GREAT BRITAIN MACHINS SPECIALIZED PDF DIGITAL CATALOGUES 4500 color pages of detailed philatelic information
Color pictures, texts in english, 2018/2019 editions.
PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader), all volumes sent via weblink.
Features extensive information regarding the birth and development of Great Britain's QEII Machin head definitive stamps.All physical attributes and technical details thoroughly listed, including:
1. Value (or service indicator)
2. Colour
3. Size and shape
4. Design: National, Regional (Machin
and pictorial) and Special (e.g., the
‘double head’ issue of 1990)
5. Method of printing
6. Printer and press
7. Paper
8. Gum
9. Perforations (gauge, rotary or comb,
ellipses, straight edges, die-cut etc.)
10. Direction of printing (this corresponds
to the watermark on pre-
Machin papers).
11. Form of issue: sheet, coil, etc.
12. Phosphor type (chemical composition)
13. Phosphor application, whether incorporated
into the paper or overprinted;
screen, number and width of bars;
whether the bars are short, inset or
notched etc.
14. Fluorescent inks
15. Head type, size and setting
16. Value type
17. Value setting
