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== Related first day covers == | == Related first day covers == | ||
* [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971 | * [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971]] | ||
* [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Cotswold cover – 1971 | * [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Cotswold cover – 1971]] | ||
* [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Manx-language map cover – 1971 | * [[Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Manx-language map cover – 1971]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 16 October 2026
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| FDC reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Issue title | Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency |
| Date of issue | 7 July 1971 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 5 July 1973 (invalidated in the Isle of Man, subject to transitional acceptance); 7 July 1973 (withdrawn locally); 4 July 1974 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters)
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| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Regional definitive |
| Theme or subject | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitives; decimal currency |
| Text credit | |
| Designer or artist | Jeffery Matthews; portrait after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin |
| Printer | Harrison and Sons |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colours | Bright magenta; ultramarine; reddish violet; chestnut |
| Paper and gum | Chalk-surfaced paper; originally cream paper; gum not specified |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Stamp dimensions | |
| Issue format | Sheets of 200 (10 × 20) |
| Number of stamps | 4 |
| Cover type | Official first day cover |
| Cover producer | Post Office |
| Cover reference | |
| Limited edition | No |
| Edition limit | N/A |
| Copy number | N/A |
| Cachet or cover design | Landscape within a border of yellow flowers and foliage, with a Three Legs of Man shield above and “REGIONAL ISSUE” and “Isle of Man” lettering below. |
| Addressed | Yes |
| Postmark type | Special handstamp |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 7 July 1971 |
| Postmark inscription | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE; 7 JULY 1971; DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN |
| Postmark notes | The Isle of Man reference example bears the pictorial Douglas first day cancellation with the Three Legs of Man. The stamps are arranged in a two-by-two group; part of the cover is obscured by another cover in the supplied montage. |
| Postmark image |
No postmark image uploaded
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| Signed | No |
| Signed by | N/A |
| Signature details | N/A |
| Information sheet included | Yes |
| Information materials | |
| Information sheet title | |
| Information sheet image | No image uploaded |
| Information sheet reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
| Information sheet notes | |
| Certificate of authenticity included | No |
| Certificate of authenticity image | N/A |
| Certificate of authenticity reverse image | N/A |
| FDC owned | No |
| Condition | |
| Collection Comment | Wanted cover. Address status and cachet description are based on the reference example, not an owned specimen. |
This wanted first day cover is the GPO landscape cover version of the four decimal-currency Isle of Man regional definitives issued on 7 July 1971. The stamps are the 2½p, 3p, 5p and 7½p values, numbered SG 8–11.[1]
The supplied montage shows four regional landscape covers. The Isle of Man example is at the lower left: its cachet depicts a landscape within yellow flowers and foliage, with a Three Legs of Man shield above and “REGIONAL ISSUE” and “Isle of Man” lettering below. The small landscape caption is not sufficiently clear to identify the depicted location. The example is addressed and bears the pictorial Douglas first day cancellation. Part of its right-hand area is obscured by the Northern Ireland cover in the montage.[2]
The contributor identifies this as a GPO cover, with confirmation from page 278 of Adrian Bradbury’s 2022 catalogue.[3] It is a different design from the collection’s turquoise-panel Post Office cover.
The Post Office information card held with the collection’s separate turquoise-panel cover identifies the stamp designer as Jeffery Matthews.[4] The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin. Harrison and Sons printed the stamps by photogravure on chalk-surfaced paper, perforated 15 × 14, in sheets of 200 (10 × 20). The 2½p stamp has one centre phosphor band, while the other three values have two bands.[1]
All four values were initially issued on cream paper. The 2½p and 3p later appeared on white fluorescent paper; the supplied catalogue entry does not give dates for those later appearances. Phosphor-omitted errors are listed separately as SG 8y and SG 10y. They are not included in the standard four-stamp cover listing.[1]
The catalogue records invalidation of SG 8–11 for use in the Isle of Man from 5 July 1973, with transitional acceptance for the prepayment of postage on letters from the island until 5 August 1973. It separately records withdrawal from local sale on 7 July 1973 and from British Philatelic Counters on 4 July 1974. The regional stamps remained valid for use in the rest of the United Kingdom at that time.[1]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
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IM-SG-8 | 2½p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Bright magenta; one centre phosphor band. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-9 | 3p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Ultramarine; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-10 | 5p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Reddish violet; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-11 | 7½p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Chestnut; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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Related first day covers
- Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971
- Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Cotswold cover – 1971
- Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Manx-language map cover – 1971
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 — Regional issues.p. 197.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 8–11.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Isle of Man decimal regional definitive first day cover — GPO landscape cover(Reference image of a first day cover).Reference: Contributor-supplied reference image: image(20261009-094547).png..Reference illustration supplied to identify a wanted cover; the illustrated specimen is not recorded as owned.
- ↑ Adrian Bradbury.Collecting British First Day Covers(38th edition).A G Bradbury.2022.p. 278.ISBN: 978-0-9567991-7-3.Place of publication: Leicester. Identification of the GPO cover confirmed by the contributor from this catalogue.
- ↑ Isle of Man — Regional Decimal Definitive Issue(Information card).Post Office.Reference: Scanned information card.Card headed “7th July 1971”, held with the owned cover.
