Great Britain : On Steiner Pages.

Thanks for that Ringo.
Compare to Tim's Post............

Worldwide "Prussian Blues"
(highlighting the problems with scanner results, and stamp abuse, fading, soaking)




Stanley Gibbons "Blues"

1968
Steiner Page 30.



1968
Steiner Page 31.

APEX 1934

A large portion of this time bracket, (Mint Stamps) came from a free gift, from SCF member "Aussie AL" Many, many thanks.

1969
Steiner Page 32.



1969
Steiner Page 33.



1970
Steiner Page 34

Those look great!- I've been working on my GB too but picked up an unused Scott Specialty album for them

Great Mike.....get stuck into them.........

However, be very afraid.........there's things lurking under the trap door...Machins

Cinderella Intermission:

1964
Hallmark Productions : The Beatles / Seltaeb

Curiosity:

Bee Cage (possible for Queen)
Tag still attached, with 2 x Queen Victoria Penny Red Postage Stamps.

(Unfortunately, I could not capture enough of the program to show the stamps)
"Antiques Roadshow" Great Britain. Circa 2008

(Arguably) The First Letter in the World, to be franked with a stamp, and delivered..........

Mr? Blenkinsop....rest unknown

There is Her Majesty, with the corner letters suggesting her welcome "Hi !"

Are any members able to ID these Machins please?
So I can look up in Scott.
A year would do. Thank you.

Hi Rod,

I suggest you try this website which I find very helpful in identifying Machins:

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

You need to look for listings with elliptical perfs ("syncopated perfs" in Scott) and security slits.

Crikey.
Welcome to my nightmare.
I went back to Scott, with these results.
(1st Type MH297) Red /vermilion....Unknown

Thanks Nigel, kept that link for when I have some time.

Further Investigation. Unlisted Scott.
Stamp has to be held on an oblique angle to the light source.
Queen type of 1970 with redrawn portrait, and type of 2006,with iridescent overprint of "Royal Mail" (and Coded) in wavy lines.

(Scanner will not pick up these wavy lines)

Self adhesive with oval slits.

Unlisted Scott, or....Scott has included this stamp in the 2013 list (MH426)

There is an error somewhere because this stamp has the code "ROYAL M12L" Indicating a 2012 release.



Aha! Update with Nigel's link.
The 2012 code was released January 2013..........all solved!

It is MH426

Hi Rod,

One down, two to go!

My SG and Scott catalogues are too old to deal with these.

I haven't plunged into collecting Machins yet but I'm intrigued to read about all the variations.

I also suggest you download Ian Billings' ("Norvic Philatelics") free catalogue of Machin Security Definitive Stamps:

http://www.norphil.co.uk/securitymachins/

This has lots of useful information.