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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-101.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=101
|variant=
|issue-title=Linked Anniversaries
|issue-date=26 May 1977
|withdrawn-date=25 May 1978 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=431,053
|sold-out=
|year=1977
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Scouting on the Isle of Man|Scouts]] working the TT scoreboard
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S.
|printer=John Waddingtons Ltd.
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours according to the information sheet
|dimensions=27.94 × 44.45 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=Unwatermarked
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Linked Anniversaries – Official cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Linked Anniversaries – Cunningham House cover – 1977]]
|notes=Sheets of 50 in two panes of 5 × 5 with a gutter. Imprint: right-hand corner, bottom margin. Plate numbers: 1A and 1C (each × 4). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s owned official cover.
}}

This 11p stamp was issued on 26 May 1977 as part of the Linked Anniversaries issue.<ref name="SG2022-203">{{Cite Catalogue
|author=Stanley Gibbons
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue
|edition=31st combined edition
|publisher=Stanley Gibbons
|year=2022
|section=Isle of Man
|page=203
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=99–102
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The 11p stamp shows [[wikipedia:en:Scouting on the Isle of Man|Scouts]] operating the scoreboards at the start of a TT race. The information sheet explains that Scouts had supported the races through course duties, signalling and information services, and later through the clocks and scoreboards at the Douglas Grandstand.<ref name="information-sheet">{{Cite
|title=Linked Anniversaries — Tourist Trophy Races, Boy Scouts, St. John Ambulance
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|notes=Two-sided information sheet accompanying the collector's owned official cover. Scans: [[:File:IM-Linked-Anniversaries-1977-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-Linked-Anniversaries-1977-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The official information sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., as designer and John Waddingtons Ltd. as printer. It specifies 300-line-screen lithography, four colours for each value, a stamp size of 27.94 × 44.45 mm, and white unwatermarked paper with PVA gum. Perforation is given as 13½ × 13½, consistent with the catalogue’s 13½.<ref name="information-sheet" />

The official sheet explicitly identifies the paper as unwatermarked.<ref name="information-sheet" />

The stamps were printed in sheets of 50, in two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5, with a gutter between the panes. The catalogue places the imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="information-sheet" /><ref name="SG2022-203" />

The catalogue lists 1A and 1C (each × 4) for this value.<ref name="SG2022-203" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 431,053 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 25 May 1978.<ref name="SG2022-203" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-99]] — 6p, F. A. Applebee at Ballig Bridge, 1912.
* [[IM-SG-100]] — 7p, [[wikipedia:en:St John Ambulance|St John Ambulance]] Brigade at [[wikipedia:en:Governor's Bridge (Isle of Man)|Governor’s Bridge]], circa 1938.
* [[IM-SG-102]] — 13p, [[wikipedia:en:John Williams (motorcyclist)|John Williams]] at Windy Corner, 1976.

== References ==

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IM-SG-101 - Revision history