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{{Stamp
|image=
|country=United Kingdom
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:United Kingdom|GB]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=931
|variant=Standard listing
|issue-title=British Paintings
|issue-date=4 July 1973
|withdrawn-date=
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1973
|face-value=3p
|subject=Self-portrait by [[wikipedia:en:Joshua Reynolds|Sir Joshua Reynolds]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Art
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Stuart Rose; painting by [[wikipedia:en:Joshua Reynolds|Sir Joshua Reynolds]]
|printer=[[wikipedia:en:Harrison and Sons|Harrison and Sons]]
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured
|dimensions=31 × 40 mm
|perforation=15 × 14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – 1973]]
|notes=Sheets of 100. Catalogue number confirmed by the collector using GB Stamps Online.
}}

'''SG931''' is the 3p stamp depicting a self-portrait by [[wikipedia:en:Joshua Reynolds|Sir Joshua Reynolds]] in the United Kingdom's '''British Paintings''' issue of 4 July 1973.<ref name="British-Painters">{{Cite web
|title=British Painters (1973)
|publisher=Collect GB Stamps
|url=https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=123
|access-date=7 October 2026
}}</ref>

The stamp design was prepared by Stuart Rose using Reynolds' painting.<ref name="stamp-history">{{Cite web
|title=Stamp History: British Painters — Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Henry Raeburn
|publisher=The Postal Museum
|url=https://www.postalmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Stamp-History-1973-British-Painters.pdf
|access-date=7 October 2026
}}</ref>

The Stanley Gibbons number has been confirmed by the collector using the GB Stamps Online listing.<ref name="SG-number">{{Cite web
|title=SG931–934 1973 British Paintings Stamp Set
|publisher=GB Stamps Online
|url=https://www.gbstampsonline.co.uk/sg931-934-1973-british-paintings-stamp-set-2194-p.asp
}}</ref>

== Associated cover ==

An example bearing this stamp with the other three values is illustrated on [[Isle of Man – Last day of British Postal Services – 1973]]. It was cancelled at Douglas on 4 July 1973, the stamp's first day and the last day of British postal administration on the island.

== Related stamps ==

* [[GB-SG-932]] — 5p; self-portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn
* [[GB-SG-933]] — 7½p; Nelly O'Brien by Sir Joshua Reynolds
* [[GB-SG-934]] — 9p; Rev. R. Walker (The Skater) by Sir Henry Raeburn

== References ==

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