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{{FDC issue | {{FDC issue | ||
|fdc-image= | |fdc-image=IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-FDC.jpg | ||
|fdc-back-image= | |fdc-back-image=N/A | ||
|country=Isle of Man | |country=Isle of Man | ||
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]] | |country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man|IM]] | ||
|issue-title=Royal Wedding | |issue-title=Royal Wedding | ||
|issue-date=14 November 1973 | |issue-date=14 November 1973 | ||
|withdrawn-date=13 November 1974 ( | |withdrawn-date=13 November 1974 (SG 41 withdrawn from sale) | ||
|quantity-sold=400,813 | |quantity-sold=400,813 | ||
|sold-out= | |sold-out= | ||
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|theme=Royal wedding; Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips | |theme=Royal wedding; Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips | ||
|text-credit= | |text-credit= | ||
|designer=A. Larkins | |designer=A. S. Larkins | ||
|printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|De La Rue]] | |printer=[[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.]], Basingstoke, Hampshire | ||
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]] | |printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Lithography|Lithography]] (catalogue description) | ||
|colours=Multicoloured | |colours=Multicoloured; three colours | ||
|paper-gum= | |paper-gum=White paper; gum not specified | ||
|perforation=13½ | |perforation=13½ | ||
|stamp-dimensions= | |stamp-dimensions=52 × 36 mm, perforation to perforation | ||
|issue-format=Sheets | |issue-format=Sheets of 50 stamps (catalogue description) | ||
|cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue| | |cover-type=[[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|Official first day cover]] | ||
|cover-producer= | |cover-producer=[[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man Post Office|Isle of Man Post Office Authority]] | ||
|cover-reference= | |cover-reference= | ||
|limited-edition= | |limited-edition=No | ||
|edition-limit= | |edition-limit= | ||
|copy-number= | |copy-number= | ||
|cachet= | |cachet=Illustration of the west front of Westminster Abbey against a blue background, with “OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER”, the date 14 November 1973 and the Isle of Man Post Office Authority name. | ||
|addressed= | |addressed=Yes | ||
|postmark-type= | |postmark-type=Pictorial first day of issue handstamp | ||
|postmark-location= | |postmark-location=Douglas, Isle of Man | ||
|postmark-date= | |postmark-date=14 November 1973 | ||
|postmark-inscription= | |postmark-inscription=FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 14th NOVEMBER / 1973 / DOUGLAS I.O.M. | ||
|postmark-notes= | |postmark-notes=The design incorporates interlaced ornament linking alpha and omega symbols. The lower wording overlaps the recipient’s name. | ||
|postmark-image= | |postmark-image=IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-postmark.jpg | ||
|postmark-additional-image-1= | |postmark-additional-image-1= | ||
|postmark-additional-image-2= | |postmark-additional-image-2= | ||
|signed= | |signed=No | ||
|signed-by= | |signed-by= | ||
|signature-details= | |signature-details= | ||
|information-sheet= | |information-sheet=Yes | ||
|information-materials= | |information-materials=Single-sided information card | ||
|information-sheet-title= | |information-sheet-title=Royal Wedding stamp issue information card | ||
|information-sheet-image= | |information-sheet-image=IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-information-card-front.jpg | ||
|information-sheet-back-image= | |information-sheet-back-image=No | ||
|information-sheet-notes= | |information-sheet-notes=Describes the portrait sources, decorative motifs and technical details. The reverse is blank. | ||
|authenticity-certificate= | |authenticity-certificate=No | ||
|authenticity-certificate-image= | |authenticity-certificate-image= | ||
|authenticity-certificate-back-image= | |authenticity-certificate-back-image= | ||
|fdc-owned= | |fdc-owned=Yes | ||
|condition= | |condition= | ||
|collection-comment= | |collection-comment=Owned. Addressed cover with a blank reverse; accompanied by a single-sided information card. | ||
}} | }} | ||
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 | 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 [[IM-SG-41|SG 41]], and Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover for the issue.<ref name="SG2022-wedding">{{Cite Catalogue | ||
|author=Stanley Gibbons | |author=Stanley Gibbons | ||
|title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue | |title=Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue | ||
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|catalogue-number=41 | |catalogue-number=41 | ||
|isbn=978-1-911304-89-0 | |isbn=978-1-911304-89-0 | ||
