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Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 3d – 1958

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First day cover details
FDC image Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive — 3d
FDC reverse image N/A
Country Isle of Man
Country code IM
Issue title Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive — 3d
Date of issue 18 August 1958
Withdrawal or invalidation date 1 March 1972 (invalidated for postage)


Stamp type Definitive
Stamp subtype Regional definitive
Theme or subject Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional postage stamps
Text credit
Designer or artist John Hobson Nicholson; portrait by Dorothy Wilding Ltd.
Printer Harrison and Sons
Printing process Photogravure
Colours Deep lilac
Paper and gum Not specified
Perforation 15 × 14
Stamp dimensions Not specified
Issue format Sheets of 240 (12 × 20)
Number of stamps 1
Cover type First day cover
Cover producer Not specified
Cover reference
Limited edition No
Edition limit N/A
Copy number N/A
Cachet or cover design Multicoloured heraldic shields and banners representing Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, with “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” above.
Addressed Yes
Postmark type Machine cancellation
Postmark location Douglas, Isle of Man
Postmark date 18 August 1958
Postmark inscription DOUGLAS; ISLE OF MAN
Postmark notes Circular Douglas date stamp with a wavy-line obliterator cancelling the stamp. The printed cachet overlaps parts of the date stamp.
Postmark image

Main postmark for Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive — 3d


Signed No
Signed by N/A
Signature details N/A
Information sheet included No
Information materials N/A
Information sheet title N/A
Information sheet image N/A
Information sheet reverse image N/A
Information sheet notes N/A
Certificate of authenticity included No
Certificate of authenticity image N/A
Certificate of authenticity reverse image N/A
FDC owned Yes
Condition Visible creasing and some toning.
Collection Comment The recipient’s name and address are concealed in the published image for privacy. The original cover is addressed. The reverse is unprinted; no reverse image is provided.

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Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover dated 18 August 1958 for the 3d deep lilac Isle of Man regional definitive, catalogue number 2.[1]

The stamp depicts Queen Elizabeth II. The design is credited to John Hobson Nicholson, with the portrait credited to Dorothy Wilding Ltd.. It was printed by Harrison and Sons using photogravure, perforated 15 × 14 and issued in sheets of 240 (12 × 20). The catalogue describes the watermark by reference to type 1b in its Guernsey section.[1]

The cover is held in the collection. It has a multicoloured heraldic cachet and a Douglas machine cancellation dated 18 August 1958. Its producer has not been identified. The standard GPO map-and-Manx-cat cover and a coloured alternative of that GPO cover are recorded separately as wanted covers.

Although issued as regional stamps, these stamps were initially valid for postage throughout the United Kingdom. The stamp on this cover ceased to be valid for postage on 1 March 1972, when Isle of Man SG 1–7 were invalidated alongside other British pre-decimal stamps.[1]

Stamps on this cover

Image Identifier Face value Subject Format Other catalogues Notes


Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design IM-SG-2 3d Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design Stamp Deep lilac; SG 2. The image shows the cancelled stamp on this cover.


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 — Regional issues.p. 197.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 2.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
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