IM-SG-29 - Revision history

PhantomSteve at 19:16, 17 October 2026

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	{{Stamp		{{Stamp
	\|image=		\|image=IM-SG-29.jpg
	\|country=Isle of Man		\|country=Isle of Man
	\|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man\|IM]]		\|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man\|IM]]
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	\|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp\|Country pictorial]]		\|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp\|Country pictorial]]
	\|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp\|Stamp]]		\|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp\|Stamp]]
	\|designer=J. Nicholson		\|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information card); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
	\|printer=Courvoisier		\|printer=Courvoisier
	\|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|Photogravure]]		\|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|Photogravure]]
	\|colour=Multicoloured		\|colour=Multicoloured; five colours (information card)
	\|dimensions=		\|dimensions=25.7 × 41.1 mm including perforation, horizontal (as printed on the information card)
	\|perforation=11½		\|perforation=11½
	\|watermark=No watermark		\|watermark=No watermark
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	\|other-catalogues=		\|other-catalogues=
	\|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Cotswold cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Mercury cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975]]		\|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Cotswold cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Mercury cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975]]
	\|notes=Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes.		\|notes=Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes. The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official 29 October 1975 cover.
	}}		}}

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	The design is credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamp by [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|photogravure]] in multiple colours on granite paper without a watermark. Perforation is 11½, and sheets contain 50 stamps (5 × 10).<ref name="SG2022" />		The design is credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamp by [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|photogravure]] in multiple colours on granite paper without a watermark. Perforation is 11½, and sheets contain 50 stamps (5 × 10).<ref name="SG2022" />

			== Information card and illustration ==

			The information card held with the owned official cover credits the artwork to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. It records [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|photogravure]] printing by Courvoisiers of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in five colours. The paper is described as white paper with coloured ink fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. Stamp size including perforation is printed as 25.7 × 41.1 mm, horizontal. Sheets contain 50 stamps, arranged as five stamps per row and ten rows.<ref name="Oct1975-information-sheet">{{Cite
			\|title=NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS
			\|type=Information card
			\|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
			\|reference=[[:File:IM-Pictorial-Definitives-1975-11p-and-13p-information-sheet.jpg\|Information card]] accompanying the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]].
			\|notes=The card gives the issue date as 29 October 1975. The collector confirms that its reverse is blank.
			}}</ref>

			The card identifies the 11p subject as the three-arched Monk’s Bridge at Ballasalla, spanning the River Silverburn outside Rushen Abbey.<ref name="Oct1975-information-sheet" />

			The illustration is a cancelled stamp detail from the [[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]].

	== Catalogue printing ==		== Catalogue printing ==

PhantomSteve at 18:42, 16 October 2026

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 |paper-gum=Granite paper; thick shiny gum
 |other-catalogues=
-|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]
+|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Cotswold cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Mercury cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975]]
 |notes=Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes.
 }}
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 The catalogue records general withdrawal of the issue on 31 December 1978. These are withdrawal-from-sale dates; the cited entry does not give a date of postal invalidation.<ref name="SG2022" />
 == References ==
 <references />

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{{Stamp
|image=
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=29
|variant=
|issue-title=Pictorial definitives
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
|year=1975
|face-value=11p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Rushen Abbey#Monks' Bridge|Monk's Bridge, Ballasalla]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp|Definitive]]
|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp|Country pictorial]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. Nicholson
|printer=Courvoisier
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured
|dimensions=
|perforation=11½
|watermark=No watermark
|paper-gum=Granite paper; thick shiny gum
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975]]
|notes=Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes.
}}

'''SG 29''' is the 11p [[wikipedia:en:Rushen Abbey#Monks' Bridge|Monk's Bridge, Ballasalla]] stamp in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, first issued on 29 October 1975.<ref name="SG2022">{{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 — Independent postal administration
|pages=197–198
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=29
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

The design is credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamp by [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|photogravure]] in multiple colours on granite paper without a watermark. Perforation is 11½, and sheets contain 50 stamps (5 × 10).<ref name="SG2022" />

== Catalogue printing ==

The catalogue records the following printing.<ref name="SG2022" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Catalogue printing
! Date
! Gum
! Inscribed year
|-
| (i)
| 29 October 1975
| Thick shiny gum
| 1975
|}

== Withdrawal ==

The catalogue records general withdrawal of the issue on 31 December 1978. These are withdrawal-from-sale dates; the cited entry does not give a date of postal invalidation.<ref name="SG2022" />

== References ==

<references />