Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – 1975
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| 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)
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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 Postal Authority emblem and crossed posthorns |
| Addressed | |
| Postmark type | First-day-of-issue postmark |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 28 May 1975 |
| Postmark inscription | First Day of Issue; Douglas; Isle of Man |
| Postmark notes | Black circular cancellation in the reference illustration |
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| Information sheet included | |
| Information materials | |
| Information sheet title | |
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| 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 cover type and cancellation are recorded from a reference illustration. Address status, condition and accompanying materials will be recorded when a copy is acquired. |
This page records the 5½p and 7p first day cover for the Isle of Man pictorial definitives. The stamps were issued on 28 May 1975 and are catalogued as SG 22, 24.[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 (g) 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]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
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| No image | IM-SG-22 | 5½p | Douglas Promenade | Stamp | Printing (g); inscribed 1975
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| No image | IM-SG-24 | 7p | Laxey | Stamp | Printing (g); inscribed 1975
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Related covers
- 5 July 1973 — ½p to 2p
- 5 July 1973 — 2½p to 4p
- 5 July 1973 — 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p
- 5 July 1973 — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1
- 8 January 1975 — 4½p and 8p
- 29 October 1975 — 11p and 13p
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): 22, 24.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.