|notes=Place of publication: Ringwood. | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Subject == | == Owned cover == | ||
The collection holds an addressed official first day cover produced by the [[wikipedia:en:Isle of Man Post Office|Isle of Man Post Office Authority]]. Its cachet depicts the west front of [[wikipedia:en:Westminster Abbey|Westminster Abbey]] against a blue background. The cover bears one 25p stamp and a pictorial Douglas first day of issue handstamp dated 14 November 1973. The handstamp incorporates interlaced ornament linking alpha and omega symbols; its lower wording overlaps the recipient’s name.<ref name="owned-wedding-cover">{{Cite | |||
|title=Royal Wedding official first day cover | |||
|type=First day cover | |||
|publisher=Isle of Man Post Office Authority | |||
|notes=Owned specimen, illustrated at [[:File:IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-FDC.jpg|cover scan]] and [[:File:IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-postmark.jpg|postmark detail]]. The cover is addressed and its reverse is blank. | |||
}}</ref> | |||
A single-sided information card accompanies the cover. Its reverse is blank.<ref name="wedding-card">{{Cite | |||
|title=Royal Wedding stamp issue information card | |||
|type=Information card | |||
|notes=Owned single-sided card, illustrated at [[:File:IM-Royal-Wedding-1973-information-card-front.jpg|information card scan]]. The card gives the stamp issue date as 14 November 1973; a separate publication date is not stated. | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Subject and design == | |||
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 | 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 | ||
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|publisher=Westminster Abbey | |publisher=Westminster Abbey | ||
|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii | |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-anne-daughter-of-elizabeth-ii | ||
|access-date= | |access-date=3 October 2026 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
According to the information card, the portraits are based on engagement photographs taken at Buckingham Palace on 30 May 1973. The portrait frames use a key-fret design associated with tenth-century Norse crosses, including the Olaf Liotulfson cross at Ballaugh. The interlaced ornaments beside the portraits draw on a late tenth-century crucifixion cross at Michael, Isle of Man.<ref name="wedding-card" /> | |||
== Production details == | == Production details == | ||
The | The catalogue credits the design to A. Larkins and identifies the printer as [[wikipedia:en:De La Rue|De La Rue]], using [[wikipedia:en:Lithography|lithography]]. It describes the stamp as multicoloured, with perforation 13½.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" /> | ||
The information card names A. S. Larkins as the engraver and Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, as the printer. It gives a stamp size of 52 × 36 mm, measured perforation to perforation, three colours and white paper. Gum is not specified. Its printing-process description is “Delacryl with one colour by the direct plate engraved process”.<ref name="wedding-card" /> | |||
The catalogue records sheets of | 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 == | == Sales and withdrawal == | ||
The catalogue records | 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" /> | |||
== Stamps | == Stamps on this cover == | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Notes | ! Notes | ||
{{FDC stamp row | {{FDC stamp row | ||
|image= | |image=IM-SG-41.jpg | ||
|identifier=IM-SG-41 | |identifier=IM-SG-41 | ||
|face-value=25p | |face-value=25p | ||
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|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]] | |format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]] | ||
|other-catalogues= | |other-catalogues= | ||
|notes=Quantity sold: 400,813. Withdrawn from sale on 13 November 1974.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" /> | |notes=Quantity sold: 400,813 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 13 November 1974.<ref name="SG2022-wedding" /> | ||
}} | }} | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 19:48, 3 October 2026
| FDC image | 
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|---|---|
| FDC reverse image | N/A |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Issue title | Royal Wedding |
| Date of issue | 14 November 1973 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 13 November 1974 (SG 41 withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 400,813 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Wedding |
| Theme or subject | Royal wedding; Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips |
| Text credit | |
| Designer or artist | A. S. Larkins |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| Printing process | Lithography (catalogue description) |
| Colours | Multicoloured; three colours |
