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|quantity-sold=400,813
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|theme=Royal wedding; Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips
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The Isle of Man issued a '''25p stamp''' on '''14 November 1973''' to commemorate the [[wikipedia:en:Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips|wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips]]. The stamp is catalogued as '''SG41''', and a first day cover was issued.<ref name="SG2022-wedding">{{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=41
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0
}}</ref>

== Subject ==

The stamp depicts [[wikipedia:en:Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] and [[wikipedia:en:Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]].<ref name="SG2022-wedding" /> Their wedding took place at Westminster Abbey on 14 November 1973, the same date as the stamp issue.<ref name="Anne-wedding">{{Cite web
|title=Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
|publisher=Westminster Abbey
|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii
|access-date=2 October 2026
}}</ref>

== Production details ==

The stamp was designed by '''A. Larkins''' and printed by '''De La Rue''' using lithography. It is multicoloured, with perforation '''13½'''.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

The catalogue records sheets of '''50 stamps'''. Plate numbers are '''1A and 1B (each × 4)'''. The imprint is in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

== Sales and withdrawal ==

The catalogue records '''400,813''' sold for the 25p stamp. This is the stamp quantity shown in the details table, rather than a quantity of first day covers.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

The stamp was withdrawn from sale on '''13 November 1974'''. The withdrawal date refers to the stamp, rather than the physical cover.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />

== Collection record ==

This is a wanted cover. No scans or details of a particular physical cover are currently available.

== Stamps in this issue ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=
|identifier=IM-SG-41
|face-value=25p
|subject=[[wikipedia:en:Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] and [[wikipedia:en:Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]]
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Quantity sold: 400,813. Withdrawn from sale on 13 November 1974.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" />
}}
|}

== References ==

<references />

Isle of Man – Royal Wedding – 1973 - Revision history

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