IM-SG-41 - Revision history

PhantomSteve at 18:50, 3 October 2026

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	{{Stamp		{{Stamp
	\|image=		\|image=IM-SG-41.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=Wedding		\|stamp-subtype=Wedding
	\|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp\|Stamp]]		\|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp\|Stamp]]
	\|designer=A. Larkins		\|designer=A. S. Larkins
	\|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue\|De La Rue]]		\|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue\|Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.]], Basingstoke, Hampshire
	\|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography\|Lithography]]		\|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography\|Lithography]] (catalogue description)
	\|colour=Multicoloured		\|colour=Multicoloured; three colours
	\|dimensions=		\|dimensions=52 × 36 mm, perforation to perforation
	\|perforation=13½		\|perforation=13½
	\|watermark=		\|watermark=
	\|paper-gum=		\|paper-gum=White paper; gum not specified
	\|other-catalogues=		\|other-catalogues=
	\|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Royal Wedding – 1973]]		\|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Royal Wedding – 1973]]
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	\|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii		\|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii
	\|access-date=2 October 2026		\|access-date=2 October 2026
			}}</ref>

			According to the accompanying information card, the portraits are based on engagement photographs taken at Buckingham Palace on 30 May 1973. The portrait frames use a key-fret design associated with tenth-century Norse crosses, including the Olaf Liotulfson cross at Ballaugh. The interlaced ornaments beside the portraits draw on a late tenth-century crucifixion cross at Michael, Isle of Man.<ref name="wedding-card">{{Cite
			\|title=Royal Wedding stamp issue information card
			\|type=Information card
			\|notes=Owned single-sided card, illustrated at [[:File:IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-information-card-front.jpg\|information card scan]]. The card gives the stamp issue date as 14 November 1973; a separate publication date is not stated.
	}}</ref>		}}</ref>

	== Production details ==		== Production details ==

	The ~~stamp was designed by '''~~A. Larkins~~'''~~ and ~~printed by '''~~De La Rue~~'''~~ using lithography. It is multicoloured, with perforation ~~'''~~13½~~'''~~.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />		The catalogue credits the design to A. Larkins and identifies the printer as [[wikipedia:en:De La Rue\|De La Rue]], using [[wikipedia:en:Lithography\|lithography]]. It describes the stamp as multicoloured, with perforation 13½.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

			The information card names A. S. Larkins as the engraver and Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, as the printer. It gives a stamp size of 52 × 36 mm, measured perforation to perforation, three colours and white paper. Gum is not specified. Its printing-process description is “Delacryl with one colour by the direct plate engraved process”.<ref name="wedding-card" />

	The catalogue records sheets of ~~'''~~50 stamps~~'''~~. Plate numbers are ~~'''~~1A and 1B (each × 4)~~'''~~. The imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />		The catalogue records sheets of 50 stamps. Plate numbers are 1A and 1B (each × 4). The imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

	== Sales and withdrawal ==		== Sales and withdrawal ==

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	\|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue\|De La Rue]]		\|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue\|De La Rue]]
	\|printing-process=Lithography		\|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography\|Lithography]]
	\|colour=Multicoloured		\|colour=Multicoloured
	\|dimensions=		\|dimensions=

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Created page with "{{Stamp |image= |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=41 |variant= |issue-title=Royal Wedding |issue-date=14 November 1973 |withdrawn-date=13 November 1974 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=400,813 |sold-out= |year=1973 |face-value=25p |subject=Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips |..."

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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=41
|variant=
|issue-title=Royal Wedding
|issue-date=14 November 1973
|withdrawn-date=13 November 1974 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=400,813
|sold-out=
|year=1973
|face-value=25p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] and [[wikipedia:en:Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Wedding
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=A. Larkins
|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|De La Rue]]
|printing-process=Lithography
|colour=Multicoloured
|dimensions=
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Royal Wedding – 1973]]
|notes=The catalogue records sheets of 50 stamps. Plate numbers: 1A and 1B (each × 4). Imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.
}}

'''IM-SG-41''' is the 25p stamp from the Isle of Man's '''Royal Wedding''' issue, released on 14 November 1973. The design depicts '''Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips'''.<ref name="SG2022-wedding">{{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=199
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=41
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The stamp commemorates the [[wikipedia:en:Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips|wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips]], which took place at Westminster Abbey on '''14 November 1973''', the same date as the stamp issue.<ref name="Anne-wedding">{{Cite web
|title=Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
|publisher=Westminster Abbey
|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii
|access-date=2 October 2026
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The stamp was designed by '''A. Larkins''' and printed by '''De La Rue''' using lithography. It is multicoloured, with perforation '''13½'''.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

The catalogue records sheets of '''50 stamps'''. Plate numbers are '''1A and 1B (each × 4)'''. The imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records '''400,813''' sold for this 25p stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on '''13 November 1974'''.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

== First day cover ==

A first day cover was issued.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" /> See [[Isle of Man – Royal Wedding – 1973]] for the associated cover record.

== References ==

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