| Paper and gum | White paper; gum not specified |
| Perforation | 13½ |
| Stamp dimensions | 52 × 36 mm, perforation to perforation |
| Issue format | Sheets of 50 stamps (catalogue description) |
| Number of stamps | 1 |
| Cover type | Official first day cover |
| Cover producer | Isle of Man Post Office Authority |
| Cover reference | |
| Limited edition | No |
| Edition limit | N/A |
| Copy number | N/A |
| Cachet or cover design | Illustration of the west front of Westminster Abbey against a blue background, with “OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER”, the date 14 November 1973 and the Isle of Man Post Office Authority name. |
| Addressed | Yes |
| Postmark type | Pictorial first day of issue handstamp |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 14 November 1973 |
| Postmark inscription | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / 14th NOVEMBER / 1973 / DOUGLAS I.O.M. |
| Postmark notes | The design incorporates interlaced ornament linking alpha and omega symbols. The lower wording overlaps the recipient’s name. |
| Postmark image |
|
| Signed | No |
| Signed by | N/A |
| Signature details | N/A |
| Information sheet included | Yes |
| Information materials | Single-sided information card |
| Information sheet title | Royal Wedding stamp issue information card |
| Information sheet image | 
|
| Information sheet reverse image | N/A |
| Information sheet notes | Describes the portrait sources, decorative motifs and technical details. The reverse is blank. |
| Certificate of authenticity included | No |
| Certificate of authenticity image | N/A |
| Certificate of authenticity reverse image | N/A |
| FDC owned | Yes |
| Condition | |
| Collection Comment | Owned. Addressed cover with a blank reverse; accompanied by a single-sided information card. |
The Isle of Man issued a 25p stamp on 14 November 1973 to commemorate the wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips. The stamp is catalogued as SG 41, and Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover for the issue.[1]
Owned cover
The collection holds an addressed official first day cover produced by the Isle of Man Post Office Authority. Its cachet depicts the west front of Westminster Abbey against a blue background. The cover bears one 25p stamp and a pictorial Douglas first day of issue handstamp dated 14 November 1973. The handstamp incorporates interlaced ornament linking alpha and omega symbols; its lower wording overlaps the recipient’s name.[2]
A single-sided information card accompanies the cover. Its reverse is blank.[3]
Subject and design
The stamp depicts Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.[1] Their wedding took place at Westminster Abbey on 14 November 1973, the same date as the stamp issue.[4]
According to the information card, the portraits are based on engagement photographs taken at Buckingham Palace on 30 May 1973. The portrait frames use a key-fret design associated with tenth-century Norse crosses, including the Olaf Liotulfson cross at Ballaugh. The interlaced ornaments beside the portraits draw on a late tenth-century crucifixion cross at Michael, Isle of Man.[3]
Production details
The catalogue credits the design to A. Larkins and identifies the printer as De La Rue, using lithography. It describes the stamp as multicoloured, with perforation 13½.[1]
The information card names A. S. Larkins as the engraver and Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, as the printer. It gives a stamp size of 52 × 36 mm, measured perforation to perforation, three colours and white paper. Gum is not specified. Its printing-process description is “Delacryl with one colour by the direct plate engraved process”.[3]
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.[1]
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.[1]
The stamp was withdrawn from sale on 13 November 1974. The withdrawal date refers to the stamp, rather than the physical cover.[1]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
IM-SG-41 | 25p | Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips | Stamp | Quantity sold: 400,813 stamps. Withdrawn from sale on 13 November 1974.[1]
|
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.p. 199.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 41.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Royal Wedding official first day cover(First day cover).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Owned specimen, illustrated at cover scan and postmark detail. The cover is addressed and its reverse is blank.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Royal Wedding stamp issue information card(Information card).Owned single-sided card, illustrated at information card scan. The card gives the stamp issue date as 14 November 1973; a separate publication date is not stated.
- ↑ “Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II”. Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 3 October 2026.