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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-82.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=82
|variant=
|issue-title=Douglas Horse Trams Centenary
|issue-date=26 May 1976
|withdrawn-date=25 May 1977 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=391,871
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=11p
|subject=Horse-bus serving Upper Douglas, 1895
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson (J. Nicholson in the catalogue)
|printer=Helio Courvoisier (Courvoisier in the catalogue)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Photogravure|Photogravure]]
|colour=Multicoloured; five colours (information leaflet)
|dimensions=29 × 46.2 mm, including perforations (information leaflet; printed order)
|perforation=11½ (catalogue); 11½ × 11¾ (information leaflet)
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Granite paper (catalogue); white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates (information leaflet)
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Official cover – 1976]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Cotswold cover – 1976]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Douglas Horse Trams Centenary – Mercury cover – 1976]]
|notes=Cancelled scan from the owned official cover. Sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The catalogue gives perforation 11½; the information leaflet gives 11½ × 11¾.
}}

This 11p stamp depicts the horse-bus serving Upper Douglas, 1895. It belongs to the four-stamp issue commemorating the centenary of the [[wikipedia:en:Douglas Bay Horse Tramway|Douglas horse-tram service]], issued on 26 May 1976.<ref name="leaflet">{{Cite|title=Douglas Horse-Trams Centenary|type=Issue information leaflet|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority|notes=Double-sided leaflet supplied with the owned official cover. Scans: [[:File:IM-Douglas-Horse-Trams-Centenary-1976-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-Douglas-Horse-Trams-Centenary-1976-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].}}</ref>

The catalogue records 391,871 stamps sold and withdrawal from sale on 25 May 1977.<ref name="SG">{{Cite Catalogue|author=Stanley Gibbons|title=Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue|publisher=Stanley Gibbons|section=Isle of Man|page=202|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons|catalogue-number=80–83|notes=Issue details transcribed from the collector’s catalogue; edition and publication year not supplied.}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The stamps were designed by J. H. Nicholson and printed in five colours by Helio Courvoisier using photogravure, in sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The information leaflet describes white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. It gives a size of 29 × 46.2 mm including perforations and perforation 11½ × 11¾; the catalogue describes granite paper and perforation 11½.<ref name="leaflet" /><ref name="SG" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-80]] — 5½p, first horse tram, 1876.
* [[IM-SG-81]] — 7p, toast-rack tram, 1890.
* [[IM-SG-83]] — 13p, Royal tram, 1972.

== References ==

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