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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-59.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=59
|variant=
|issue-title=Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio
|issue-date=14 March 1975
|withdrawn-date=13 March 1976 (general withdrawal from sale)
|quantity-sold=473352
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=4½p
|subject=Manx Cabin School, Cleveland Medal and names of pioneer families
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative]]
|stamp-subtype=
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Courvoisier; named Helio Courvoisier on the information sheet
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=29 × 48.2 mm (as printed in the information sheet)
|perforation=11½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Official cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Cotswold cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Mercury cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50 (5 × 10). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG59''' is the 4½p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio''' issue, released on 14 March 1975.<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 — Independent postal administration
|page=200
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=59
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design combines the log cabin school at Newburgh, the Cleveland Medal and ribbons bearing the surnames of pioneer families. The official leaflet identifies the medal as an award associated with the Manx Music Festival.<ref name="information-sheet">{{Cite
|title=MANX PIONEERS TO CLEVELAND, OHIO
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Manx-Pioneers-in-Cleveland-Ohio-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Manx-Pioneers-in-Cleveland-Ohio-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet accompanying the owned official cover.
|notes=The sheet prints the issue date as 14 March 1975 and describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

The stamp is inscribed “ISLE OF MAN – ELLAN VANNIN” and carries the anniversary dates 1825–1975. The illustration is a cancelled stamp detail from the [[Isle of Man – Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio – Official cover – 1975|owned official cover]].

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Courvoisier as printer. The stamps were printed by [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|photogravure]] on granite paper, perforated 11½, in sheets of 50 (5 × 10).<ref name="SG2022" />

The official information sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Helio Courvoisier. It specifies four colours, stamp size 29 × 48.2 mm, and sheets of ten rows of five. Its paper description records white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates.<ref name="information-sheet" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 473,352 stamps sold for this denomination. General withdrawal from sale was on 13 March 1976. The separate December 1975 sell-out statement applies to the 5½p value, [[IM-SG-60]], not this denomination. These are stamp sales and stock dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation dates.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-60]] — 5½p; Terminal Tower Building, John Gill and Robert Carran
* [[IM-SG-61]] — 8p; Clague House Museum and Robert and Margaret Clague
* [[IM-SG-62]] — 10p; S.S. ''William T. Graves'' and Thomas Quayle

== References ==

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