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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=
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|country=Isle of Man
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]]
|issue-title=Historical Anniversaries
|issue-date=18 September 1974
|withdrawn-date=17 September 1975 (SG 50–53 withdrawn from sale)
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=1974
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
|stamp-subtype=Anniversary
|theme=Manx history; monarchy; Rushen Abbey; ecclesiastical history
|text-credit=
|designer=J. Nicholson, from ideas by G. Kneale
|printer=Questa (3½p and 10p); [[wikipedia:en:Waddingtons|John Waddington]] (4½p and 8p)
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]]
|colours=Multicoloured
|paper-gum=
|perforation=14
|stamp-dimensions=
|issue-format=Four stamps, each issued in sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5)
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|First day cover]]
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|limited-edition=No
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|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
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|information-sheet=Yes
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|collection-comment=Wanted. Catalogue-based record; no cover specimen or scans are currently held in the collection.
}}

The Isle of Man issued the '''Historical Anniversaries''' stamp set on '''18 September 1974'''. It comprised four commemorative stamps, catalogued as [[IM-SG-50|SG 50]] to [[IM-SG-53|SG 53]]. Stanley Gibbons records that a first day cover was issued.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries">{{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=199
|catalogue=Stanley Gibbons
|catalogue-number=50–53
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood.
}}</ref>

This page records the cover as a wanted item. No particular envelope, cachet, producer or cancellation has yet been documented from a physical specimen.

== Stamp subjects ==

The catalogue describes the four designs as:

* [[IM-SG-50|3½p]] — [[wikipedia:en:Rushen Abbey|Rushen Abbey]] and arms.
* [[IM-SG-51|4½p]] — Magnus Haraldson rowing [[wikipedia:en:Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] on the [[wikipedia:en:River Dee, Wales|Dee]].
* [[IM-SG-52|8p]] — King Magnus and a Norse fleet.
* [[IM-SG-53|10p]] — a bridge at [[wikipedia:en:Avignon|Avignon]] and a bishop’s [[wikipedia:en:Mitre|mitre]].<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />

== Design and production ==

The stamps were designed by J. Nicholson from ideas by G. Kneale. The 3½p and 10p values were printed by Questa; the 4½p and 8p values were printed by [[wikipedia:en:Waddingtons|John Waddington]]. All four stamps were printed using [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]], are multicoloured and are perforated 14.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />

Each denomination was issued in sheets of 50 stamps, comprising two panes of 25 arranged 5 × 5. For all four values, the catalogue records plate numbers 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, each ×4. Imprints appear in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin and the left-hand corner of the top margin.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

Stanley Gibbons records the following quantities sold:

{| class="wikitable"
! Stamp
! Face value
! Quantity sold
|-
| [[IM-SG-50]]
| 3½p
| 931,610
|-
| [[IM-SG-51]]
| 4½p
| 1,025,044
|-
| [[IM-SG-52]]
| 8p
| 450,418
|-
| [[IM-SG-53]]
| 10p
| 425,305
|}

These figures refer to individual stamps, not first day covers. All four stamps were withdrawn from sale on 17 September 1975.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />

== Stamps in this issue ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=
|identifier=IM-SG-50
|face-value=3½p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Rushen Abbey|Rushen Abbey]] and arms
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Printed by Questa. Quantity sold: 931,610 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 17 September 1975.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=
|identifier=IM-SG-51
|face-value=4½p
|subject=Magnus Haraldson rows [[wikipedia:en:Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] on the [[wikipedia:en:River Dee, Wales|Dee]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Printed by John Waddington. Quantity sold: 1,025,044 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 17 September 1975.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=
|identifier=IM-SG-52
|face-value=8p
|subject=King Magnus and Norse fleet
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Printed by John Waddington. Quantity sold: 450,418 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 17 September 1975.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=
|identifier=IM-SG-53
|face-value=10p
|subject=Bridge at [[wikipedia:en:Avignon|Avignon]] and bishop’s [[wikipedia:en:Mitre|mitre]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Printed by Questa. Quantity sold: 425,305 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 17 September 1975.<ref name="SG2022-anniversaries" />
}}
|}

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Historical Anniversaries – 1974 - Revision history