John Nicholson

John Nicholson (1911–1988) was born in Douglas, grandson of the Manx painter John Miller Nicholson, and was largely self-taught. He designed the Island's banknotes and its Great Britain regional stamps of 1958, 1964 and 1966, then for the new Isle of Man Post Office the 1973 Definitives, 1974 Historical Anniversaries and RNLI, and later the 1978 Landmarks, 1983 Sea Birds and 1993 Ships definitive series.