IM-SG-MS58
| Stamp image | No image uploaded |
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| Identifier | IM-SG-MS58 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | MS58 |
| 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| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 21 November 1975 (withdrawn from sale) |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 | 362,089 |
| Face value | 36p total (3½p + 4½p + 8p + 20p) |
| Subject or design | Sir Winston Churchill; four designs from SG54–57 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Anniversary |
| Format | Miniature sheet |
| Designer or artist | G. Kneale |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured |
| Dimensions | 121 × 91 mm (whole miniature sheet) |
| Perforation | 11½ (stamps) |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper; gum not specified |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Official miniature sheet cover Mercury miniature sheet cover Cotswold miniature sheet cover |
| Notes | Contains the four designs catalogued as SG54–57. Inscribed “30th NOV. 1974”; issue date 22 November 1974. |
MS58 is the miniature sheet from the Isle of Man's Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill issue, released on 22 November 1974. It contains the four stamps catalogued as SG54 to SG57.[1]
Contents and inscription
The miniature sheet contains:
- 3½p — Churchill and Bugler Dunne at Colenso, 1899
- 4½p — Churchill and Government Buildings, Douglas
- 8p — Churchill and a Manx anti-aircraft gun crew
- 20p — Churchill as Freeman of Douglas
The four denominations total 36p. The sheet is inscribed “30th NOV. 1974”. The catalogue records that inscription separately from the issue date of 22 November 1974.[1]
Design and production
G. Kneale designed the issue, which Courvoisier printed by photogravure on granite paper. The miniature sheet measures 121 × 91 mm. Its stamps are multicoloured and perforated 11½.[1]
The catalogue's sheet format of 25 (5 × 5) describes the separately issued stamps;