite paper, perforated 11½. The initial printing (a) has thick shiny gum.[1]

The unaddressed envelope has the official map cachet showing the Isle of Man and its sea and air connections. The four stamps bear the black circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 5 July 1973. The envelope reverse is blank.[2]

The accompanying single-sided information card describes the four subjects and explains the ring-chain border used throughout the definitive series. It credits artwork design to J. H. Nicholson, R.I., and records five colours, stamp dimensions of 28 × 33 mm including perforation, and special gumming for tropical climates.[3]

Both sources record sheets of 50 stamps. The catalogue gives the layout as 10 × 5, while the information card specifies five stamps per row and ten rows, or 5 × 10. The two descriptions are retained separately pending clarification.[1][3]

General withdrawal of the stamps was on 31 December 1978. This is a withdrawal-from-sale date, rather than a date of postal invalidation or withdrawal of the physical cover.[1]

Stamps on this cover

Image Identifier Face value Subject Format Other catalogues Notes


Manx cat IM-SG-28 10p Manx cat Stamp Printing (a); inscribed 1973



Manx Loaghtyn ram IM-SG-31 20p Manx Loaghtyn ram Stamp Printing (a); inscribed 1973



Manx shearwater IM-SG-32 50p Manx shearwater Stamp Printing (a); inscribed 1973



Viking longship IM-SG-33 £1 Viking longship Stamp Printing (a); inscribed 1973


References

  1. ↑ 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 — Independent postal administration.pp. 197–198.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 28, 31, 32, 33.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
  2. ↑ Isle of Man pictorial definitives — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 official cover(First day cover).Reference: Scan of the cover.Copy held in the collection.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Isle of Man Definitive Postage Stamps(Information card).Reference: Scan of the information card.Issue date printed as 5 July 1973. Individual descriptions concern the 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 stamps. Original held in the collection.
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