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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-71.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=71
|variant=
|issue-title=Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible
|issue-date=29 October 1975
|withdrawn-date=28 October 1976 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=738774
|sold-out=
|year=1975
|face-value=5½p
|subject=Title page of the [[wikipedia:en:Bible translations into Manx|Manx Bible]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue)
|printer=Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. (information sheet); Questa (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm (converted from the information sheet, in its printed order)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=White paper with PVA gum (information sheet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1975]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Cotswold cover – 1975]]
|notes=Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official cover.
}}

'''SG71''' is the 5½p stamp in the Isle of Man '''Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible''' issue, released on '''29 October 1975'''.<ref name="SG2022-Bible">{{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=201
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=71
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Design ==

An open volume shows the title page of the Manx Bible, identified by the information sheet as the 5½p subject.<ref name="Bible-sheet">{{Cite
|title=THE BI-CENTENARY OF THE MANX BIBLE — 1775–1975
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-Christmas-and-Bicentenary-of-Manx-Bible-1975-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].
|notes=The front gives the issue date as 29 October 1975 and translation history; the reverse continues the history, identifies the designs and provides production details.
}}</ref>

The illustration is a cancelled detail from the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Christmas and Bicentenary of Manx Bible – Official cover – 1975]].<ref name="Bible-stamp">{{Cite
|title=IM-SG-71
|type=Stamp scan
|reference=[[:File:IM-SG-71.jpg|Cancelled stamp detail]] supplied by the collector.
|notes=The image comes from the owned official first day cover.
}}</ref>

== Production ==

The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and Questa as printer, with multicoloured stamps printed by [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]] and perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

The official information sheet supplies the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I. and Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. It specifies four colours, white paper with PVA gum, and perforation 14 per 2 cm. Its printed dimensions of 1.0079 × 1.5148 inches convert to approximately 25.60 × 38.48 mm; the order follows the sheet without assigning width and height labels.<ref name="Bible-sheet" />

Both sources give sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" /><ref name="Bible-sheet" />

The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are catalogue production records, not plate markings identified on the individual stamps shown here.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 738,774 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 28 October 1976. These are stamp-sales figures and dates, not first day cover sales or postal-invalidation information.<ref name="SG2022-Bible" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-72]] — 7p; [[wikipedia:en:Philip Moore (scholar)|Reverend Philip Moore]] and [[wikipedia:en:Ballaugh#Churches and chapels|Ballaugh Old Church]]
* [[IM-SG-73]] — 11p; [[wikipedia:en:Mark Hiddesley|Bishop Hildesley]] and [[wikipedia:en:Bishopscourt, Isle of Man|Bishops Court]]
* [[IM-SG-74]] — 13p; [[wikipedia:en:John Kelly (scholar)|John Kelly]] saving the Bible manuscript

== References ==

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IM-SG-71 - Revision history