The word, Machin , comes to us from the name of the individual that designed the portrait of the Queen. Arnold Machin was the creator of the bust that was used as a model for the stamp that we now refer to as the machin.
Machin (pronounced - Maychin). The emphasis is on the first syllable,
The machins are divided into two groups. The predecimal period from 1967 - 1971, and the decimal period from 1971 to the current. For those of you using the Scott Catalog, remember that the editors of Scott always use the cheapest variety.
Yours truly is the Scott editor for the machin series. In addition we edit the entire Great Britain area for the Scott Catalog. .
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