IM-SG-19

Stamp details

Stamp image
Identifier	IM-SG-19
Country	Isle of Man
Country code	IM
Catalogue	Stanley Gibbons
Catalogue number	19
Variant
Issue title	Pictorial definitives
Date of issue	5 July 1973
Withdrawal or invalidation date	31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
Face value	4p
Subject or design	Fairy Bridge
Stamp type	Definitive
Stamp subtype	Country pictorial
Format	Stamp
Designer or artist	J. Nicholson
Printer	Courvoisier
Printing process	Photogravure
Colour	Multicoloured
Dimensions
Perforation	11½
Watermark	No watermark
Paper or gum	Granite paper; thick shiny gum
Other catalogue references
Associated FDC or issue pages	Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 2½p to 4p – 1973 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 3½p to 9p – Mercury cover – 1973 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 3½p to 9p – Cotswold cover – 1973
Notes	Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes.

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SG 19 is the 4p Fairy Bridge stamp in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, first issued on 5 July 1973.

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 (5 × 10).

Catalogue printing

The catalogue records the following printing.

Catalogue printing	Date	Gum	Inscribed year
(a)	5 July 1973	Thick shiny gum	1973

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.

Related stamps

• IM-SG-12 — ½p — Castletown
• IM-SG-13 — 1p — Port Erin
• IM-SG-14 — 1½p — Snaefell
• IM-SG-15 — 2p — Laxey
• IM-SG-16 — 2½p — Tynwald Hill
• IM-SG-17 — 3p — Douglas Promenade
• IM-SG-17a — 3p — Douglas Promenade — Olive-bistre border error
• IM-SG-18 — 3½p — Port St Mary
• IM-SG-18a — 3½p — Port St Mary — Grey-brown border error
• IM-SG-20 — 4½p — Tynwald Hill
• IM-SG-21 — 5p — Peel
• IM-SG-22 — 5½p — Douglas Promenade
• IM-SG-23 — 6p — Cregneish
• IM-SG-24 — 7p — Laxey
• IM-SG-25 — 7½p — Ramsey Bay
• IM-SG-26 — 8p — Ramsey Bay
• IM-SG-27 — 9p — Douglas Bay
• IM-SG-28 — 10p — Manx cat
• IM-SG-29 — 11p — Monk's Bridge, Ballasalla
• IM-SG-30 — 13p — Derbyhaven