IM-SG-24
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-24 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 24 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives |
| Date of issue | 28 May 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
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| Face value | 7p |
| Subject or design | Laxey |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information card); J. Nicholson (catalogue) |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; five colours (information card) |
| Dimensions | 25.7 × 41.1 mm, including perforation, horizontal (as printed on the information card) |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | No watermark |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper; matt, almost invisible gum |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Cotswold cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Mercury cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 5½p and 7p – Stuart cover – 1975 |
| Notes | Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes. The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official 28 May 1975 cover. |
SG 24 is the 7p Laxey stamp in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, first issued on 28 May 1975.[1]
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).[1]
Information card and illustration
The information card accompanying the owned official cover credits the artwork to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. It records photogravure printing by Courvoisiers of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in five colours, with sheets of 50 arranged as ten rows of five. It describes white paper with coloured ink fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. Stamp size including perforation is printed as 25.7 × 41.1 mm, horizontal.[2]
The 7p design depicts Laxey, including the large water wheel described by the card as a pump used for the mines.[2]
The image is a cancelled stamp detail from the owned official cover.
Catalogue printing
The catalogue records the following printing.[1]
| Catalogue printing | Date | Gum | Inscribed year |
|---|---|---|---|
| (g) | 28 May 1975 | Matt, almost invisible gum | 1975 |
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.[1]
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-19 — 4p — Fairy Bridge
- IM-SG-20 — 4½p — Tynwald Hill
- IM-SG-21 — 5p — Peel
- IM-SG-22 — 5½p — Douglas Promenade
- IM-SG-23 — 6p — Cregneish
- 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
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 — Independent postal administration.pp. 197–198.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 24.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS(Information card).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Information card accompanying the owned official cover..The card prints the issue date as 28 May 1975. The collector confirms that its reverse is blank.
