• Roy Simpson’s Machin Blog which covers current events in the Machin world as well as other useful information and identification tips. He goes over some topics that are not covered elsewhere on the web. Since it’s a blog, you can add your own comments or questions. And I post there occasionally as well. Highly Recommended!
  
  
• Dave Arthur’s Machin Forum, with lots of discussion about aspects of Machins. You may post your own questions and comments there.
  
  
• A glorious display of 400+ face-different Machins. (Missing some of the newer ones the last time I checked.)
  
  
• Machins galore at Robin Harris’ comprehensive Machin web site
  Be sure to see his Machin timeline and his organized list of Machin colors
  
  
• Machin Stamp Collecting is Bob Hunt’s brief history and description of the Machins
  
  
• Jonz Stamping Ground has information on several aspects of Machins, including the Millennium Machin (and how to distinguish the work of the three printers), coils, overprints and underprints, and forgeries
  
  
• GB Machins by Roy Simpson, a very comprehensive review of all the subtleties of the Machins, includes a Q&A section
  
  
• My Machin Collection is a description by an unnamed collector Note: There are some errors in the detailed information presented here
  
  
• Stampprinters.info has a lot of information about printers as well as other printing-related topics. Besides information on each of the printers that has produced Machins, there are several interesting articles for Machin collectors, including one titled “The Genesis of the Machin Design.”
  
  
• The Potteries, Machin’s home town, recognizes him.
  
  
• An obituary of Arnold Machin.
  
  
• Another obituary.
  
  

Machin information elsewhere on GBStamps.com

• The GBCC interview with Machin expert Douglas Myall
  
  
• The GBCC interview with designer Jeffery Matthews
  with the full Matthews color palette
  
  
• The GBCC interview with Machin dealers John and Tina Carlson
  
  
• The GBCC interview with Machin exhibitor Tony Walker
  
  
• Domestic postage rates during the Machin Era to 2006
  
  
• Domestic postage rates starting with the change to PiP in 2006
  
  
• Rates to the United States during the Machin Era to 2000
  
  
• All international rates starting in 2000
  
  
• Also check the Machin news page for articles relating to Machins

Last update: December 16, 2009
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