IM-SG-2

Stamp details
Stamp image
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	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	Multiple Crowns (St. Edward's Crowns)^[1]
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.

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SG 2 is the 3d deep lilac Isle of Man regional definitive depicting Queen Elizabeth II, issued on 18 August 1958.^[2]

The illustrated example is the cancelled stamp on the collection's first day cover, bearing a Douglas machine cancellation dated 18 August 1958.

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 stamp has the Multiple Crowns watermark, consisting of repeated images of St. Edward's Crown.^[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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Related stamps

IM-SG-2a — chalk-surfaced paper; issued 17 May 1963
IM-SG-2p — one centre phosphor band; issued 27 June 1968

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.p. 3.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Watermark illustration: Multiple Crowns (St. Edward's Crowns). Place of publication: Ringwood.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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): 2.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.

[SG2022-watermark-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.p. 3.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Watermark illustration: Multiple Crowns (St. Edward's Crowns). Place of publication: Ringwood.

[SG2022-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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): 2.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.

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