IM-SG-10y
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| Identifier | IM-SG-10y |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 10y |
| Variant | Phosphor omitted |
| Issue title | Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency |
| Date of issue | |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 5 July 1973 (invalidated in the Isle of Man, subject to transitional acceptance); 7 July 1973 (withdrawn locally); 4 July 1974 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters)
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| Face value | 5p |
| Subject or design | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Regional definitive |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J Matthews; portrait after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin |
| Printer | Harrison and Sons |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Reddish violet |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Chalk-surfaced paper; paper fluorescence and gum not specified for this error |
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| Associated FDC or issue pages | |
| Notes | Confirmed catalogue-listed error. No separate date of issue is given in the supplied entry; 7 July 1971 is the issue date of the standard SG 10 stamp. |
SG 10y is the phosphor-omitted error of the 5p reddish violet Isle of Man regional definitive depicting Queen Elizabeth II. The standard stamp, SG 10, was issued on 7 July 1971. The supplied catalogue entry does not give a separate issue or discovery date for the error.[1]
The design is credited to J Matthews, with the portrait after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin. Harrison and Sons printed the issue by photogravure on chalk-surfaced paper. Perforation is 15 × 14, and sheets contain 200 stamps (10 × 20).[1]
This error lacks the two phosphor bands of the standard stamp.[1]
The catalogue records invalidation of SG 8–11 for use in the Isle of Man from 5 July 1973, with transitional acceptance for the prepayment of postage on letters from the island until 5 August 1973. It separately records withdrawal from local sale on 7 July 1973 and from British Philatelic Counters on 4 July 1974. The regional stamps remained valid for use in the rest of the United Kingdom at that time.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-8 — 2½p bright magenta
- IM-SG-8y — 2½p bright magenta; phosphor omitted
- IM-SG-9 — 3p ultramarine
- IM-SG-10 — 5p reddish violet
- IM-SG-11 — 7½p chestnut