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Stamp details
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Identifier IM-SG-34
Country Isle of Man
Country code IM
Catalogue Stanley Gibbons
Catalogue number 34
Variant
Issue title Inauguration of Postal Independence
Date of issue 5 July 1973
Withdrawal or invalidation date Not specified
Quantity sold 350,000
Sold out Soon after issue.
Face value 15p
Subject or design Viking landing on Man, AD 938
Stamp type Commemorative stamp
Stamp subtype Historical event
Format Stamp
Designer or artist J. Nicholson
Printer Harrison and Sons
Printing process Photogravure
Colour Multicoloured
Dimensions
Perforation 14
Watermark
Paper or gum
Other catalogue references
Associated FDC or issue pages Isle of Man – Inauguration of Postal Independence – 1973
Notes Issued in sheets of 50 (10 × 5). Cylinder numbers: 1A (×4). For the 1983 15p stamp inscribed “POST OFFICE DECENNIUM”, see IM-SG-256.

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IM-SG-34 is the 15p commemorative stamp issued by the Isle of Man on 5 July 1973 to mark the inauguration of postal independence. Its design depicts a Viking landing on Man in AD 938.[1]

The Isle of Man Post Office dates the island’s postal independence to 5 July 1973. Its fiftieth-anniversary history records that strong advance demand increased the planned quantity of the inaugural stamp from 250,000 to 350,000.[2]

Design and production

The stamp was designed by J. Nicholson and printed by Harrison and Sons using photogravure. It is multicoloured and perforated 14.[1]

Sheets contained 50 stamps, arranged in ten columns and five rows. The catalogue records the cylinder numbers as 1A (×4).[1]

Sales

Stanley Gibbons records a quantity sold of 350,000 stamps and states that stocks sold out soon after issue.[1]

First day cover

Stanley Gibbons lists a first day cover for this issue. See Isle of Man – Inauguration of Postal Independence – 1973.[1]

For the 1983 15p stamp inscribed “POST OFFICE DECENNIUM”, see IM-SG-256.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 34.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Inauguration of Postal Independence issue; includes a first day cover listing and a cross-reference to SG256.
  2. ↑ “50th Anniversary Exhibition at the Manx Museum”. Isle of Man Post Office. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
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