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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-126.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=126
|variant=
|issue-title=Landmarks and Queen Elizabeth II definitives
|issue-date=18 October 1978
|withdrawn-date=31 December 1983 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1978
|face-value=50p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Red-billed chough|Red-billed chough]] (inscribed Chough)
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp|Definitive]]
|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp|Country pictorial]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S.
|printer=Helio Courvoisier SA
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured; 5 colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=28 × 33.4 mm
|perforation=11½ (catalogue; leaflet reading discussed below)
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper; special tropical-climate gumming
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Official cover – 1978]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Mercury cover – 1978]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 20p–£1 – Stuart cover – 1978]]
|notes=Cancelled stamp scan from the collector’s owned official cover.
}}

This 50p entry is part of the Landmarks and Queen Elizabeth II definitive series.<ref name="SG2022-204-205">{{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
|pages=204–205
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=111–128, including the listed a perforation variants
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Transcribed by the collector, who also confirms that A1-1-1-1 and B1-1-1-1 apply to the £2 value and unspecified values have no plate numbers recorded.
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The sheet describes the chough’s coastal habitat and breeding on the Calf of Man bird sanctuary. It records the species under the short design label Chough; the collector’s catalogue identifies the red-billed chough.<ref name="sheet-H">{{Cite
|title=1978 High Value Definitive Postage Stamps
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|notes=Sheet accompanying the collector’s owned official cover. Scans: [[:File:IM-Landmarks-1978-20p-to-1GBP-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-Landmarks-1978-20p-to-1GBP-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The official sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., and Helio Courvoisier SA. It specifies photogravure, five colours, 28 × 33.4 mm stamps, and white paper with brownish-greenish silk threads and special gumming for a tropical climate. It gives the paper weight as “105 gr”. The catalogue calls this granite paper. The sheet does not explicitly state a watermark status.<ref name="sheet-H" /><ref name="SG2022-204-205" />

The catalogue gives perforation 11½.<ref name="SG2022-204-205" /> The information sheet gives 11¼ × 11¼.<ref name="sheet-H" /> SG normally reports perforations to the nearest half and uses the Instanta gauge as its standard. These source readings are retained separately; their difference alone does not establish an additional catalogue variety.<ref name="SG-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
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Ringwood. The collector confirms that perforations are normally given to the nearest half and the Instanta gauge is the catalogue standard. The page of this general convention was not supplied.
}}</ref>

== Sheets, plates and imprints ==

Sheets: 50 (10 × 5). Plate numbers: None (catalogue; collector-confirmed scope). Imprint: None.<ref name="SG2022-204-205" />

== Withdrawal ==

This stamp was withdrawn from sale on 31 December 1983. No quantity-sold or sold-out figures have been supplied.<ref name="SG2022-204-205" />

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* [[IM-SG-112]] — 1p, Jurby Church (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-112a]] — 1p, Jurby Church (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-113]] — 6p, Government Buildings, Douglas (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-114]] — 7p, [[wikipedia:en:Tynwald Hill|Tynwald Hill]] (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-114a]] — 7p, [[wikipedia:en:Tynwald Hill|Tynwald Hill]] (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-115]] — 8p, Milner’s Tower, [[wikipedia:en:Bradda Head|Bradda Head]] (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-115a]] — 8p, Milner’s Tower, [[wikipedia:en:Bradda Head|Bradda Head]] (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-116]] — 9p, [[wikipedia:en:Laxey Wheel|Laxey Wheel]] (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-116a]] — 9p, [[wikipedia:en:Laxey Wheel|Laxey Wheel]] (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-117]] — 10p, [[wikipedia:en:Castle Rushen|Castle Rushen]] (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-117a]] — 10p, [[wikipedia:en:Castle Rushen|Castle Rushen]] (perforation 14½).
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* [[IM-SG-119]] — 12p, [[wikipedia:en:Tower of Refuge|Tower of Refuge]] (perforation 14).
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* [[IM-SG-120a]] — 13p, St German’s Cathedral, [[wikipedia:en:Peel Castle|Peel Castle]] (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-121]] — 14p, [[wikipedia:en:Point of Ayre Lighthouse|Point of Ayre Lighthouse]] (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-121a]] — 14p, [[wikipedia:en:Point of Ayre Lighthouse|Point of Ayre Lighthouse]] (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-122]] — 15p, Corrin’s Tower (perforation 14).
* [[IM-SG-122a]] — 15p, Corrin’s Tower (perforation 14½).
* [[IM-SG-123]] — 16p, [[wikipedia:en:Douglas Head Lighthouse|Douglas Head Lighthouse]] (perforation 14).
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== References ==

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IM-SG-126 - Revision history