IM-SG-114a
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| Identifier | IM-SG-114a |
| Country | Isle of Man |
| Country code | IM |
| Catalogue | Stanley Gibbons |
| Catalogue number | 114a |
| Variant | Perforation 14½ |
| Issue title | Landmarks and Queen Elizabeth II definitives |
| Date of issue | |
| Withdrawal or invalidation date | 30 June 1983 (withdrawn from sale)
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| Face value | 7p |
| Subject or design | Tynwald Hill |
| Stamp type | Definitive |
| Stamp subtype | Country pictorial |
| Format | Stamp |
| Designer or artist | J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S. |
| Printer | House of Questa |
| Printing process | Lithography |
| Colour | Multicoloured; 4 colours (information sheet) |
| Dimensions | 26 × 34 mm (information sheet; orientation varies) |
| Perforation | 14½ |
| Watermark | Unwatermarked |
| Paper or gum | White security-coated paper, 102 g/m²; PVA gum |
| Other catalogue references | |
| Associated FDC or issue pages | Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – ½p–8p – Official cover – 1978 Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – ½p–8p – Mercury cover – 1978 Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – ½p–10p – Stuart cover – 1978 Isle of Man – Landmarks definitives – 1p, 7p, 11p and 13p – Church of St Sanctain cover – 1978 |
| Notes | The image illustrates the denomination’s design, using the collector’s cancelled official-cover scan. Its perforation has not been measured; the filename does not identify the pictured copy as this particular perforation. Cover links indicate the associated design/denomination; the particular perforation on those covers remains unconfirmed. |
This 7p entry is part of the Landmarks and Queen Elizabeth II definitive series.[1]
The denomination’s parent issue dates from 28 February 1978. For this particular perforation, the catalogue gives August 1978 as its earliest recorded use; an exact release date is not established. The issue-date and year fields are left blank rather than convert that observation into an invented issue date or year.[1]
The catalogue number and perforation are confirmed catalogue data. The shared photograph illustrates the stamp design; it does not certify that the illustrated copy has this perforation. No provisional or unverified catalogue-number prefix is required.[1]
Subject
The sheet describes Tynwald Hill as a four-tiered artificial mound linked by a processional route to St John’s Church. It explains the annual promulgation of laws there on 5 July and the approaching 1979 Tynwald millennium.[2]
Production details
The official sheet credits J. H. Nicholson, R.I., P.S., and the House of Questa. It specifies lithography, four colours for each value, 26 × 34 mm stamps, and white unwatermarked security-coated paper with PVA gum, 102 g/m². Its perforation specification is 14 per 2 cm. The catalogue additionally lists perforation 14½ for twelve denominations.[2][1]
The official paper specification explicitly says unwatermarked. This describes the low/medium-value issue; the catalogue records both perforations as printed at the same time. The perforation value for this entry comes from the catalogue, not from measuring the shared photograph.[2][1]
The catalogue states that both perforations of the ½p–16p stamps were printed at the same time, but some were not recorded in use until later. It gives these earliest recorded uses: SG112a (1p), August 1979; SG114a (7p), August 1978; SG115a (8p), June 1980; SG117a (10p), August 1979; and SG119 (12p), September 1980. Those are earliest-use records, not exact issue dates.[1]
Sheets, plates and imprints
Sheets: 50 (5 × 10). Plate numbers: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D (each × 4); 2B–2B–3B–2B and 2C–2C–3C–2C, explicitly for SG114a. Imprint: Left-hand corner, top margin, and right-hand corner, bottom margin.[1]
Withdrawal
This stamp was withdrawn from sale on 30 June 1983. No quantity-sold or sold-out figures have been supplied.[1]
Related stamps
- IM-SG-111 — ½p, Watch Tower, Langness (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-111a — ½p, Watch Tower, Langness (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-112 — 1p, Jurby Church (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-112a — 1p, Jurby Church (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-113 — 6p, Government Buildings, Douglas (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-114 — 7p, Tynwald Hill (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-115 — 8p, Milner’s Tower, Bradda Head (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-115a — 8p, Milner’s Tower, Bradda Head (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-116 — 9p, Laxey Wheel (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-116a — 9p, Laxey Wheel (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-117 — 10p, Castle Rushen (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-117a — 10p, Castle Rushen (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-118 — 11p, St Ninian’s Church (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-118a — 11p, St Ninian’s Church (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-119 — 12p, Tower of Refuge (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-119a — 12p, Tower of Refuge (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-120 — 13p, St German’s Cathedral, Peel Castle (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-120a — 13p, St German’s Cathedral, Peel Castle (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-121 — 14p, Point of Ayre Lighthouse (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-121a — 14p, Point of Ayre Lighthouse (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-122 — 15p, Corrin’s Tower (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-122a — 15p, Corrin’s Tower (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-123 — 16p, Douglas Head Lighthouse (perforation 14).
- IM-SG-123a — 16p, Douglas Head Lighthouse (perforation 14½).
- IM-SG-124 — 20p, Fuchsia.
- IM-SG-125 — 25p, Manx cat.
- IM-SG-126 — 50p, Red-billed chough (inscribed Chough).
- IM-SG-127 — £1, Viking warrior.
- IM-SG-128 — £2, Queen Elizabeth II.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Stanley Gibbons.Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2022 Edition Stamp Catalogue(31st combined edition).Stanley Gibbons.2022.Section: Isle of Man.pp. 204–205.Catalogue system: Stanley Gibbons.Catalogue number(s): 111–128, including the listed a perforation variants.ISBN: 978-1-911304-89-0.Place of publication: Ringwood. Transcribed by the collector, who also confirms that A1-1-1-1 and B1-1-1-1 apply to the £2 value and unspecified values have no plate numbers recorded.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1978 Definitive Issue — Landmarks — ½p, 1p, 6p, 7p and 8p(Information sheet).Isle of Man Post Office Authority.Sheet accompanying the collector’s owned official cover. Scans: front and reverse.
