The Isle of Man has played an important part in the development of motor car racing and has been the venue for some of the most exciting and noteworthy road races
The Gordon Bennett Trials were held on Manx roads in 1904 as a result of the Manx parliament being able and willing to authorise road closures
This stamps originate from specially commissioned artwork by two of the finest exponents of the genre of motorsport art, IOM based artists Peter Hearsey and Nick Sykes.
This First Day Cover set consists of the Miniature Sheet affixed to the official pictorial envelope and postmarked with the first day of issue cancellation.
The set includes a text card.