IM-SG-32
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-32 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 32 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives |
| Date of issue | 5 July 1973 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
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| Face value | 50p |
| Subject or design | Manx shearwater |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. Nicholson |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured |
| Dimensions | 28 × 33 mm, including perforation[1] |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | No watermark |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper; thick shiny gum on printing (a); matt, almost invisible gum on later listed printing |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – 1973 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 – Mercury cover – 1973 |
| Notes | Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes. |
SG 32 is the 50p Manx shearwater stamp in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, first issued on 5 July 1973.[2]
The design is credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure in multiple colours on granite paper without a watermark. Perforation is 11½, and sheets contain 50 stamps (10 × 5).[2]
The issue information card for the four high values records stamp dimensions of 28 × 33 mm including perforation, five colours and special gumming for tropical climates. It credits artwork design to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. The card describes sheets of 50 as five stamps per row and ten rows (5 × 10), differing from the catalogue's 10 × 5 description; both source descriptions are retained pending clarification.[1]
Catalogue printings
The catalogue records the following printings.[2]
| Catalogue printing | Date | Gum | Inscribed year |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 5 July 1973 | Thick shiny gum | 1973 |
| (n) | 7 July 1977 | Matt, almost invisible gum | 1973 |
These printing letters are reference codes within the catalogue. They do not create additional SG-numbered variants. The inscribed year is not necessarily the year of printing.
Withdrawal
The catalogue records general withdrawal of the issue on 31 December 1978. These are withdrawal-from-sale dates; the cited entry does not give a date of postal invalidation.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Isle of Man Definitive Postage Stamps(Information card).Reference: Scan of the information card.Issue date printed as 5 July 1973. Describes the 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 stamps. Original held with the official covers in the collection.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man — Independent postal administration.pp. 197–198.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 32.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
