IM-SG-2p

Stamp details
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Identifier	IM-SG-2p
Country	Isle of Man
Country code	IM
Catalogue	Stanley Gibbons
Catalogue number	2p
Variant	One centre phosphor band
Issue title	Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives
Date of issue	27 June 1968
Withdrawal or invalidation date	1 March 1972 (invalidated for postage)
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
Notes	Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, page 197. The lower-case p is the catalogue suffix for this phosphor-band listing; it is not PhantomWiki’s upper-case P provisional marker.

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SG 2p is the 3d deep lilac Isle of Man regional definitive depicting Queen Elizabeth II, issued on 27 June 1968. Its distinguishing feature is one centre phosphor band.^[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 version has one central phosphor band. It is separately listed from the ordinary stamp and the chalk-surfaced paper variant.^[1]

Although issued as regional stamps, they were initially valid for postage throughout the United Kingdom. This stamp ceased to be valid for postage on 1 March 1972, when Isle of Man SG 1–7 were invalidated alongside other British pre-decimal stamps.^[1]

Related stamps

IM-SG-2 — standard listing; issued 18 August 1958
IM-SG-2a — chalk-surfaced paper; issued 17 May 1963

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 — Regional issues.p. 197.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 2p.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.

[SG2022-1] 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 — Regional issues.p. 197.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 2p.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.

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