Machin Head Stamps

July 14, 2007

• No regard given to perforations (except for ellipticals), printing processes or printers, phosphors, booklets, coils, sheets, or very small design differences.
• Colors can be Deegam, or (Scott), or [Gibbons or even old names]. You decide.
• Most years of issue coincide between references; incompatibles listed separately.

½d	orange-brown			68
1d	olive (yellow ochre)		68
2d	lake brown			68
3d	violet (spectrum violet)	67
4d	sepia (olive sepia)		67
4d	vermillion			69
5d	blue (Stewart blue)		68
6d	reddish purple (purple)		68
7d	emerald (light green)		68
8d	vermillion (scarlet)		68
8d	turquoise (duck egg blue)	69
9d	green (Winchester green)	67
10d	drab (light olive brown)	68
1/	light violet (aconite violet)	67
1/6	blue (turquoise/garter blue)	67
1/9	orange & black  		.
	(orange & olive brown)		67
2/6	brown (peat brown)		69
5/	lake (raspberry red)		69
10/	ultramarine (deep ultramarine)	69
£1	black (bluish black)		69

10p	cerise (large format)		70
20p	olive-green	(light green)	96
50p	deep ultramarine (large format)	70
£1	bluish black (arabic)		?
£1	bluish black (roman)		70

£1	bright yellow-green & black-olive
	(olive & greenish yellow)	95
£1.30	drab & deep green-blue		.
	(blue-green & buff)		83
£1.33	pale mauve & gray-black		.
	(mauve & blue-black) 		84
£1.41	drab & deep green-blue		.
	(blue-green & buff)		85
£1.50	pale mauve & gray-black		.
	(blue-black & lilac)		86
£1.60	pale drab & deep green-blue	.
	(blue-black & buff)		87
£2	light emerald & purple-brown	.
	(green & purple-brown) 77
£5	salmon & chalky blue		.
	(pale pink & royal blue)	77

DECIMALS
SMALL size ("regular")

