Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p – 1973
| FDC image | 
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|---|---|
| FDC reverse image | N/A |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives — 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p |
| Date of issue | 5 July 1973 |
| 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 and landmarks |
| Text credit | |
| Designer or artist | J. Nicholson |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colours | Multicoloured |
| Paper and gum | Granite paper; thick shiny gum on printing (a) |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Stamp dimensions | |
| Issue format | Sheets of 50 (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 |
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| 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 | 
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| Information sheet reverse image | N/A |
| Information sheet notes | The same information card accompanies the four official covers in the collection. Its individual subject descriptions and technical details concern the 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 stamps. 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. |
This owned official first day cover bears the 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p Isle of Man pictorial definitives, SG 21, 23, 25 and 27, issued on 5 July 1973.[1]
The designs are credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamps by photogravure on unwatermarked granite paper, perforated 11½, in sheets of 50 (5 × 10). 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 are cancelled with the black circular Douglas first-day postmark dated 5 July 1973. The envelope reverse is blank.[2]
The accompanying single-sided information card is shared with the other three official covers in the collection. Its individual descriptions concern the 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 stamps, together with an explanation of the ring-chain border common to the series.[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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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IM-SG-21 | 5p | Peel | Stamp | Printing (a); inscribed 1973
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IM-SG-23 | 6p | Cregneish | Stamp | Printing (a); inscribed 1973
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IM-SG-25 | 7½p | Ramsey Bay | Stamp | Printing (a); inscribed 1973
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IM-SG-27 | 9p | Douglas Bay | Stamp | Printing (a); inscribed 1973
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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 – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – 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
- Cotswold definitive cover — ½p to 3p
- Cotswold definitive cover — 3½p to 9p
- Cotswold definitive cover — 10p, 20p, 50p and £1
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 4½p and 8p – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – 1975
- Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975
- Isle of Man – Inauguration of Postal Independence – 1973
- Mercury inaugural cover
- Cotswold inaugural cover
References
- ↑ 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): 21, 23, 25, 27.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Isle of Man pictorial definitives — 5p, 6p, 7½p and 9p official cover(First day cover).Reference: Scan of the cover.Copy held in the collection.
- ↑ 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.