Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – 4d and 5d – 1968
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| FDC reverse image | N/A |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Issue title | Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives — 4d and 5d |
| Date of issue | 4 September 1968 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | SG 5: 14 March 1971 (withdrawn from sale locally), 25 November 1971 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters); SG 5 and SG 7: 1 March 1972 (invalidated for postage)
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| 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 | Olive-sepia (4d); royal blue (5d) |
| Paper and gum | Chalk-surfaced paper; gum not specified |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Stamp dimensions | |
| Issue format | Sheets of 240 (12 × 20) |
| Number of stamps | 2 |
| 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 | Black shield bearing the armoured Three Legs of Man, with the motto “QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT” on a scroll; red “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” and “Isle of Man” lettering. |
| Addressed | Yes |
| Postmark type | Special handstamp |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 4 September 1968 |
| Postmark inscription | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE; 4 SEP 1968; DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN |
| Postmark notes | Circular first day of issue handstamp cancelling both stamps. Parts of the upper inscription overlap the stamp designs. |
| Postmark image |
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| 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, corner wear and some surface marks. |
| Collection Comment | Owned. This copy contains a blank card insert but no printed information card; whether one was originally supplied is unknown. The recipient’s name and address are concealed in the published image for privacy. The original cover is addressed. The reverse is blank; no reverse image is provided. |
Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover dated 4 September 1968 for the 4d olive-sepia and 5d royal blue Isle of Man regional definitives, SG 5 and SG 7.[1]
This page records the owned cover with a shield cachet depicting the armoured Three Legs of Man. A scroll below the shield bears the motto “QUOCUNQUE JECERIS STABIT”, with red first day of issue and Isle of Man lettering. The cover producer has not been established.
The cover has a handwritten address and a circular Douglas first day of issue handstamp dated 4 September 1968, cancelling both stamps. The recipient’s name and address are concealed in the published scan for privacy. The reverse is blank.
A blank card insert is present in this copy, but no printed information card is held with it. This does not establish whether a printed card was originally supplied. A separate GPO cover in the collection has a two-sided printed information card.
The stamps depict Queen Elizabeth II. They were issued on chalk-surfaced paper without a watermark, perforated 15 × 14, in sheets of 240 (12 × 20). The 4d stamp has one centre phosphor band, and the 5d has two. The catalogue records cylinder number 1 for both stamps.[1]
The design is credited to John Hobson Nicholson, with the portrait credited to Dorothy Wilding Ltd.. The stamps were printed by Harrison and Sons using photogravure.[1]
The 4d denomination was withdrawn from sale locally on 14 March 1971 and at British Philatelic Counters on 25 November 1971. Both stamps ceased to be valid for postage on 1 March 1972, under the catalogue’s invalidation statement for Isle of Man SG 1–7.[1]
The catalogue also lists a phosphor-omitted error of each stamp and a frame-flaw variety of the 5d. These have separate stamp pages.[1]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
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IM-SG-5 | 4d | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Olive-sepia; one centre phosphor band; no watermark. The image shows the cancelled stamp on this cover.
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IM-SG-7 | 5d | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Royal blue; two phosphor bands; no watermark. The image shows the cancelled stamp on this cover.
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Related first day covers
- 1958 3d — standard GPO cover
- 1958 3d — coloured GPO cover
- 1958 3d — owned heraldic-cachet cover
- 1958 3d — boxed-cachet cover
- 1958 3d — First Manx Stamp shield cover
- 1958 3d — outline-map cover
- 1958 3d — shield-and-flowers cover
- 1964 2½d — unattributed cover
- 1966 4d — unattributed cover
- 1966 4d — Manx Philatelic Society cover
- 1968 4d and 5d — GPO cover
- 1968 4d and 5d — Philart cover
- 1968 4d and 5d — Wessex cover
- 1969 4d — GPO cover
- 1969 4d — Philart cover
- 1969 4d — Regional Issue cover
- 1969 4d — shield cover
Related stamp varieties
- IM-SG-5Ey — 4d olive-sepia; phosphor omitted
- IM-SG-7a — 5d royal blue; frame flaw
- IM-SG-7Ey — 5d royal blue; phosphor omitted
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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): 5, 7.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.