Machin News - Issues in [2018]
Machin News - Issues in [2018] |
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2018 Summary
| Date | Issue | Source | Value | Printer |
| 23rd Jan | Game of Thrones | Post & Go | Walsall | |
| Game of Thrones | Prestige Booklet | £13.95 | Cartor | |
| Game of Thrones | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall | |
| 14th Feb | Royal Mail Heritage Transport - Mail by Sea | Post & Go | ||
| 20th Mar | Royal Air Force Centenary | Prestige Booklet | £18.69 | Cartor |
| 20th Mar | Royal Air Force Centenary - Hurricane/Lightning | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall |
| 20th Mar | Four new Tariff Rates £1.25, £1.45,
£1.55 and £2.65. The £2.25 will be reissued. |
Sheets | Walsall | |
| 20th Mar | Two new Country Tariff Rates £1.25, £1.45.
Also the 2nd and 1st with typeface change. |
Sheets | Cartor | |
| 11th May | Royal Air Force Centenary - Red Arrows | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall |
| 23rd May | Counter Sheet reprints - 10p, 20p, £1, 2nd, 1st and 1st Large |
Sheets | Walsall | |
| 26th Jun | Dad's Army | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall |
| 31st Jul | Hampton Court Palace | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | |
| 12th Sep | Royal Mail Heritage Transport - Mail by Bike | Post & Go | ||
| 13th Sep | Great War 1918 | Prestige Booklet | ||
| 16th Oct | TBA | Prestige Booklet | ||
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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) codes are allocated on a company by company basis. The four current printers hold the following FSC codes :-
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Company
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FSC Code
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Cartor
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C100572
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De La Rue
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C020244
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Enschedé
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C017480
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Walsall
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C023216
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International Security Printers is a group name that includes Cartor and Walsall. Thus, when this is quoted by Royal Mail, the FSC code needs to be referred to in order to determine the printer in the group that actually printed the product.
The Game of Thrones Special Issue was issued on 23rd January 2018. Associated with this were a range of products including a Prestige Booklet, Retail Booklet and Post & Go Labels. The Prestige Booklet was priced at £13.95 and the Machin pane (Pane 4) contained 2x5p, 20p, £1.17 (hidden codes: MPIL; MI7L ) and also 2x2nd Northern Ireland Pictorial Definitives and 2x1st Game of Thrones.
The Retail Booklet contained 6x1st definitive sized Game of Thrones special issue. A Game of Thrones Post & Go label for the second class rates and one for the first class rates was issued also (two different labels).
Continuing the Post & Go Royal Mail Heritage Transport theme, six Mail by Sea labels were issued on 14th February 2018. The designs included the Packet Antelope 1780, SS Great Western 1838, SS Britannia 1887, RMS Olympic 1911, RMS Queen Mary 1936 and RMS St. Helena 1990. The year code was RI8YAL.
The Royal Air Force celebrates its Centenary and a Special Issue was on sale from 20th March 2018 with a Special Issue stamps, Prestige Stamp Booklet and Retail Booklet. The Prestige Booklet cost £18.69 and the Machin pane contained 3x2p, 3x5p and 2x£1.17. The hidden codes are 'MPIL' and 'MI8L' (The 'P' in the code MPIL is missing or very feint).
The RAF Custom Retail Booklet contained Hurricane and Lightning special issue stamps. The 4x1st Machin stamps have the hidden codes 'MCIL' and 'MI8L'.
A second RAF Custom Retail Booklet will be issued on 11th May 2018 featuring the Red Arrows.
Four new Machin stamps were issued on 20th March 2018 in respect of the Tariff Rate change on 26th March 2018.
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£1.25
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£1.45
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£1.55
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£2.65
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Value
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Colour
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Source
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Year
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Printer
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£1.25
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Holly Green
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Counter Sheet
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MI8L
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Walsall
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£1.45
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Dove Grey
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MI8L
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£1.55
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Marine Turquoise
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MI8L
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£2.25
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Plum Purple
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MI8L
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£2.65
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Purple Heather
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MI8L
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| The £2.25 Plum Purple (first issued
in 2015) will come back into service. Issues of these may come from old
stock (De La Rue printings) before reprinted stock appears. Cylinder Grid positions are arranged in four rows of two. |
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Also, £1.25 and £1.45 values were issued for the Country Pictorial designs replacing the prevailing £1.17 and £1.40 values.
| Value | Country | Design |
Source
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Printer
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Description | |
| £1.25 | England | Oak Tree |
Counter Sheet
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Cartor
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New value | |
| £1.45 | Tudor Rose | |||||
| £1.25 | N. Ireland | Linen | ||||
| £1.45 | Parian China | |||||
| £1.25 | Scotland | Thistle | ||||
| £1.45 | Tartan | |||||
| £1.25 | Wales | Daffodil | ||||
| £1.45 | Feathers | |||||
| The values have a value tablet using the 'Machin' typeface. Also, the existing 2nd and 1st NVI values have been reprinted using the 'Machin' value tablet typeface. | ||||||
The tariff rates changed on 26th March 2018 - second class rose from 56p to 58p and first class rose from 65p to 67p. NVI rates include :-
| Rate | Old Price | Prices from 26th March 2018 |
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| Second class |
56p
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58p
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| First class |
65p
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67p
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| Large Second class |
76p
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79p
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| Large First class |
98p
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£1.01
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| Europe (20 gms) World (10 gms) |
£1.17
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£1.25
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| Europe (100 gms) |
£1.57
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£1.55
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| Worldwide (20 gms) |
£1.40
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£1.45
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| Worldwide (100 gms) |
£2.27
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£2.25
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| Royal Mail Signed For First |
£1.75
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£1.77
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| Royal Mail Signed For Large |
£2.08
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£2.11
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| Special Delivery (to 100g) |
£6.45
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£6.50
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| Special Delivery (to 500g) |
£7.25
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£7.30
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| Post & Go Collectors Strips : Second Class rose from £1.32 to £1.37 and First Class rose from £8.04 to £8.18. | ||
A second RAF Custom Retail Booklet was issued on 11th May 2018. This contained two special issue Red Arrow stamps. The 4x1st Machin stamps have the hidden codes 'MCIL' and 'MI8L'.
Re-prints of six counter sheets were issued on 23rd May 2018. These have been printed by Walsall (as was the case of the New Tariff Rates issued in March 2018) instead of De La Rue. The values include 10p, 20p, £1, 2nd, 1st and 1st Large. Sheet laydowns for the 2nd and 1st NVI values are new.
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Value
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Colour
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Sheet Size
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Cyl. Grid
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Year
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Printer
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10p
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Light Tan
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25
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4x2
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MI8L
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Walsall
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20p
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Light Green
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25
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4x2
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MI8L
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£1
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Wood Brown
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25
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4x2
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MI8L
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2nd
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Bright Blue
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50
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2x4
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MI8L
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1st
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Royal Mail Red
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50
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2x4
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MI8L
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1st Large
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Royal Mail Red
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50
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2x2
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MI8L
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The Cylinder Grid positions for the 2nd and 1st NVI values are in two rows of four. |
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In association with the Dad's Army special issue to be issued on 26th June 2018, a Custom Retail Booklet will be available also. The special issue stamps in the booklet feature Captain Mainwaring and Lance Corporal Jones.
A Custom Retail Booklet in association with the Hampton Court Palace special issue will be issued on 31st July 2018.
Royal Mail Heritage Transport - Mail by Bike Post & Go labels will be issued on 12th September 2018.
The final part of the Great War commemoration series will be issued on 13th September 2018 and will include a Prestige Booklet.
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