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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=MS79
|variant=
|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|withdrawn-date=11 March 1977 (withdrawn from sale)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=209367
|sold-out=
|year=1976
|face-value=45½p (total of 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p)
|subject=Miniature sheet containing the four William Christian designs, SG75–78
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Miniature sheet|Miniature sheet]]
|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=150 × 90 mm (catalogue); 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm (information sheet)
|perforation=14
|watermark=
|paper-gum=Coated paper, 102 g/m² (information sheet); gum not specified
|other-catalogues=
|fdc-pages=[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Official miniature sheet cover – 1976]]<br>[[Isle of Man – Bicentenary of American Revolution and Colonel William Christian Commemoration – Mercury miniature sheet cover – 1976]]
|notes=No collection scan has been supplied.
}}

The miniature sheet contains one each of the 5½p, 7p, 13p and 20p designs, in a horizontal row, with illustrated margins. Its combined face value is 45½p. The catalogue lists it separately as MS79 and gives perforation 14.<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=MS79
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
}}</ref>

The catalogue describes [[IM-SG-MS79|MS79]] as 150 × 90 mm and containing the four designs SG75–78. The information sheet gives 6 × 3½ inches, equivalent to 152.4 × 88.9 mm. Both stated sizes are retained with their sources rather than treated as exact equivalents. The miniature sheet has perforation 14, distinct from the ordinary stamps’ 13½.<ref name="SG2022-Christian" /><ref name="Christian-sheet" />

No suitable miniature-sheet scan has been supplied for publication on the wiki. The wanted-cover photographs remain private reference images.

== Constituent stamp designs ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-75.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-75]] || 5½p || [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] listening to [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-76.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-76]] || 7p || Conveying the [[wikipedia:en:Fincastle Resolutions|Fincastle Resolutions]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-77.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-77]] || 13p || [[wikipedia:en:Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry]] and [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|-
| [[File:IM-SG-78.jpg|frameless|100px]] || [[IM-SG-78]] || 20p || [[wikipedia:en:William Christian (Virginia politician)|William Christian]] as an Indian fighter || Stamp within a miniature sheet || || Design illustration scanned from the owned ordinary stamp-set cover; this is not a scan of the perforation-14 stamp in the miniature sheet.
|}

== 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 ==

The catalogue records 209,367 miniature sheets sold. 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-77a]] — 13p; black face value and inscriptions printed double
* [[IM-SG-78]] — 20p; Christian as an Indian fighter

== References ==

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