PhantomSteve: Text replacement - "|printing-process=Photogravure" to "|printing-process=Photogravure"

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Text replacement - "|printing-process=Photogravure" to "|printing-process=Photogravure"

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PhantomSteve: Created page with "{{Stamp |image= |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=42 |variant= |issue-title=150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution |issue-date=4 March 1974 |withdrawn-date=3 March 1975 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=674,984 |sold-out= |year=1974 |face-value=3p |subject=RNLI badge, citation and [[wikipedia:en:William Hillary|Sir William Hillary]..."

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Created page with "{{Stamp |image= |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=42 |variant= |issue-title=150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution |issue-date=4 March 1974 |withdrawn-date=3 March 1975 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=674,984 |sold-out= |year=1974 |face-value=3p |subject=RNLI badge, citation and [[wikipedia:en:William Hillary|Sir William Hillary]..."

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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=42
|variant=
|issue-title=150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution
|issue-date=4 March 1974
|withdrawn-date=3 March 1975 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=674,984
|sold-out=
|year=1974
|face-value=3p
|subject=RNLI badge, citation and [[wikipedia:en:William Hillary|Sir William Hillary]], founder
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. Nicholson
|printer=Courvoisier
|printing-process=Photogravure
|colour=Multicoloured
|dimensions=
|perforation=11½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – 1974]]
|notes=Issued in sheets of 100 stamps (10 × 10).
}}

'''IM-SG-42''' is the 3p stamp from the Isle of Man's '''150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution''' issue, released on 4 March 1974. The design depicts the RNLI badge, a citation and '''Sir William Hillary''', founder of the Institution.<ref name="SG2022-RNLI">{{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
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=42
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design combines Hillary's bronze memorial profile near the Douglas lifeboat house with part of the commendation on his tomb, placed over the RNLI badge.<ref name="RNLI-stamps">{{Cite magazine
|title=Lifeboat Stamps
|magazine=The Lifeboat
|publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution
|volume=43
|issue=450
|date=Autumn 1974
|url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/43/450/lifeboat-stamps
|access-date=2 October 2026
}}</ref>

[[wikipedia:en:William Hillary|Sir William Hillary]] was the founder of the [[wikipedia:en:Royal National Lifeboat Institution|RNLI]]. The Institution was founded on '''4 March 1824''', exactly 150 years before this stamp was issued.<ref name="RNLI-foundation">{{Cite web
|title=1824: Our foundation
|publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution
|url=https://rnli.org/about-us/our-history/timeline/1824-our-foundation
|access-date=2 October 2026
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The stamp was designed by '''J. Nicholson''' and printed by '''Courvoisier''' using photogravure. It is multicoloured, printed on '''granite paper''', with perforation '''11½'''. Sheets contained '''100 stamps''', arranged in '''10 columns and 10 rows'''.<ref name="SG2022-RNLI" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records '''674,984''' sold for this 3p stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on '''3 March 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-RNLI" />

== First day cover ==

A first day cover was issued.<ref name="SG2022-RNLI" /> See [[Isle of Man – 150th Anniversary of Royal National Lifeboat Institution – 1974]] for the associated cover record.

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-42 - Revision history

PhantomSteve: Text replacement - "|printing-process=Photogravure" to "|printing-process=Photogravure"

PhantomSteve at 16:28, 2 October 2026