IM-SG-63
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-63 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 63 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) |
| Date of issue | 28 May 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 27 May 1976 (withdrawn from sale) |
| Quantity sold | 633250 |
| Face value | 5½p |
| Subject or design | Tom Sheard, 1923 |
| Stamp type | Commemorative stamp |
| Stamp subtype | Sport |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S. (information sheet); J. Nicholson (catalogue) |
| Printer | John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. (information sheet); John Waddington (catalogue) |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Multicoloured; five colours (information sheet) |
| Dimensions | Approximately 27.9 × 44.5 mm (converted from the card’s 1.1 × 1.75 inches, in the order printed) |
| Perforation | 13½ (catalogue); 14 (information sheet — discrepancy noted below) |
| Watermark | |
| Paper or gum | 102 g/m² Litho-cromo 56b adhesive stamp paper (information sheet) |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) – Official cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) – Mercury cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) – Stuart cover – 1975 |
| Notes | Sheets of 50, comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5). Imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin. |
SG63 is the 5½p stamp in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) issue, released on 28 May 1975. It depicts Tom Sheard, 1923.[1]
Design
The design combines a portrait of Tom Sheard with a racing motorcycle and the year 1923.
The official sheet relates the 5½p subject to Sheard’s 1923 Senior TT victory on a Douglas motorcycle.[2]
The stamp identifies Sheard with a 4.97 h.p. Douglas motorcycle and his 1923 Senior TT victory.[3]
Production
The catalogue credits J. Nicholson as designer and John Waddington as printer. It describes multicoloured lithographed stamps, perforated 13½, in sheets of 50 comprising two panes of 25 (5 × 5), with the imprint in the right-hand corner of the bottom margin.[1]
The accompanying information sheet gives the fuller credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., and John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd. It confirms lithography, five colours and sheets of 50 in two panes of 25. Its paper specification is 102 g/m² Litho-cromo 56b adhesive stamp paper. The printed stamp dimensions, 1.1 × 1.75 inches, convert to approximately 27.9 × 44.5 mm; the order follows the card and is not labelled width × height.[2]
The information sheet prints the perforation as 14, whereas the catalogue gives 13½. This discrepancy is retained explicitly; the card’s figure has not been substituted for the catalogue entry.[2][1]
The catalogue records “1A, 1B, 1C, 1D (each ×5); 10p. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D (each ×5)”. The separate 10p entry repeats the same plate numbers and multiplicity. These are issue production details, not plate markings identified on the illustrated covers.[1]
Sales and withdrawal
The catalogue records 633,250 stamps sold for this denomination. Withdrawal from sale was on 27 May 1976. This is a stamp-sales quantity and withdrawal date, not a first day cover sales record or postal-invalidation date.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-64 — 7p; Walter Handley, 1925
- IM-SG-65 — 10p; Geoff Duke, 1955
- IM-SG-66 — 12p; Peter Williams, 1973
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.p. 200.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 63.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Details transcribed from the catalogue by the collector.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 TOURIST TROPHY RACES 1975(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Front and reverse of the sheet accompanying the collector’s Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) – Official cover – 1975..The sheet gives the issue date as 28 May 1975. The front discusses Tom Sheard and Walter L. Handley; the reverse covers Geoff Duke and Peter Williams and lists technical details.
- ↑ IM-SG-63(Stamp scan).Reference: Cancelled stamp detail from the collector’s Isle of Man – Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races (2nd issue) – Official cover – 1975..The inscriptions identify the rider, motorcycle and race year.