½p	71	turquoise (greenish blue) [turquoise-blue]
1p	71	crimson (magenta)
1p	91	dark maroon (magenta)
1p	93	dark maroon (magenta), elliptical
1½p	71	black [charcoal black]
2p	80s	myrtle-green (deep gray-green)(dark green)
2p	70s	emerald green (new green)(light green)
2p	95	dark green, elliptical
2p	97	deep gray-green, elliptical
2½p	71	pale magenta (pink)
2½p	81	rose madder (vermillion) [rose red]
3p	71(73)	ultramarine
3p	80 (92)	rose red (deep lilac rose)
3p	89	bright magenta (shocking pink)
3½p	71(74)	gray green [olive gray]
3½p	83	purple-brown (violet brown)
4p	71	rust brown (olive bistre)[ocher brown]
4p	80s	greenish blue (turquoise)
4p	88	cobalt blue (bright blue)[Prussian blue][new blue]
4p	93	cobalt blue [Prussian blue], elliptical
4½p	73	gray-blue (bluish gray)
5p	71	gray. violet (bluish lilac)[pale/lt. violet]
5p	82 (80)	grayish rose (red brown) [lilac]
5p	88	claret (dull red brown)(ash brown)
5p	88 (80s)	ash pink [claret (alternate shade)](red brown)
5p	93	ash brown (red brown)(rose brown), elliptical
5p*	80s, 90	brown, no elllipse (*Scott only)
5½p	73	deep violet (dark violet)[violet]
6p	71,76	lime green (bright olive green) [light emerald]
6p	91	pastel green (light green)[lime green][bright olive green] [olive]
6p	93	lime green (bright olive green)[light green], elliptical
6½p	74	cerulean blue (Prussian blue)[greenish blue]
7p	75	reddish brown (dark red brown)[brownish red]
7p	85	brick red (henna brown)[purple brown]
7p	99	light grey (gray), elliptical
7p	04	shocking pink (not Scott), elliptical
7½p	71	pale chestnut (light red brown)
8p	73	red [rosine, blood red]
8p	00	old gold (dark olive bister), elliptical
8½p	75	yellow green (yellowish green) [apple green]
9p	71	yellow-orange & black (black and ocher)
9p	76	bluish violet (violet blue)[deep violet]
9p	05	orange, elliptical
9½p	76	deep violet (bright lilac)[purple, bright purple]
10p	71	or-brown & chestnut (terracotta)(or-brown & light orange)
10p	76	grayish orange (salmon) [dull orange, light orange brown, orange]
10p	90	orange brown [light tan, brown orange]
10p	93	light tan (brown orange), elliptical
10½p	76	light yellow (yellow)
10½p	78	pastel blue (steel blue)[deep dull blue, grayish blue]
11p	76	pastel red (pink)[brown-red]
11½p	79	rust brown (olive bister)[ochre-brown]
11½p	81	mushroom (gray brown or brownish gray)[drab]
12p	80	yellowish-green (yellow green)
12p	85	emerald green (bright green)[bright emerald]
12p	06	dark turquoise, elliptical
12½p	82	pastel green (light emerald)
13p	79	gray green (grayish green)[olive-gray]
13p	84, 88	light brown [pale chestnut, reddish brown, light red brown]
13½p	80	violet brown (brown purple)[red brown, purple-brown]
14p	81	grayish blue (gray-blue) [smoke blue]
14p	80s	dark blue [deep blue]
14p	06	salmon pink, elliptical
15p	79	ultramarine (deep ultramarine)
15p	89	light blue (bright blue)
15½p	81, 82	pale violet (light violet)
16p	83	mushroom (brownish gray)[olive-drab, light mushroom]
16p	07	pink, elliptical
16½p	82	light brown(fawn)[pale chestnut]
17p	80	pastel green(light green)[light emerald]
17p	80	grayish blue (gray-blue)
17p	90, 91	(dark blue)[deep blue]
17½p	80	light brown (light red brown)[pale chestnut, chestnut brown]
18p	81	deep violet (violet blue)[grayish violet, bluish violet]
18p	84	deep olive-gray(olive green)[olive gray, gray green]
18p	91, 92	light green (bright yellow green)[bright green]
19p	88, 89	flame(bright orange)[bright orange-red,red orange]
19p	93	olive green (bister), elliptical
19½p	82	gray green (pale olive gray)[olive-gray]
20p	76-86	purplish gray (deep purple brown)[dull purple]
20p	88	sea green (greenish blue)[turquoise-green]
20p	89	black (brownish black)
20p	93	sea green (more turquois or aqua)(greenish blue), elliptical
20p	96	light green (bright yellow green), elliptical
20½p	83	ultramarine
22p	80	dark blue (deep blue)[blue]
22p	84, 88	moss green (yellow-green)
22p	90, 91	flame (orange-red)[bright orange-red]
23p	83	pastel red (rose pink)[brown-red]
23p	84 (88)	light green (yellow green)[bright green, bright yellow green]
24p	84	violet
24p	89	terracotta(brown red)[chestnut]
24p	90s	rust brown (brown)[indian red, rust]
25p	81	purple (lilac)
25p	93	salmon pink (salmon), elliptical
25p	96	salmon pink (salmon) (no ellipse)
26p	82, 87	red [rosine, post office red]
26p	90	stone (olive gray)
26p	96	rust brown (brown)[rust], elliptical
26p	97	gold, elliptical
27p	88	rust brown (brown)[rust, chestnut]
27p	90	violet (mauve)
28p	83	bluish viole ](deep violet blue)[deep violet, grayish violet]
28p	88	sand(dark olive bister)[ochre]
28p	91	slate blue (dull blue green)[deep bluish gray]
29p	82	chestnut (brown-ochre)[yellow brown, brown olive]
29p	89	purple (deep rose lilac)[deep mauve]
29p	93	light gray (gray), elliptical
30p	89	sage green (dark olive green)[olive; olive-gray]
30p	93	sage green (dark olive green), elliptical
31p	83	deep lilac (deep rose lilac)[stunning purple, bright rose lilac]
31p	90	ultramarine
31p	96	purple (deep rose lilac), elliptical
32p	88	dark turquoise (Prussian blue)[greenish blue]
33p	90, 91	emerald green (emerald)[light emerald]
33p	00	slate blue (dark blue green), elliptical
34p	84, 88	yellow brown (dark brown)[ochre-brown]
34p	89	slate blue (dull blue green)[deep bluish gray]
34p	91	purple (bright rose lilac)[deep mauve]
34p	03	lime green
35p	88	sepia (dark brown)
35p	91	yellow (old gold) (orange yellow)
35p	93	old gold (orange yellow), elliptical
35p	04	dark brown [tray black], elliptical
35p	05	lime green, elliptical
36p	93	ultramarine (blue), elliptical
37p	89	red (scarlet)[rosine]
37p	96	amethyst (bright rose lilac)[rhododendron], elliptical
37p	02	black [charcoal black] , elliptical
37p	06	olive green
38p	93	red, elliptical
38p	99	ultramarine (dark blue), elliptical
39p	91	amethyst (bright rose lilac)[bright mauve]
39p	96	shocking pink ( pink)[bright pink], elliptical
39p	04	light grey, elliptical
40p	00	grey blue (chalky blue), elliptical
40p	04	dark turquoise (not Scott), elliptical
41p	93	stone (drab), elliptical
41p	00	red (carmine rose), elliptical
42p	02	sage green (dark olive green), elliptical (also self-adh.)
43p	96	dark brown, elliptical
43p	04	emerald green (not Scott), elliptical
44p	99	stone (brown), elliptical
44p	06	ultramarine (not Scott), elliptical
45p	00	amethyst (bright rose lilac), elliptical
46p	05	old gold (not Scott), elliptical
47p	02	sea green (greenish blue), elliptical
49p	06	rust, elliptical
50p	77	ochre (bister brown)[brown orange, ochre-brown]
50p	80	ochre (sand)
50p	93	sand (ocher), elliptical
50p	07	light gray, elliptical
54p	07	rust, elliptical
60p	94	slate blue, elliptical
63p	96	emerald (bright green), elliptical
64p	99	sea green (greenish blue), elliptical
65p	00	dark turquoise (Prussian blue), elliptical
68p	02	stone, elliptical (also self-adh.)
72p	06	red, elliptical
75p	80s	black [india black]
75p	88	black [gray-black, dark gray]
£1	95	mauve (violet), elliptical
£1	07	ruby (red), elliptical
£1.50	99	brownish red (red), elliptical
£1.50	03	brownish red (rose), elliptical
£2	99	deep grey-blue (slate blue), elliptical
£2	03	gray blue (slate blue), elliptical
£3	99	dull purple (purple), elliptical
£3	03	violet (purple),elliptical
£5	99	brown, elliptical
£5	03	light blue (gray blue), elliptical

