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Related stamps

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	== Related stamps ==		== Related stamps ==

			* [[IM-SG-D1]] — ½p
			* [[IM-SG-D2]] — 1p
	* [[IM-SG-D3]] — 2p		* [[IM-SG-D3]] — 2p
			* [[IM-SG-D3a]] — 2p; positive offset of red printing on back
	* [[IM-SG-D5]] — 4p		* [[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=D4
|variant=Standard listing; printings (a) and (b)
|issue-title=Postage due stamps
|issue-date=5 July 1973
|withdrawn-date=
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=Printing (a): between 13 August and 10 September 1973; printing (b): by May 1975
|year=1973
|face-value=3p
|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 grey
|dimensions=
|perforation=14½ × 13½
|watermark=
|paper-gum=
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=
|notes=Sheets of 100 (10 × 10). Plate numbers: 1A and 1B, each ×3. No first day cover is listed in the cited catalogue entry.
}}

'''SG D4''' is the 3p red, black and grey stamp in the first Isle of Man [[wikipedia:en:Postage due|postage due]] series. The catalogue records two printings, beginning with printing (a) on 5 July 1973.<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=D4
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

Questa designed and printed the issue using [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]]. Perforation is 14½ × 13½. Sheets contained 100 stamps (10 × 10), with imprints in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin and the left-hand corner of the top margin. The plate numbers were 1A and 1B, each ×3.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Catalogue printings ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Printing
! Catalogue date
! Identification
|-
| (a)
| 5 July 1973
| No letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp
|-
| (b)
| 1 September 1973
| Letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp
|}

The catalogue records examples of printing (b) used from mid-August 1973 onwards, earlier than its listed date of 1 September. The printing letters are catalogue reference codes, not suffixes to SG D4.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Sold out ==

For printing (a), the catalogue gives a series-level sold-out range of 13 August to 10 September 1973, without a separate date for this denomination. Printing (b) of the 3p value had sold out by May 1975. These statements do not establish formal withdrawal from sale or invalidation for postage.<ref name="SG2022" />

== Related stamps ==

* [[IM-SG-D3]] — 2p
* [[IM-SG-D5]] — 4p

== References ==

<references />

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