Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975
| FDC image | No image uploaded |
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| FDC reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives — new values |
| Date of issue | 8 January 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
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| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Theme or subject | Manx landscapes, landmarks, wildlife and heritage |
| Text credit | |
| Designer or artist | J. Nicholson |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colours | Multicoloured |
| Paper and gum | Granite paper; matt, almost invisible gum |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Stamp dimensions | |
| Issue format | Sheets of 50 (5 × 10) |
| Number of stamps | 2 |
| Cover type | Official first day cover |
| Cover producer | Isle of Man Post Office Authority |
| Cover reference | |
| Limited edition | |
| Edition limit | |
| Copy number | |
| Cachet or cover design | Crowned Isle of Man Post Office Authority emblem above crossed posthorns, with DEFINITIVE ISSUE / NEW VALUES and OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER inscriptions. |
| Addressed | No |
| Postmark type | First-day-of-issue postmark |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 8 January 1975 |
| Postmark inscription | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 8 JAN 1975 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN |
| Postmark notes | Black circular Douglas first-day cancellation in the supplied reference photograph. |
| Postmark image |
No postmark image uploaded
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| Signed | |
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| Signature details | |
| Information sheet included | |
| 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 | |
| Certificate of authenticity image | No image uploaded |
| Certificate of authenticity reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
| FDC owned | No |
| Condition | |
| Collection Comment | Wanted. The supplied photograph illustrates an unaddressed official cover; condition, reverse and accompanying materials of a future acquired copy remain unconfirmed. |
This page records the 4½p and 8p first day cover for the Isle of Man pictorial definitives. The stamps were issued on 8 January 1975 and are catalogued as SG 20, 26.[1]
These two new denominations extended the pictorial definitive series introduced in 1973. Both are inscribed “1975”.[1]
The stamps were printed by photogravure on unwatermarked granite paper, perforated 11½, in sheets of 50 (5 × 10). Printing (f) has matt, almost invisible gum.[1]
The illustrated reference establishes the cover design, stamp grouping and Douglas cancellation recorded above.[2]
General withdrawal of the stamps was on 31 December 1978. Withdrawal concerns stamp sales; the cited entry does not supply a postal-invalidation date or a date when this cover ceased to be sold.[1]
The newly supplied reference photograph shows an unaddressed official cover with the crowned Postal Authority emblem and crossed posthorns. Its circular Douglas cancellation is dated 8 January 1975.[3]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No image | IM-SG-20 | 4½p | Tynwald Hill | Stamp | Printing (f); inscribed 1975
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| No image | IM-SG-26 | 8p | Ramsey Bay | Stamp | Printing (f); inscribed 1975
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Related first day covers
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – ½p to 2p – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 2½p to 4p – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – ½p to 3p – Cotswold cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 3½p to 9p – Cotswold cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – Cotswold cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – ½p to 3p – Mercury cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 3½p to 9p – Mercury cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – Mercury cover – 1973
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – Cotswold cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – Mercury cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – Stuart cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Cotswold cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Mercury cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Stuart cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Cotswold cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Mercury cover – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975
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 — Independent postal administration.pp. 197–198.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 20, 26.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Craig Taylor.“Sets To Collect Isle of Man First Definitive Set”. Five Minutes Spare — Stamp Collecting. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ Pictorial definitives — 4½p and 8p — Official cover(Reference photograph).Reference: Image supplied by the collector: 8 jan 1975 - official - 4.5 & 8p.webp.Illustrative photograph of a wanted cover, not a scan of an owned copy.