Isle of Man 2013 225th Anniv of the Times

• Issue Date : 4 July 2013
• Designed by : EJC Design
• six values in sheets of 15 stamps and 15 labels, and a sheetlet of 10 (73p Europa stamp)
• Printed by : BDT International
• Print Process : Lithography
• Stamp size : height 40.64mm including label, width 29.79mm
• Perforations : 14.75 x 14
• Paper : 110gsm
• Gum : PVA

225th anniversary of The Times (newspaper), and Europa 2013

Sheet stamps

• Stamps depict extracts from The Times, with press photograph, and descriptive text (written by Peter Jennings)

40p - The Last Flight of Concorde, 2003	42p - England win the FIFA World Cup, 1966	73p - Isle of Man Postal Independence 1973
108p - Queen Elizabeth II’s State Visit to China, 1986	141p - President Kennedy assassinated, Dallas, 1963	179p - Man Lands on the Moon, 1969

Sheetlet

• 10 x 73p stamp inscribed 'Europa' showing first Isle of Man stamps (PO Inauguration, definitives)
• Enlarged illustrated top border of sheetlet depicts postal vehicles of the Isle of Man

Sheetlet of 10 x 73p Europa

First Day Covers

(First Day Cover)

Special Europa (2 x 73p) First Day Cover

Presentation Pack

Pack (Cover Only)