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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-107.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=107
|variant=
|issue-title=RAF Diamond Jubilee
|issue-date=28 February 1978
|withdrawn-date=27 February 1979 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=690,536
|sold-out=
|year=1978
|face-value=6p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Short Type 184|Short Type 184]] seaplane and [[wikipedia:en:HMS Ben-my-Chree|HMS ''Ben-my-Chree'']], 1915
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=A. D. Theobald
|printer=John Waddington’s Ltd
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours for each value
|dimensions=29.85 × 48.26 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=13½ × 14
|watermark=Unwatermarked
|paper-gum=P.V.A.-gummed paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Official cover – 1978]]<br>[[Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Mercury cover – 1978]]<br>[[Isle of Man – RAF Diamond Jubilee – Stuart cover – 1978]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, in two panes of 5 × 5. Plate numbers: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D (each × 4). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s official cover.
}}

This 6p stamp was issued on 28 February 1978 as part of the RAF Diamond Jubilee issue.<ref name="SG2022-204">{{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=204
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=107–110
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector. The collector confirms the 7p subject as Bristol Scout C.
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The 6p shows a [[wikipedia:en:Short Type 184|Short Type 184]] seaplane with [[wikipedia:en:HMS Ben-my-Chree|HMS ''Ben-my-Chree'']] in 1915. The official leaflet associates the design with Flight Commander C. H. K. Edmonds’s torpedo attack on 12 August 1915 and the island’s links with naval aviation through requisitioned Steam Packet ships.<ref name="information-sheet">{{Cite
|title=Royal Air Force Diamond Jubilee — Date of Issue 28th February 1978
|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-RAF-Diamond-Jubilee-1978-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-RAF-Diamond-Jubilee-1978-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The information sheet credits A. D. Theobald as designer and John Waddington’s Ltd as printer. It specifies lithography, four colours for each value, a stamp size of 29.85 × 48.26 mm, unwatermarked P.V.A.-gummed paper of 102 g/m², and perforation 13½ × 14. The catalogue gives the same perforation.<ref name="information-sheet" /><ref name="SG2022-204" />

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

The catalogue records sheets of 50, in two panes of 5 × 5, and plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D for every value, each × 4. The leaflet likewise records two panes of 25 and describes printed cylinder details 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D alongside “traffic lights”.<ref name="SG2022-204" /><ref name="information-sheet" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 690,536 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 27 February 1979.<ref name="SG2022-204" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-108]] — 7p, [[wikipedia:en:Bristol Scout|Bristol Scout C]] and [[wikipedia:en:HMS Vindex (1915)|HMS ''Vindex'']], 1915.
* [[IM-SG-109]] — 11p, [[wikipedia:en:Boulton Paul Defiant|Boulton Paul Defiant]] over Douglas Bay, 1941.
* [[IM-SG-110]] — 13p, [[wikipedia:en:SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT Jaguar]] over Ramsey, 1977.

== References ==

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