IM-SG-57
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-57 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 57 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill |
| Date of issue | 22 November 1974 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 21 November 1975 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 429,586 |
| Face value | 20p |
| Subject or design | Churchill as Freeman of Douglas |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | G. V. H. Kneale |
| Printer | Helio Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; three colours for the separately issued stamp (information leaflet) |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | White paper with coloured silk fibres (granite paper), 105 g/m²; special gumming for tropical climates |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill – Official miniature sheet cover – 1974 Official stamp set cover Mercury miniature sheet cover Mercury stamp set cover Cotswold miniature sheet cover Cotswold stamp set cover Fleetwood SG57 cover Manx coat of arms stamp set cover Photographic stamp set cover Strasbourg miniature sheet cover |
| Notes | Issued in sheets of 25 (5 × 5). The design is also included in miniature sheet MS58. The image is a detail of a cancelled stamp within the intact miniature sheet on the owned official cover. |
SG57 is the 20p stamp from the Isle of Man's Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill issue, released on 22 November 1974. It depicts Churchill as Freeman of Douglas.[1]
Design and production
G. Kneale designed the stamp. Courvoisier printed it by photogravure on granite paper. It is multicoloured and perforated 11½. Sheets contain 25 stamps, arranged in five columns and five rows.[1]
The design also appears in IM-SG-MS58, the four-stamp miniature sheet issued with the set.[1]
Sales and withdrawal
Stanley Gibbons records a quantity sold of 429,586 for the 20p stamp and withdrawal from sale on 21 November 1975. The miniature sheet has a separate catalogue sales figure.[1]
First day covers
A first day cover is listed in the catalogue. The associated cover records include Official, Mercury and Cotswold covers bearing either the four separate stamps or the miniature sheet, and a Fleetwood cover bearing SG57 alone.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-54 — 3½p; Churchill and Bugler Dunne at Colenso, 1899
- IM-SG-55 — 4½p; Churchill and Government Buildings, Douglas
- IM-SG-56 — 8p; Churchill and a Manx anti-aircraft gun crew
- IM-SG-MS58 — miniature sheet containing all four designs
The information leaflet accompanying the owned official miniature sheet cover gives the designer’s full credit as G. V. H. Kneale and names the printer as Helio Courvoisier. It specifies photogravure, an individual stamp size of 29 × 48.2 mm including perforations, and white paper with coloured silk fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. The separately issued stamps use 105 g/m² paper: four colours for the 3½p and 4½p values, and three for the 8p and 20p values. The miniature sheet uses 120 g/m² paper and seven colours, with dimensions of 120.5 × 91 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.p. 200.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 54–57, MS58.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Centenary of the Birth of Winston Spencer Churchill(Information leaflet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Front scan; reverse scan.Leaflet accompanying the owned official miniature sheet cover. Its issue date is 22 November 1974; a separate publication date is not stated. This source does not establish which other cover copies have accompanying leaflets.
