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Created page with "{{Stamp |image=IM-SG-97.jpg |country=Isle of Man |country-code=IM |catalogue=Stanley Gibbons |catalogue-number=97 |variant= |issue-title=Europa – Landscapes |issue-date=26 May 1977 |withdrawn-date=25 May 1978 (withdrawn from sale) |quantity-sold=778,685 |sold-out= |year=1977 |face-value=6p |subject=Carrick Bay from 'Tom-the-Dipper' |stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]..."

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{{Stamp
|image=IM-SG-97.jpg
|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|catalogue=[[wikipedia:en:Stanley Gibbons catalogue|Stanley Gibbons]]
|catalogue-number=97
|variant=
|issue-title=Europa – Landscapes
|issue-date=26 May 1977
|withdrawn-date=25 May 1978 (withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=778,685
|sold-out=
|year=1977
|face-value=6p
|subject=Carrick Bay from 'Tom-the-Dipper'
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Thematic issue
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S.
|printer=The House of Questa
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Multicoloured; five colours according to the information sheet
|dimensions=24.13 × 60.96 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=13½ × 14 (catalogue); information sheet states 14 per 2 cm
|watermark=
|paper-gum=P.V.A. gum
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Europa – Landscapes – Official cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Europa – Landscapes – Fleetwood cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Europa – Landscapes – Mercury cover – 1977]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Europa – Landscapes – Stuart cover – 1977]]
|notes=Sheets of 40 (two panes of 4 × 5). Imprints: right-hand corner of bottom margin and left-hand corner of top margin. Plate numbers: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D (each × 4). The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the collector’s official cover.
}}

This 6p stamp was issued on 26 May 1977 as part of the Isle of Man [[wikipedia:en:Europa postage stamp|Europa]] Landscapes issue.<ref name="SG2022-203">{{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=203
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=97–98
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The information sheet describes the 6p view as Carrick Bay from Tom-the-Dipper’s, a site on the southern slopes near the road to [[wikipedia:en:South Barrule|South Barrule]]. The site takes its name from [[wikipedia:en:Thomas Shimmin|Thomas Shimmin]], a cobbler, preacher and poet known as Tom the Dipper. It explains that he and his wife Ellen built a cottage there, and associates the view with his poem The Cottage in the Heather.<ref name="information-sheet">{{Cite
|title=EUROPA '77 — Theme: Landscapes
|type=Information sheet
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority
|notes=Two-sided information sheet accompanying the collector's owned official cover. Scans: [[:File:IM-Europa-Landscapes-1977-information-sheet.jpg|front]] and [[:File:IM-Europa-Landscapes-1977-information-sheet-back.jpg|reverse]].
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The accompanying information sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., as designer and The House of Questa as printer, using lithography. It gives a stamp size of 24.13 × 60.96 mm, five colours for each value and P.V.A. gum.<ref name="information-sheet" />

The catalogue gives perforation 13½ × 14.<ref name="SG2022-203" /> The information sheet gives the less detailed wording “14 per 2 cm”.<ref name="information-sheet" />

The stamps were printed in sheets of 40, in two panes of 4 × 5. Imprints occur in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin and the left-hand corner of the top margin. The plate numbers listed for this value are 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D (each × 4).<ref name="SG2022-203" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records 778,685 sold of this stamp. It was withdrawn from sale on 25 May 1978.<ref name="SG2022-203" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-98]] — 10p, Looking south from Mooragh Park, [[wikipedia:en:Ramsey, Isle of Man|Ramsey]].

== References ==

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IM-SG-97 - Revision history

PhantomSteve at 18:42, 29 October 2026