QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAMPS

Graphic Design

Our final set of Isle of Man Post Office stamps bearing the likeness and cypher of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was rightly an issue that celebreated her life and reign. This collection of reissued stamps reproduces a selection of the many Isle of Man stamps that featured Her Majesty during her long reign.

This sheet features the following stamps, selected to present a selection of various images of Her Majesty’s reign as seen through Isle of Man stamps:

£5, The Queen’s Portrait, 1983
15p, Royal Birthday, 1986
£2, HM Queen Trooping The Colour, 1988
18p, 40th Anniversary of the Accession of HM Queen, 1992
£1, The Golden Wedding, 1997
4 x 50p, The Golden Wedding, 1997
4 x Various values, Postal History 1952-76, 2001
2 x (40p & 65p), The Golden Jubilee: The Daily Life of the Queen by Michael Noakes, 2001
2 x (50p & £1) The Golden Jubilee: Royal Paintings and Sculpture, 2001
50p, The Golden Jubilee: Royal Paintings and Sculpture, 2002
60p, The Diamond Wedding, 2007
£1.55 pre-paid, Queen Elizabeth II York Minster Statue, 2022. Recently unveiled monument.

From the issue:

“The Isle of Man Post Office presents a sheetlet of stamps commemorating the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann, and the unwavering service she provided throughout a 70 year reign on the throne.  Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and Head of State across The Commonwealth for 70 years died peacefully at her beloved private Scottish home, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire.
Her promise of service and dedication pre-dated her reign, on her twenty-first birthday she famously declared “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”.
Her late Majesty’s undertaking never wavered, her definition of duty a moral inspiration for all, young and old, and one that is the epitome of what it is to be British.”