IM-SG-D3a
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| Identifier | IM-SG-D3a |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | D3a |
| Variant | Positive offset of red printing on back |
| Issue title | Postage due stamps |
| Date of issue | |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | Not specified
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| Face value | 2p |
| Subject or design | |
| Stamp type | Special-purpose |
| Stamp subtype | Postage due |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | Questa |
| Printer | Questa |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Red, black and light apple-green |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 14½ × 13½ |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | |
| Notes | Listed variety of SG D3. The supplied catalogue entry does not identify its printing or give a separate issue or sold-out date. No first day cover is listed for the issue. |
SG D3a is the listed variety of the 2p red, black and light apple-green Isle of Man postage due stamp, with a positive offset of the red printing on the back.[1]
The underlying stamp, SG D3, belongs to the first Manx postage due series, designed and printed by Questa using lithography. Perforation is 14½ × 13½. The issue was produced in sheets of 100 (10 × 10), with plate numbers 1A and 1B, each ×3. Imprints appear in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin and the left-hand corner of the top margin.[1]
Catalogue identification
The suffix a in D3a identifies the separately listed offset variety. It is distinct from the catalogue's printing reference (a).[1]
For the ordinary D3 stamp, printing (a) is dated 5 July 1973 and printing (b) is dated 1 September 1973. Printing (b) has a letter A added after 1973 at the foot of the stamp; examples are recorded used from mid-August onwards. The supplied entry does not specify which printing produced D3a or give this variety a separate date.[1]
Related stamp
- IM-SG-D3 — ordinary 2p listing, covering printings (a) and (b)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man — Postage due stamps.p. 373.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): D3a.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.