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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=77a
|variant=Black face value and inscriptions printed double
|issue-title=Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration
|issue-date=12 March 1976
|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=13p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]]
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Waddingtons Studio (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printer=John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; four colours (information sheet)
|dimensions=Approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm, including perforations (information sheet; printed order)
|perforation=13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=
|notes=No collection scan has been supplied.
}}

The catalogue’s suffix a follows SG77, giving the complete identifier SG77a. It records the 13p stamp with the black face value and inscriptions printed double. The issue date is the parent issue’s release date, not a separately established discovery or error-release date.<ref name="SG2022-Christian">{{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=77a
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

No example of this variety has been supplied or identified among the owned scans. The ordinary [[IM-SG-77]] illustration is not used as an image of the error. A separate quantity sold for the variety is not given; the main SG77 sales figure is not assigned to SG77a.

== Design and production ==

The catalogue credits John Waddington with design and [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithographic printing]]. The information sheet supplies the fuller credits Waddingtons Studio and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It specifies four colours and coated paper weighing 102 g/m². No gum specification is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

The ordinary stamps are perforated 13½; the information sheet states 13½ × 13½. The miniature sheet is perforated 14, stated as 14 × 14 on the sheet. The stated stamp size is 1.1 × 1.75 inches including perforations, approximately 27.94 × 44.45 mm in the printed order.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

Ordinary sheets contain 50 stamps in two panes of 25, each 5 × 5, with a gutter between panes. The catalogue lists plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. These are production records, not plate markings identified on these individual examples.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

<ref name="Christian-sheet">{{Cite
|title=American Revolution Bicentennial 1776–1976 — Commemorating Col. William Christian
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|reference=[[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet.jpg|Front]] and [[:File:IM-American-Revolution-and-Colonel-William-Christian-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]] of the sheet held with the collector’s [[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official stamp set cover – 1976]].
|notes=The sheet gives 12 March 1976 as the issue date. The front provides a biography; the reverse describes the designs and technical details.
}}</ref>

== Sales and withdrawal ==

No separate sales figure is supplied for SG77a. Withdrawal from sale is recorded as 11 March 1977. No separate sold-out date or postal-invalidation date is supplied.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-75]] — 5½p; William Christian listening to Patrick Henry
* [[IM-SG-76]] — 7p; conveying the Fincastle Resolutions
* [[IM-SG-77]] — 13p; Patrick Henry and William Christian
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter
* [[IM-SG-MS79]] — Miniature sheet containing SG75–78; perforation 14

== References ==

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IM-SG-77a - Revision history