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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=57
|variant=
|issue-title=Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill
|issue-date=22 November 1974
|withdrawn-date=21 November 1975 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=429,586
|sold-out=
|year=1974
|face-value=20p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Winston Churchill|Churchill]] as Freeman of [[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=G. Kneale
|printer=Courvoisier
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured
|dimensions=
|perforation=11½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper; gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Official miniature sheet cover – 1974|Official miniature sheet cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Official stamp set cover – 1974|Official stamp set cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1974|Mercury miniature sheet cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Mercury stamp set cover – 1974|Mercury stamp set cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Cotswold miniature sheet cover – 1974|Cotswold miniature sheet cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Cotswold stamp set cover – 1974|Cotswold stamp set cover]] [[Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Fleetwood SG57 cover – 1974|Fleetwood SG57 cover]]
|notes=Issued in sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The design is also included in miniature sheet MS58.
}}

'''SG57''' is the 20p stamp from the Isle of Man's '''Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill''' issue, released on 22 November 1974. It depicts [[wikipedia:en:Winston Churchill|Churchill]] as Freeman of [[wikipedia:en:Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]].<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
|page=200
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=54–57, MS58
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

== Design and production ==

G. Kneale designed the stamp. Courvoisier printed it by [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|photogravure]] on granite paper. It is multicoloured and perforated 11½. Sheets contain 25 stamps, arranged in five columns and five rows.<ref name="SG2022" />

The design also appears in [[IM-SG-MS58]], the four-stamp miniature sheet issued with the set.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

Stanley Gibbons records a quantity sold of 429,586 for the 20p stamp and withdrawal from sale on 21 November 1975. The miniature sheet has a separate catalogue sales figure.<ref name="SG2022" />

== First day covers ==

A first day cover is listed in the catalogue. The associated cover records include Official, Mercury and Cotswold covers bearing either the four separate stamps or the miniature sheet, and a Fleetwood cover bearing SG57 alone.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-54]] — 3½p; Churchill and Bugler Dunne at Colenso, 1899
* [[IM-SG-55]] — 4½p; Churchill and Government Buildings, Douglas
* [[IM-SG-56]] — 8p; Churchill and a Manx anti-aircraft gun crew
* [[IM-SG-MS58]] — miniature sheet containing all four designs

== References ==

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IM-SG-57 - Revision history