Machin News - Issues in [2021]
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2021 Summary
| Date | Issue | Source | Value | Printer |
| 1st Jan | Tariff Rate changes | Post & Go | Walsall | |
| 14th Jan | National Parks | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall |
| 16th Feb | Only Fools and Horses | PSB | £21.70 | Cartor |
| Only Fools and Horses | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall | |
| 23rd Mar | Machin 2nd Class NVI with QR code | Business Sheet | 50x2nd | Walsall |
| 29th Mar | Queen Retail Booklet II | Retail Booklet | 6x1st | Walsall |
| 21st Apr | Queen's 95th Birthday | Coin Cover | £19.99 | |
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.
New Tariff Rates came into effect on 1st January 2021. The 2nd class rate rose from 65p to 66p, while the 1st class rate rose from 76p to 85p. Some of the other NVI rate changes include :-
| Rate | Old Price | Prices from 1st Jan 2021 |
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| Second class |
65p
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66p
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| First class |
76p
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85p
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| Large Second class |
88p
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96p
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| Large First class |
£1.15
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£1.29
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| Europe (20 gms) World (10 gms) |
£1.45
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£1.70
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| Europe (100 gms) |
£1.70
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£1.70
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| Worldwide (20 gms) |
£1.70
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£1.70
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| Worldwide (100 gms) |
£2.50
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£2.55
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| Royal Mail Signed For First |
£2.06
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£2.25
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| Royal Mail Signed For Large |
£2.45
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£2.69
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| Special Delivery (to 100g) |
£6.70
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£6.85
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| Special Delivery (to 500g) |
£7.50
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£7.65
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| Post & Go Collectors Strips : Second Class rises from £1.53 to £1.62 and First Class from £10.11 to £13.84. | ||
To view the Royal Mail Price card effective from 1st Jan 2021 - Click
New Machin and Country Pictorial values were issued on the 23rd December 2020 to cover these Tariff rate changes - Click
The Post & Go Collectors strip of six now has the NVI Tariff Rates - 1st. 1st Large, Euro 100g / World 20g, Worldwide 100g, Europe Large 100g and Worldwide Large 100g.
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The four higher NVI values from the Collectors Strip
of Six
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The first special issue for 2021 takes the theme - National Parks and will be issued on 14th January 2021. A Custom Retail Booklet will accompany this issue and was printed by Walsall. The Custom Retail Booklet of 6x1st contains two 1st class NVI special issue stamps - 'Peak District' and 'Snowdonia' while the 4x1st class NVI Royal Mail Red stamps have the iridescent codes of 'MCIL' and 'M21L'.
A set featuring the television programme - Only Fools and Horses will be issued on 16th February 2021. Associated with this issue will be Custom Retail and Prestige Booklets. The Custom Retail Booklet of 6x1st contains two 1st class NVI special issue stamps - 'Del Boy' and 'Rodney' while the 4x1st class NVI Royal Mail Red stamps have the iridescent codes of 'MCIL' and 'M21L'.
The Prestige Stamp Booklet will be priced at £21.70 - yes, Booklets now costing over £20 ! The Machin pane (pane 2) contains 3x20p, 2x2nd NVI and 3x1st NVI Machin definitives all with the iridescent codes of 'MPIL' and 'M20L'.
New Machin 50x2nd Class NVI with QR Codes in Business Sheets .
A new version of the 2nd Class NVI (66p) stamp was issued on 23rd March 2021. The stamp itself is larger than the standard definitive size and attached along side it, on the right, is a QR code.
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Standard 2nd NVI and new 2nd NVI with QR Code
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This issue will form part of a trial for new technology. The base stamp is printed in gravure and has the iridescent codes of 'MBIL' and 'M21L'. The QR code is digitally printed as a separate process and it provides a datastring that includes a unique identifier for each stamp.
Initially, the stamps will be available in self adhesive Business Sheets of 50 in the following format :-
Top Panel 2x2nd NVI
Four Panels of 12x2nd NVI (3 rows of 4)
The Barcode for the Business Sheet is 152943 and a whole sheet will be priced at £33.
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Business Sheet 50x2nd NVI with QR Codes - top panel
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A new 6x1st NVI Retail Booklet was issued on 29th March 2021. The stamps are Special Issue definitive size and feature the pop group Queen band members.
A Limited Edition Coin Cover will be issued on 21st April 2021 in respect of the Queen's 95th Birthday. The cover has a brilliant uncirculated £5 coin along with a pane of eight stamps (similar to a Machin pane from a Prestige Booklet) and will be priced at £19.99. The pane is made up of the following with a central '95' label :-
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Process
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Code
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Year
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| 4x1st | Machin | Royal Mail Red |
Gravure
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MAIL
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M21L
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| 1st | England | Lion & Shield |
Litho
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n/a
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n/a
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| 1st | N. Ireland | Patchwork Fields |
Litho
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n/a
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n/a
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| 1st | Scotland | Lion Rampant |
Litho
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n/a
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n/a
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| 1st | Wales | Dragon |
Litho
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n/a
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n/a
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The pane itself has a face value of £6.80, but at this stage its unclear whether these will be available to be purchased separately.
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