Isle of Man – Queen Elizabeth II regional definitives – Decimal currency – Manx-language map cover – 1971
| FDC image | No image uploaded |
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| FDC reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| 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or invalidation date | 5 July 1973 (invalidated in the Isle of Man, subject to transitional acceptance); 7 July 1973 (withdrawn locally); 4 July 1974 (withdrawn from British Philatelic Counters)
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| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Regional definitive |
| Theme or subject | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitives; decimal currency |
| Text credit | |
| Designer or artist | Jeffery Matthews; portrait after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin |
| Printer | Harrison and Sons |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colours | Bright magenta; ultramarine; reddish violet; chestnut |
| Paper and gum | Chalk-surfaced paper; originally cream paper; gum not specified |
| Perforation | 15 × 14 |
| Stamp dimensions | |
| Issue format | Sheets of 200 (10 × 20) |
| Number of stamps | 4 |
| Cover type | First day cover |
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| Cover reference | |
| Limited edition | No |
| Edition limit | N/A |
| Copy number | N/A |
| Cachet or cover design | Green map of the Isle of Man with a blue surround and “ISLE OF MAN” lettering; Manx-language headings with the English wording “First Day Cover” and “First Issue Manx Decimal Stamps”. |
| Addressed | Yes |
| Postmark type | Special handstamp |
| Postmark location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Postmark date | 7 July 1971 |
| Postmark inscription | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE; 7 JULY 1971; DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN |
| Postmark notes | Two strikes of the pictorial Douglas first day handstamp with the Three Legs of Man and circular lettering. The four stamps are arranged in a horizontal line on the reference example. |
| Postmark image |
No postmark image uploaded
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| Signed | No |
| Signed by | N/A |
| Signature details | N/A |
| Information sheet included | Yes |
| Information materials | |
| Information sheet title | |
| Information sheet image | No image uploaded |
| Information sheet reverse image | No reverse image uploaded |
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| Certificate of authenticity included | No |
| Certificate of authenticity image | N/A |
| Certificate of authenticity reverse image | N/A |
| FDC owned | No |
| Condition | |
| Collection Comment | Wanted cover. Address status and cachet description are based on the reference example, not an owned specimen. |
This wanted first day cover is the Manx-language map cover version of the four decimal-currency Isle of Man regional definitives issued on 7 July 1971. The stamps are the 2½p, 3p, 5p and 7½p values, numbered SG 8–11.[1]
The reference example has a green map of the Isle of Man with a blue surround and “ISLE OF MAN” lettering. Manx-language headings accompany the English wording “First Day Cover” and “First Issue Manx Decimal Stamps”. Its producer has not been identified. The four stamps are arranged in a horizontal line, cancelled with two strikes of the pictorial Douglas first day handstamp dated 7 July 1971. The example is addressed; recipient details are not transcribed here.[2]
The Post Office information card held with the collection’s separate turquoise-panel cover identifies the stamp designer as Jeffery Matthews.[3] The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is after a plaster cast by Arnold Machin. Harrison and Sons printed the stamps by photogravure on chalk-surfaced paper, perforated 15 × 14, in sheets of 200 (10 × 20). The 2½p stamp has one centre phosphor band, while the other three values have two bands.[1]
All four values were initially issued on cream paper. The 2½p and 3p later appeared on white fluorescent paper; the supplied catalogue entry does not give dates for those later appearances. Phosphor-omitted errors are listed separately as SG 8y and SG 10y. They are not included in the standard four-stamp cover listing.[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]
Stamps on this cover
| Image | Identifier | Face value | Subject | Format | Other catalogues | Notes
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IM-SG-8 | 2½p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Bright magenta; one centre phosphor band. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-9 | 3p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Ultramarine; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-10 | 5p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Reddish violet; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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IM-SG-11 | 7½p | Queen Elizabeth II; Isle of Man regional definitive design | Stamp | Chestnut; two phosphor bands. Illustrative scan from the collection’s separate turquoise-panel Post Office cover, not this wanted cover.
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Related first day covers
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): 8–11.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ Isle of Man decimal regional definitive first day cover — Manx-language map cover(Reference image of a first day cover).Reference: Contributor-supplied reference image: image(10).png..Reference illustration supplied to identify a wanted cover; the illustrated specimen is not recorded as owned.
- ↑ 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.
