Stamps and first day covers

This section records individual postage stamps, stamp issues and first day covers in the collection.

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Collection summary

Record type	Number of pages
First day covers	49
Owned first day covers	0
First day covers wanted	18
Individual stamps	129

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Isle of Man

Naming conventions

Individual stamp pages

Use the following page-title format:

CC-Catalogue-NumberVariant

Examples:

IM-SG-9999
IM-SG-9999a
DE-Mi-385

The parts are:

CC — two-letter country code
Catalogue — catalogue abbreviation, such as SG or Mi
Number — catalogue number
Variant — optional suffix, such as a, b or c

Use the same identifier for the principal image filename:

IM-SG-9999a.jpg

Additional images may use descriptive suffixes:

IM-SG-9999a-back.jpg
IM-SG-9999a-detail-1.jpg

First day cover pages

Use:

Country – Issue title – Year

Where several different covers exist for the same issue, include the producer or cover type:

Country – Issue title – Producer – Year

Catalogue abbreviations

The countries shown are examples rather than complete coverage lists. Countries currently included in this collection's country-code table are shown in bold.

Catalogue	Identifier abbreviation	Example countries or postal areas covered
Stanley Gibbons	`SG`	United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Australia, Canada
Michel	`Mi`	Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Ukraine
Zumstein	`Zum`	Switzerland, Liechtenstein, United Nations Geneva
Scott	`Scott`	United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan
Yvert et Tellier	`YT`	France, Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium
Sakura	`Sakura`	Japan, Ryukyu Islands and historical Japanese-administered territories
AFA	`AFA`	Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands
Facit	`Facit`	Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands
Minkus	`Minkus`	United States, Germany, France, Japan and worldwide issues
Sassone	`Sass`	Italy, San Marino and Vatican City
Edifil	`Edifil`	Spain, Andorra, Equatorial Guinea and former Spanish colonies
Unificato	`Unif`	Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Philex	`Philex`	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France and Spain

Notes:

Sakura is principally a Japanese catalogue. Its additional coverage includes historical postal administrations rather than a second modern sovereign country.
Minkus is retained for older collections and references, but its independent worldwide catalogue and numbering system are no longer actively published.
Philex country catalogues normally reproduce Michel numbering. Where that is the case, use Mi in the stamp identifier rather than Philex.

Country codes

Stamp identifiers use the two-letter ISO country code of the issuing country or postal authority.

Country or postal authority	Code	Example identifier
Germany	`DE`	`DE-Mi-385`
Isle of Man	`IM`	`IM-SG-9999a`
Kyrgyzstan	`KG`	`KG-Mi-123`
Liechtenstein	`LI`	`LI-Mi-123`
Switzerland	`CH`	`CH-Zum-123`
Ukraine	`UA`	`UA-Mi-123`
United Kingdom	`GB`	`GB-SG-1234`

First day cover types

Use the broad value in the cover-type field and record the specific organisation or company in cover-producer.

Cover type	Description	Example producers
Standard cover	Standard cover produced or commissioned by the postal authority.	Royal Mail, Isle of Man Post Office
Commercial cover	Privately produced cover created for sale to collectors.	Cotswold, Mercury, Philart, Stuart, Abbey
Official or sponsored cover	Cover officially produced or sponsored by an organisation connected with the issue.	Museum, charity, regiment, government department or event organiser
Commemorative cover	A cover marking an event or anniversary that is not necessarily the official first day cover for a stamp issue.	Various
Other	A cover that does not fit one of the standard classifications.	Record the details in `cover-producer` and `collection-comment`