IM-SG-D9
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-D9 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | D9 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Postage due stamps |
| Date of issue | 8 January 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1985 (withdrawn from sale)
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| Face value | ½p |
| Subject or design | Crowned Manx three-legs shield and shield containing the amount to pay |
| Stamp type | Special-purpose |
| Stamp subtype | Postage due |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | Questa |
| Printer | Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Black, red and greenish yellow |
| Dimensions | |
| Perforation | 14 × 13½ |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | PVA-gummed coated paper, 105 g/m² (official information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Postage due stamps – Official cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Postage due stamps – Mercury cover (reverse value order) – 1975 Isle of Man – Postage due stamps – Mercury cover (two blocks of four) – 1975 |
| Notes | Sheets of 100 (10 × 10). Plate numbers 1A and 1B, each ×3. Imprint in the left-hand corner of the bottom margin. The illustration is a cancelled stamp from the owned official cover. |
SG D9 is the ½p stamp in the Isle of Man postage due issue of 8 January 1975. It depicts a crowned shield bearing the Manx Three Legs beside another shield containing the amount to pay. The stamp is inscribed “TO PAY” and “ISLE OF MAN”, with “QUESTA” and “1975” at the foot.[1]
Design and production
Questa designed and printed the stamps by lithography. They are perforated 14 × 13½ and were issued in sheets of 100 (10 × 10). The plate numbers are 1A and 1B, each ×3; the imprint is in the left-hand corner of the bottom margin.[1]
The accompanying official information sheet names the printer as Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. and describes PVA-gummed coated paper weighing 105 g/m².[2]
The image on this page is a cancelled detail from the owned official first day cover.
Withdrawal
This ½p value was withdrawn from sale on 31 December 1985. The other seven values were withdrawn earlier, on 31 December 1982. The cited entry does not give a postal-invalidation date.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-D10 — 1p; black, red and flesh
- IM-SG-D11 — 4p; black, red and rose-lilac
- IM-SG-D12 — 7p; black, red and light greenish blue
- IM-SG-D13 — 9p; black, red and brownish grey
- IM-SG-D14 — 10p; black, red and bright mauve
- IM-SG-D15 — 50p; black, red and orange-yellow
- IM-SG-D16 — £1; black, red and turquoise-green
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man — Postage due stamps.p. 374.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): D9.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
- ↑ “TO PAY” LABELS(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Front and reverse of the information sheet accompanying the owned official cover..The sheet prints the issue date as 8 January 1975. It gives technical details and discusses postage due labels and the Manx Three Legs.
