IM-SG-30
| Stamp image | 
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|---|---|
| Identifier | IM-SG-30 |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 30 |
| Variant | |
| Issue title | Pictorial definitives |
| Date of issue | 29 October 1975 |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 31 December 1978 (general withdrawal from sale)
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| Face value | 13p |
| Subject or design | Derbyhaven |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I. (information card); J. Nicholson (catalogue) |
| Printer | Courvoisier |
| Printing process | Photogravure |
| Colour | Multicoloured; five colours (information card) |
| Dimensions | 25.7 × 41.1 mm including perforation, horizontal (as printed on the information card) |
| Perforation | 11½ |
| Watermark | No watermark |
| Paper or gum | Granite paper; thick shiny gum |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Cotswold cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Mercury cover – 1975 Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – Stuart cover – 1975 |
| Notes | Confirmed from the Stanley Gibbons catalogue, pages 197–198. Printing letters identify printings and are not catalogue-number suffixes. The image is a cancelled detail from the owned official 29 October 1975 cover. |
SG 30 is the 13p Derbyhaven stamp in the Isle of Man pictorial definitive series, first issued on 29 October 1975.[1]
The design is credited to J. Nicholson. Courvoisier printed the stamp by photogravure in multiple colours on granite paper without a watermark. Perforation is 11½, and sheets contain 50 stamps (5 × 10).[1]
Information card and illustration
The information card held with the owned official cover credits the artwork to J. H. Nicholson, R.I. It records photogravure printing by Courvoisiers of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, in five colours. The paper is described as white paper with coloured ink fibres and special gumming for tropical climates. Stamp size including perforation is printed as 25.7 × 41.1 mm, horizontal. Sheets contain 50 stamps, arranged as five stamps per row and ten rows.[2]
The card identifies the 13p subject as Derbyhaven, a natural harbour sheltered by the mainland and the Langness peninsula, north of Castletown.[2]
The illustration is a cancelled stamp detail from the Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975.
Catalogue printing
The catalogue records the following printing.[1]
| Catalogue printing | Date | Gum | Inscribed year |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | 29 October 1975 | Thick shiny gum | 1975 |
Withdrawal
The catalogue records general withdrawal of the issue on 31 December 1978. These are withdrawal-from-sale dates; the cited entry does not give a date of postal invalidation.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-12 — ½p — Castletown
- IM-SG-13 — 1p — Port Erin
- IM-SG-14 — 1½p — Snaefell
- IM-SG-15 — 2p — Laxey
- IM-SG-16 — 2½p — Tynwald Hill
- IM-SG-17 — 3p — Douglas Promenade
- IM-SG-17a — 3p — Douglas Promenade — Olive-bistre border error
- IM-SG-18 — 3½p — Port St Mary
- IM-SG-18a — 3½p — Port St Mary — Grey-brown border error
- IM-SG-19 — 4p — Fairy Bridge
- IM-SG-20 — 4½p — Tynwald Hill
- IM-SG-21 — 5p — Peel
- IM-SG-22 — 5½p — Douglas Promenade
- IM-SG-23 — 6p — Cregneish
- IM-SG-24 — 7p — Laxey
- IM-SG-25 — 7½p — Ramsey Bay
- IM-SG-26 — 8p — Ramsey Bay
- IM-SG-27 — 9p — Douglas Bay
- IM-SG-28 — 10p — Manx cat
- IM-SG-29 — 11p — Monk's Bridge, Ballasalla
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 — Independent postal administration.pp. 197–198.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 30.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NEW VALUE — ISLE OF MAN DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMPS(Information card).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Reference: Information card accompanying the collector’s Isle of Man – Pictorial definitives – 11p and 13p – 1975..The card gives the issue date as 29 October 1975. The collector confirms that its reverse is blank.
