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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-48.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=48
|variant=
|issue-title=Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (1st issue)
|issue-date=29 May 1974
|withdrawn-date=28 May 1975 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=334,760
|sold-out=
|year=1974
|face-value=8p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Max Deubel|Max Deubel]] and Emil Horner, 1961; BMW, 500 cc Sidecar 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; additional combinations recorded. Imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.
}}

'''IM-SG-48''' is the 8p 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:Max Deubel|Max Deubel]] and Emil Horner, 1961.<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=48
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

== Subject and design ==

The design combines Deubel’s portrait and facsimile signature with a racing scene showing Deubel and passenger Emil Horner on a [[wikipedia:en:BMW Motorrad|BMW]] sidecar machine. The inscription identifies the machine as the 1961 500 cc Sidecar winner. The information card records the pair’s victories in that class in 1961, 1964 and 1965.<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 imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

== Plate numbers ==

The catalogue records 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×6. It also records these additional combinations for the 8p value:

* 1A–1A–2A–1A (×3)
* 1B–1B–2B–1B (×3)
* 1C–1C–2C–1C (×3)
* 1D–1D–2D–1D (×3).<ref name="SG2022-TT" />

No particular plate combination has been identified for the illustrated stamp.

== Sales and withdrawal ==

Stanley Gibbons records 334,760 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-47]] — 3½p; Freddy Frith, 1937
* [[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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