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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-104.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=104
|variant=
|issue-title=Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley
|issue-date=19 October 1977
|withdrawn-date=18 October 1978 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=976,155
|sold-out=
|year=1977
|face-value=7p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:John Wesley|John Wesley]] preaching in [[wikipedia:en:Castletown, Isle of Man|Castletown]] Square
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Helio Courvoisier SA
|printer=Helio Courvoisier SA
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours for each design
|dimensions=28 × 44.1 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=11½ (catalogue); 11¼ × 11¾ (information sheet)
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres, 105 g/m², with special gumming for a tropical climate (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Official cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Cotswold cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Mercury cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1977]]
|notes=Sheets of 50 (5 × 10). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s owned official cover.
}}

This 7p stamp was issued on 19 October 1977 as part of the bicentenary of the first visit of John Wesley 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=103–106
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The 7p shows [[wikipedia:en:John Wesley|John Wesley]] preaching to a crowd in the square at [[wikipedia:en:Castletown, Isle of Man|Castletown]]. The information sheet dates this scene to 1 June 1777.<ref name="information-sheet">{{Cite
|title=Bicentenary of the First Visit of John Wesley to the Isle of Man 1777–1977
|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-Bicentenary-of-the-First-Visit-of-John-Wesley-1977-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-Bicentenary-of-the-First-Visit-of-John-Wesley-1977-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The official information sheet credits Helio Courvoisier SA as both designer and printer. It specifies photogravure, four colours for each design, and official white paper containing coloured silk fibres, with special gumming for a tropical climate and a weight of 105 g/m². The catalogue describes this as granite paper.<ref name="information-sheet" /><ref name="SG2022-203" />

The leaflet gives this stamp’s dimensions as 28 × 44.1 mm. The stamps were issued in sheets of 50, arranged 5 × 10 according to the catalogue.<ref name="information-sheet" /><ref name="SG2022-203" />

The catalogue lists perforation 11½.<ref name="SG2022-203" /> Its general convention is to report perforations normally to the nearest half, using the Instanta gauge as its standard.<ref name="SG2022-perforation-convention">{{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=General catalogue conventions
|page=
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. The collector transcribed the catalogue convention that perforations are normally given to the nearest half and the Instanta gauge is the catalogue standard. The page for this general statement was not supplied.
}}</ref> The information sheet gives the more detailed figures 11¼ × 11¼ for the 6p and 13p, and 11¼ × 11¾ for the 7p and 11p.<ref name="information-sheet" /> The two source descriptions are retained; the difference alone does not establish a separately catalogued perforation variety.

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 976,155 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 18 October 1978.<ref name="SG2022-203" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-103]] — 6p, Old Summer House, Mount Morrison, [[wikipedia:en:Peel, Isle of Man|Peel]].
* [[IM-SG-105]] — 11p, [[wikipedia:en:John Wesley|John Wesley]] preaching outside Braddan Church.
* [[IM-SG-106]] — 13p, New Methodist Church, [[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]].

== References ==

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IM-SG-104 - Revision history