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	This is the phosphor-omitted error of [[IM-SG-5]], whose normal form has one centre phosphor band. The underlying stamp was issued on 4 September 1968; the catalogue entry supplies no separate date for the error.<ref name="SG2022" />		This is the phosphor-omitted error of [[IM-SG-5]], whose normal form has one centre phosphor band. The underlying stamp was issued on 4 September 1968; the catalogue entry supplies no separate date for the error.<ref name="SG2022" />

			The design is credited to John Hobson Nicholson, with the portrait credited to [[wikipedia:en:Dorothy Wilding\|Dorothy Wilding Ltd.]]. The stamps were printed by [[wikipedia:en:Harrison and Sons\|Harrison and Sons]] using [[wikipedia:en:Photogravure\|photogravure]].<ref name="SG2022" />

	The stamp is printed on chalk-surfaced paper without a watermark and is perforated 15 × 14. The sheet format is 240 stamps (12 × 20).<ref name="SG2022" />		The stamp is printed on chalk-surfaced paper without a watermark and is perforated 15 × 14. The sheet format is 240 stamps (12 × 20).<ref name="SG2022" />

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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=5Ey
|variant=Phosphor omitted
|issue-title=Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives — no watermark
|issue-date=
|withdrawn-date=14 March 1971 (withdrawn from sale locally); 25 November 1971 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters); 1 March 1972 (invalidated for postage)
|year=
|face-value=4d
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]; Isle of Man [[wikipedia:en:Country definitives|regional definitive]] design
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Definitive stamp|Definitive]]
|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Country definitives|Regional definitive]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=
|printer=
|printing-process=
|colour=Olive-sepia
|dimensions=
|perforation=15 × 14
|watermark=No watermark
|paper-gum=Chalk-surfaced paper; gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=
|notes=Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, page 197. The catalogue does not give a separate issue date for this error; the date and year fields are left blank.
}}

'''SG 5Ey''' is a listed error of the 4d olive-sepia Isle of Man [[wikipedia:en:Country definitives|regional definitive]] depicting [[wikipedia:en:Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<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 — Regional issues
|page=197
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=5Ey
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

This is the phosphor-omitted error of [[IM-SG-5]], whose normal form has one centre phosphor band. The underlying stamp was issued on 4 September 1968; the catalogue entry supplies no separate date for the error.<ref name="SG2022" />

The stamp is printed on chalk-surfaced paper without a watermark and is perforated 15 × 14. The sheet format is 240 stamps (12 × 20).<ref name="SG2022" />

The catalogue records withdrawal of the 4d denomination locally on 14 March 1971 and at British Philatelic Counters on 25 November 1971. The stamp ceased to be valid for postage on 1 March 1972, under the catalogue’s invalidation statement for Isle of Man SG 1–7.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-5]]

== References ==

<references />

IM-SG-5Ey - Revision history

PhantomSteve at 23:17, 22 September 2026