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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-61.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=61
|variant=
|issue-title=Manx Pioneers in Cleveland, Ohio
|issue-date=14 March 1975
|withdrawn-date=13 March 1976 (general withdrawal from sale)
|quantity-sold=433352
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=8p
|subject=Clague House Museum and Robert and Margaret Clague
|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.
}}

'''SG61''' is the 8p 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=61
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

The design shows Clague House Museum beside portraits of Robert and Margaret Clague. The official leaflet describes their family’s farming and community connections in the Cleveland area.<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 433,352 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-59]] — 4½p; Manx Cabin School, Cleveland Medal and names of pioneer families
* [[IM-SG-60]] — 5½p; Terminal Tower Building, John Gill and Robert Carran
* [[IM-SG-62]] — 10p; S.S. ''William T. Graves'' and Thomas Quayle

== References ==

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