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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-47.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=47
|variant=
|issue-title=Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (1st issue)
|issue-date=29 May 1974
|withdrawn-date=28 May 1975 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=816,235
|sold-out=
|year=1974
|face-value=3½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Freddie Frith|Freddy Frith]], 1937; Norton, Senior TT
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Sport
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I.
|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.]]
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; six colours
|dimensions=46 × 31.5 mm
|perforation=13 × 13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White gummed paper, code TR4; gum composition not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (1st issue) – 1974]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). Plate numbers: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×6. Imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.
}}

'''IM-SG-47''' is the 3½p stamp from the Isle of Man’s '''Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (1st issue)''', issued on 29 May 1974. The catalogue describes its subject as [[wikipedia:en:Freddie Frith|Freddy Frith]], 1937.<ref name="SG2022-TT">{{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=47
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

== Subject and design ==

The design combines Frith’s portrait and facsimile signature with a racing scene showing him on a [[wikipedia:en:Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]]. The inscription identifies him as the 1937 Senior TT winner. The accompanying information card uses the spelling “Freddie Frith” and explains that he was selected as the first rider to complete a lap of the TT Mountain Course at more than 90 mph, approximately 145 km/h, during that race.<ref name="TT-card">{{Cite
|title=The Tourist Trophy Motor Cycle Races
|type=Information card
|notes=Owned double-sided card, illustrated at [[:File:IM-Tourist-Trophy-Motorcycle-Races-1st-Issue-1974-information-card-front.jpg|front scan]] and [[:File:IM-Tourist-Trophy-Motorcycle-Races-1st-Issue-1974-information-card-back.jpg|reverse scan]]. The card gives the stamp issue date as 29 May 1974; a separate publication date is not stated.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

The stamp was designed by J. H. Nicholson, R.I., and printed by [[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.]] The catalogue describes the process as [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]], the colours as multicoloured and the perforation as 13 × 13½.<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

The information card describes the process as Delacryl and specifies six colours, a stamp size of 46 × 31.5 mm and white gummed paper, code TR4. Gum composition is not specified.<ref name="TT-card" />

Sheets contained 50 stamps, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5. The catalogue records plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×6. The imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

Stanley Gibbons records 816,235 stamps sold. The stamp was withdrawn from sale on 28 May 1975.<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

== First day cover ==

Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover for the issue.<ref name="SG2022-TT" /> The illustrated stamp is on the owned cover recorded at [[Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (1st issue) – 1974]].

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-46]] — 3p; Stanley Woods, 1935
* [[IM-SG-48]] — 8p; Max Deubel and Emil Horner, 1961
* [[IM-SG-49]] — 10p; Mike Hailwood, 1961

The catalogue also cross-refers to the later Tourist Trophy issue: [[IM-SG-63|SG 63]], [[IM-SG-64|SG 64]], [[IM-SG-65|SG 65]] and [[IM-SG-66|SG 66]].<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

== References ==

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