IM-SG-9
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-9 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 9 |
| Variant | Two phosphor bands |
| Issue title | Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency |
| Date of issue | 7 July 1971 |
| 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or invalidation date | 5 July 1973 (invalidated in the Isle of Man, subject to transitional acceptance); 7 July 1973 (withdrawn locally); 4 July 1974 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters)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 | 3p |
| Subject or design | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Regional definitive |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | Jeffery Matthews; portrait after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin |
| Printer | Harrison and Sons |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Ultramarine |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | Chalk-surfaced paper; originally cream; later also white fluorescent paper; gum not specified |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – 1971 |
| Notes | Sheets of 200 (10 × 20). Printing cylinder 1; phosphor cylinder 4; dot and no-dot forms listed. Date of the later white fluorescent paper version not specified. |
SG 9 is the 3p ultramarine Isle of Man regional definitive depicting Queen Elizabeth II, issued on 7 July 1971 as part of the decimal-currency set.[1]
The illustrated example is the stamp on the collection’s Post Office first day cover, bearing part of the pictorial Douglas cancellation dated 7 July 1971.
The catalogue credits the design to J Matthews. The accompanying Post Office information card gives his full name as Jeffery Matthews.[2] The portrait is 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]
The stamp has two phosphor bands. It was originally issued on cream paper. A later version on white fluorescent paper is also recorded, without a separate date in the supplied entry. The catalogue lists printing cylinder 1 and phosphor cylinder 4, with dot and no-dot forms.[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-10 — 5p reddish violet
- IM-SG-10y — 5p reddish violet; phosphor omitted
- IM-SG-11 — 7½p chestnut
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): 9.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Isle of Man — Regional Decimal Definitive Issue(Information card).Post Office.Reference: Scanned information card.Card headed “7th July 1971”, held with the owned cover.
