Clubs for Machin Collectors

• Modern British Philatelic Circle (U. K.)
• Machin Collectors Club (U. K.)
• Great Britain Collectors Club (U.S.)

The Modern British Philatelic Circle (U. K.)

Goals:

Services:

• The Bookmark Journal appears six times per year. Included are fully-illustrated, detailed new issue reports plus research articles, technical information and related topics such as Royal Mail’s promotional materials for booklets. Sample pages are available on their web site.
• The web site at http://www.mbp-circle.co.uk has circle information and activities, a dealer listing and some basic information about booklets. A members-only section includes a comprehensive, well-illustrated catalogue of all decimal booklets (1971 - present) and commemoratives (special issues) starting in 1992. More information will be added over time.
• The Bookmark Catalogue is a very comprehensive, well-illustrated catalogue of all decimal booklets. It contains information about each booklet and pane, plus general information on printing process, perforations and postage rates. The first volume of the 8th edition was published in 2005.
• Postal auctions are held six times per year, and each auction features material from a few different collecting areas. Over the course of a year, all areas within the circle’s scope are covered at least once. Auction lists are mailed with the journal and are also available on the member’s section of the web site.
• Douglas Myall’s periodic Machin updates, the Deegam Reports, are sent to all members.
• Meetings are held in England three times per year. Details are provided to members.

Subscriptions:

Yearly subscriptions at the time of this writing are £8 (U.K.), £12.00 (outside U.K., airmail), £8.00 (outside U.K., surface mail). Members receive copies of all issues of the journal for the year in which they join. Please check the web site for current rates.

For more information, visit their web site or contact the Membership Secretary, Tony Wilkins
at tony@mbp-circle.co.uk or by postal mail at

3 Buttermere Close
BRIERLEY HILL, West Midlands
England DY5 3SD

The Machin Collectors Club (U.K.)

Goals:

Services:

• Monthly newsletter with all the latest information on new issues, both definitives and commemoratives.
• Web site at http://www.machins.org with
  • online membership signup
  • online shopping for stamps (some hard-to-find Machin items), covers, supplies and the MCC Catalogue
  • excerpts from the newsletter
  • an online catalogue, available to everyone, that includes Machins, other definitives and Elizabethan commemoratives
  • a list of recent De La Rue printings from both the Byfleet and Dunstable plants
• Six auctions per year for club members only, with reserves generally at half of retail prices.
• A specialized, comprehensive Machin catalog, now in its fourth edition. Members receive free periodic updates.
• Twice-yearly Fayres at Dunchurch near Rugby, England.
• Telephone enquiry service.
• Facilities in each newsletter for members to buy/sell/exchange material.
• Dealers’ advertisements, offering the latest Machin issues, included with most newsletters.
• The MCC is putting together a new edition of the Stoneham Stamps of Great Britain Catalogue. Several edition of this well-regarded catalogue were issued in the 1980s and 1990s, but it disappeared from view. The new version is due at the end of April, 2006.

Subscriptions:

For more information, you can visit their web site or contact

Melvyn Philpott
8 Jannys Close
Aylsham, Norwich
Norfolk, England NR11 6DL

Melvyn can be reached at machins@supanet.com.

Phone/Fax: +44 (0) 1263-733586

Last update: March 20, 2006
Copyright © 2003 by Larry Rosenblum