Description
This special handstamp marks the occasion of the last day on which the British Post Office was responsible for postal services in the Isle of Man.
The illustrated cover unserviced cost 3.5p each.
A serviced cover with the then current series of Isle of Man decimal stamps 2.5p, 3p, 5p, and 7.5p cost 29.5p.
There was a special post box at Douglas Head Post Office where items posted would receive the special handstamp
