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Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – 1975

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First day cover details
FDC image Pictorial definitives — new values
FDC reverse image N/A
Country Isle of Man
Country code IM
Issue title Pictorial definitives — new values
Date of issue 28 May 1975
Withdrawal or invalidation date 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)


Stamp type Definitive
Stamp subtype Country pictorial
Theme or subject Manx landscapes, landmarks, wildlife and heritage
Text credit
Designer or artist J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information card); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
Printer Courvoisier
Printing process Photogravure
Colours Multicoloured; five colours (information card)
Paper and gum Granite paper; matt, almost invisible gum
Perforation 11½
Stamp dimensions 25.7 × 41.1 mm, including perforation, horizontal (as printed on the information card)
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 Yes
Postmark type First-day-of-issue postmark
Postmark location Douglas, Isle of Man
Postmark date 28 May 1975
Postmark inscription FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 28 MAY 1975 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
Postmark notes One black circular Douglas first-day cancellation. The shared detail was scanned from this owned official cover.
Postmark image

Main postmark for Pictorial definitives — new values


Signed
Signed by
Signature details
Information sheet included Yes
Information materials
Information sheet title NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS
Information sheet image NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS — front
Information sheet reverse image No reverse image uploaded
Information sheet notes The card is held with this official cover. Its reverse is blank; no reverse scan is needed.
Certificate of authenticity included
Certificate of authenticity image No image uploaded
Certificate of authenticity reverse image No reverse image uploaded
FDC owned Yes
Condition
Collection Comment Owned. Addressed official cover bearing the 5½p and 7p values, with its information card. The envelope reverse and the card reverse are blank, as confirmed by the collector. Recipient details are not transcribed into the page text.

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This owned official first day cover bears the 5½p and 7p new values in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, issued on 28 May 1975 and catalogued as SG22 and SG24.[1]

The owned cover

The envelope has the crowned Isle of Man Post Office Authority emblem and crossed posthorns, with “DEFINITIVE ISSUE / NEW VALUES” and “OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER” inscriptions. It is addressed and carries a blue bilingual airmail label. The recipient’s details are not transcribed here. The 5½p stamp is to the left of the 7p stamp, and both are tied by a circular Douglas first-day cancellation dated 28 May 1975.[2]

The envelope reverse is blank. The information card is held with the cover and is printed on one side only.[2]

Stamp production

These denominations extended the pictorial definitive series introduced in 1973. Both stamps are inscribed “1975”. Courvoisier printed them by photogravure on granite paper, perforated 11½, in sheets of 50 (5 × 10). The catalogue records printing (g) with matt, almost invisible gum.[1]

The information card accompanying the owned official cover credits the artwork to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. It records photogravure printing by Courvoisiers of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in five colours, with sheets of 50 arranged as ten rows of five. It describes white paper with coloured ink fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. Stamp size including perforation is printed as 25.7 × 41.1 mm, horizontal.[3]

For the 5½p Douglas Promenade design, the card identifies the Pier Terminal buildings, a horse tram and Douglas Head in the background. For the 7p Laxey design, it describes the large water wheel used to pump water from the mines.[3]

Withdrawal

General withdrawal from sale was on 31 December 1978. This is a stamp-sales withdrawal date; the cited entry does not supply a postal-invalidation date or a withdrawal-from-sale date for this cover.[1]

The stamp images in the table and the cancellation detail were scanned from this owned official cover.

Stamps on this cover

Image Identifier Face value Subject Format Other catalogues Notes


Douglas Promenade IM-SG-22 5½p Douglas Promenade Stamp Printing (g); inscribed 1975



Laxey IM-SG-24 7p Laxey Stamp Printing (g); inscribed 1975


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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): 22, 24.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Isle of Man pictorial definitives — 5½p and 7p — owned official cover(Owned first day cover).Reference: Cover front and cancellation detail supplied by the collector..The collector confirms ownership, the accompanying information card and blank reverses to both the envelope and card.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS(Information card).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Information card accompanying the owned official cover..The card prints the issue date as 28 May 1975. The collector confirms that its reverse is blank.
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