Machin Id's By Scott Numbers

I have been working on identifying Machin stamps by Scott numbers. Some are tough for me. I know that there is almost an infinite amount of varieties of these little buggers. I am not trying to go that far, (at this point). I am just trying to do this by Scott numbers. Some of the early low value stamps where there are four or more varieties with different sizes to the numbers all look the same to me. My long drawn out question is, Is there an easier way or a good referance online to help me?

For Machins, this is the place to start.

http://www.adminware.ca/machin.htm

Regards, Robert

Pjsstamps, I do not collect Machins, but am somewhat interested! I do collect certain Swiss stamps though, and maybe my findings may help?
I have found that Scott is a great catalog if you are going into depth with United States. Anything else Scott seems to be very much
untrustworthy. The Adminware list referred to above by Trainwreck is just what the doctor prescribed, you can go as general or as deep as you would like!

Peter

Robert, That is exactly what I was looking for. I had over 400 stamp reference sites bookmarked on my computer and that was one of them. My computer died, but I do have a young guy at work stripping my bookmarks and pictures off my old hard drive. I hope to have all that back next week, It has been two months.

Peter,
I usually do not collect any worldwide after 1900. The exceptions are US, UK and Canada. My youngest son actually got me going on machins. I have tried to get all my kids interested in stamps with little success. My youngest showed a fleeting interest in machins or as he called it colored queens heads. He lost interest when things with wheels and skirts came around.

on a tangential note (I didn't want to start a new thread, as there are probably already several on Machins ...maybe even one addressing this question) ...

I'm sorting my way through a pound or so of low-value kiloware Machins and looking for the following low-value decimal varieties. My question is ... are these values pretty rare? Am I likely to find them in my kiloware bag? Or will I have to special order them from a dealer?

right now I need

2.5p rose madder
4p rust brown
4p cobalt
5p ash pink
6p lime green
7.5p pale chestnut
9p orange and black
10p light tan

and that's just in the first few rows of my collection ...

thanks!

Hi clifhiker,
Drop me your details via pm and what Machins you require and I'll send you what I can.

Anthony

clifhiker,
Maybe we can work out a trade. Do you have the Scott's numbers of the ones you are missing?
Pat

ok as I sort through this pile of Machins, I of course am noticing the banding ... after looking over the banding descriptions on Robin Harris's site I can tell that a UV light is a must. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do I have 4 different varieties of the common 9p stamp here? Or is the banding position variable?

Well it depends. I view it as one variety. I only collect the varieties as listed in Scott's, and that is over 750 machins. I had to draw a line in the sand somewhere. If you start going after the different tagging/banding it bet the number is well over 2000 varieties by now. If you go for all the plate varieties, flaws and booklet pane configurations, well I can't count that high. In my SG catalog they list 12 varieties of this stamp.
I only collect used. I started to collect the tagging varieties and found myself buying mint stamps and whole booklet panes which is not what I collect. While I admire a clean collection with all the varities possible. I like my stamps "dirty" and I prefer socked on the nose cancels.

I have my Machins organized by the old Scott numbers...before they started classifying them as a separate group. Now I guess I have to reorganize and remount them as I update my Great Britain album....that's going to be fun. I actually kind of prefer them in context with the other stamps issued at the same time rather than as a separate group.

I managed to fill three slots on my first page of decimal, non-elliptical, not-worried-about-varieties Machins after sorting about a kilogram of stamps. I am pretty pleased since I know that I have quite a few higher values yet to sort and mount.

here are the three that I located ... the 9p black and orange was found, then lost, then either found again, or a second copy was found ... either way I got to fill that spot!


here's what I have and what I'm still missing on the front page ...

Nice presentation of Machins.

Robert

No surprises there.
The 16½p and 17½p are rarely found in kiloware but are not particularly expensive.
Good luck with this one



Took me ages and I have kilos to sort through.

25p salmon pink coil stamp with no ellipses. Sweet. Nice centering and light cancel too.

I have a mint example in my collection; looking for a used example to complement it.

Robert

Here are my first two pages





I am not ready with page three. I am having a tough time identifying the MH42-MH46 (4p greenish blues).