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Calf of Man 1963 Europa Part Set (5v, 6m to 24m, U/M)

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Part set of the 1963 Calf of Man Europa set, featuring overprints (and some surcharges) on the previous birds definitives.

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Part set of the 1963 Calf of Man Europa set, featuring overprints (and some surcharges) on the previous birds definitives.

Five stamps are included here: 6m, 9m, 12m, 18m (surcharge on 5m definitive) and 24m (surcharge on 1m definitive). The sixth value in the set – a 3m stamp – is missing.

U/M / Unmounted Mint / MNH / Mint Never Hinged.

About Calf of Man

Denominated in “Murreys” (after John Murrey, who issued the first Isle of Man coins in 1668), Calf of Man local stamps were issued between 1962 and 1973, theoretically for use on mail being carried from the island to the Isle of Man mainland.

In reality, they are thought to have been produced more with an eye on the stamp collecting market, and when the Isle of Man took over its own postal service from the British Post Office in 1973, Calf of Man’s own issues came to an end.

However, whatever the reasons for their existence, Calf of Man stamps remain an interesting piece of Cinderella philatelic history.

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