IM-SG-17a
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| Identifier | IM-SG-17a |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 17a |
| Variant | Olive-bistre border error |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives |
| Date of issue | |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal of the issue; see notes)
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| Face value | 3p |
| Subject or design | Douglas Promenade |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. Nicholson |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; olive-bistre border error |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | No watermark |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper; matt, almost invisible gum |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | |
| Notes | Catalogue-listed border-colour error associated with printing (c), dated 16 April 1974. A separate release date for the error has not been established. |
SG 17a is the 3p Douglas Promenade definitive with an olive-bistre border. It is a separately catalogued colour error.[1]
The error border resembles that of the ½p Castletown stamp, SG 12. The catalogue also records intermediate shades, but excludes those from its error listings.[1]
The relevant printing is (c), dated 16 April 1974. This is the printing date recorded by the catalogue; no separate first day of sale is given for the error. It belongs to a later printing than the stamps originally available for the 5 July 1973 first day cover.[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]
Catalogue printing
The catalogue records the following printing.[1]
| Catalogue printing | Date | Gum | Inscribed year |
|---|---|---|---|
| (c) | 16 April 1974 | Matt, almost invisible gum | 1973 |
Withdrawal
The catalogue records general withdrawal of the issue on 31 December 1978. The 3p value in booklets remained on sale until 15 May 1979. Those later arrangements concern the denomination; the catalogue does not establish continued availability of this error in booklets. These are withdrawal-from-sale dates; the cited entry does not give a date of postal invalidation.[1]
Related stamps
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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): 17a.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.