IM-SG-D3a - Revision history

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	\|notes=Listed variety of SG D3. The supplied catalogue entry does not identify its printing or give a separate issue or sold-out date. No first day cover ~~is listed for~~ the ~~issue~~.		\|notes=Listed variety of SG D3. The supplied catalogue entry does not identify its printing or give a separate issue or sold-out date. The cited catalogue entry does not list a first day cover; this variety has not been identified on the covers recorded here.
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Related stamp

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	For the ordinary D3 stamp, printing (a) is dated 5 July 1973 and printing (b) is dated 1 September 1973. Printing (b) has a letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp; examples are recorded used from mid-August onwards. The supplied entry does not specify which printing produced D3a or give this variety a separate date.<ref name="SG2022" />		For the ordinary D3 stamp, printing (a) is dated 5 July 1973 and printing (b) is dated 1 September 1973. Printing (b) has a letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp; examples are recorded used from mid-August onwards. The supplied entry does not specify which printing produced D3a or give this variety a separate date.<ref name="SG2022" />

	== Related ~~stamp~~ ==		== Related stamps ==

	* [[IM-SG-D3]] — ordinary 2p listing~~, covering printings (a) and (b)~~		* [[IM-SG-D1]] — ½p
			* [[IM-SG-D2]] — 1p
			* [[IM-SG-D3]] — ordinary 2p listing
			* [[IM-SG-D4]] — 3p
			* [[IM-SG-D5]] — 4p
			* [[IM-SG-D6]] — 5p
			* [[IM-SG-D7]] — 10p
			* [[IM-SG-D8]] — 20p

	== References ==		== References ==

	<references />		<references />

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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=D3a
|variant=Positive offset of red printing on back
|issue-title=Postage due stamps
|issue-date=
|withdrawn-date=
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1973
|face-value=2p
|subject=
|stamp-type=Special-purpose
|stamp-subtype=[[wikipedia:en:Postage due|Postage due]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|designer=Questa
|printer=Questa
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colour=Red, black and light apple-green
|dimensions=
|perforation=14½ × 13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=
|notes=Listed variety of SG D3. The supplied catalogue entry does not identify its printing or give a separate issue or sold-out date. No first day cover is listed for the issue.
}}

'''SG D3a''' is the listed variety of the 2p red, black and light apple-green Isle of Man [[wikipedia:en:Postage due|postage due]] stamp, with a positive offset of the red printing on the back.<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 — Postage due stamps
|page=373
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=D3a
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

The underlying stamp, [[IM-SG-D3|SG D3]], belongs to the first Manx postage due series, designed and printed by Questa using [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]]. Perforation is 14½ × 13½. The issue was produced in sheets of 100 (10 × 10), with plate numbers 1A and 1B, each ×3. Imprints appear in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin and the left-hand corner of the top margin.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Catalogue identification ==

The suffix a in '''D3a''' identifies the separately listed offset variety. It is distinct from the catalogue's printing reference (a).<ref name="SG2022" />

For the ordinary D3 stamp, printing (a) is dated 5 July 1973 and printing (b) is dated 1 September 1973. Printing (b) has a letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp; examples are recorded used from mid-August onwards. The supplied entry does not specify which printing produced D3a or give this variety a separate date.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Related stamp ==

* [[IM-SG-D3]] — ordinary 2p listing, covering printings (a) and (b)

== References ==

<references />