IM-SG-2
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| Identifier | IM-SG-2 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 2 |
| Variant | Standard listing |
| Issue title | Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives |
| Date of issue | 18 August 1958 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | Not specified
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| Face value | 3d |
| Subject or design | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Regional definitive |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | John Hobson Nicholson; portrait by Dorothy Wilding Ltd. |
| Printer | Harrison and Sons |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Deep lilac |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Watermark | As type 1b illustrated in the Guernsey section of the cited catalogue |
| Paper or gum | Not specified in the cited entry |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitive – 3d – 1958 |
| Notes | Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, page 197. |
SG 2 is the 3d deep lilac Isle of Man regional definitive depicting Queen Elizabeth II, issued on 18 August 1958.[1]
The design is credited to John Hobson Nicholson and the portrait to Dorothy Wilding Ltd.. Harrison and Sons printed the stamps by photogravure. Perforation is 15 × 14, and the sheet format is 240 stamps (12 × 20). The watermark is cross-referenced in the catalogue to the Guernsey type 1b illustration.[1]
This is the ordinary 3d listing. The separately listed chalk-surfaced paper and phosphor-band versions are IM-SG-2a and IM-SG-2p.[1]
These regional stamps were initially valid for postage throughout the United Kingdom. Stanley Gibbons records the invalidation of Isle of Man SG 1–7 from 1 March 1972, alongside other British pre-decimal stamps.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-2a — chalk-surfaced paper; issued 17 May 1963
- IM-SG-2p — one centre phosphor band; issued 27 June 1968