NON-DENOMINATIONAL DECIMALS

(No Value Indicator - NVI)

1st	89	black-brown
1st	90	bright orange-red (flame)
1st	93	flame (orange red), elliptical
1st	93	flame (self-adh., horiz.)
1st	98	flame (self-adh., regular)
1st	97	gold, elliptical
1st	97	gold (self-adh.)
1st	99	embossed, large (Prestige Book)
1st	99	engraved, large (Prestige Book)
1st	99	typographed, large (Prestige Book)
1st	98	flame (self-adh., regular)
1st	00	white (olive green, Scott) (Millennium), elliptical
1st	06	gold, PiP, regular
1st	06	gold, PiP (horiz., "Large")
2nd	06	light blue, PiP, regular
2nd	06	light blue, PiP,(horiz., "Large")
2nd	89	bright blue (light blue)
2nd	90	deep blue (dark blue)
2nd	93	light blue, elliptical
2nd	97	light blue (self-adh., horiz.)
2nd	98	light blue (self-adh., regular)
E	99	dark blue (blue), elliptical

REGIONALS
"Country Stamps"

Northern Ireland
Red Hand of Ulster

2½p	71	bright magenta (pale magenta)
3p	71	ultramarine
3½p	71	olive-gray
4½p	73	gray-blue (bluish gray)
5p	71	reddish violet (grayish violet)
5½p	73	violet (deep violet)
6½p	74	cerulean blue
7p	75	purple-brown (reddish brown)
7½p	71	chestnut (pale chestnut)
8 p	74	rosine (blood red)
8½p	76	yellow-green (apple green)
9p	76	deep violet
10p	76	orange-brown (orange)
10½p	78	steel-blue (pastel blue)
11p	76	scarlet (pastel red)
11½p	81	drab
12p	80	yellowish green
12p	86	bright emerald (bright green)
12½p	82	light emerald (pastel green)
13p	84	pale chestnut (reddish brown)
13½p	80	purple-brown (violet brown)
14p	81	gray-blue (smoke blue)
14p	88	deep blue (dark blue)
15p	80	ultramarine
15p	89	bright blue
15½p	82	pale violet
16p	83	drab(Mushroom)
17p	84	gray-blue
17p	90	deep blue (dark blue)
18p	81	deep violet (gray violet)
18p	87	deep olive-gray (olive gray)
18p	91	bright green (light green)
19p	88	bright orange-red (flame)
19p	93	bistre (olive green)
19½p	82	olive-gray
20p	83	ultramarine
20p	89	brownish-black (black)
20p	96	light green
22p	81	blue (dark blue)
22p	84	yellow-green (moss green)
22p	90	bright orange-red (flame)
23p	88	bright green (light green)
24p	89	chestnut (Terracotta)
24p	91	indian red (rust)
25p	93	red (salmon pink)
26p	82	rosine (post office red)
26p	90	drab; gray brown (stone)
26p	96	rust
28p	83	deep violet-blue (gray violet)
28p	91	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
30p	93	deep olive-gray (sage green)
31p	84	bright purple (deep lilac)
32p	88	greenish blue (dark turquoise)
34p	89	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
37p	96	rosine (red)
37p	96	rhododendron (amethyst)
38p	99	ultramarine
39p	91	bright mauve (amethyst)
40p	00	grey blue, elliptical
41p	93	gray-brown (stone)
63p	96	emerald green
64p	9	sea green
65p	00	dark turquoise, elliptical
1st	00	flame, elliptical

Scotland
Scottish Lion Rampant

2½p	71	bright (pale) magenta
3p	71	ultramarine
3½p	71	olive-gray
41p	93	gray-brown (stone)
4½p	73	gray-blue (bluish gray)
5p	71	reddish (grayish) violet
5½p	73	violet (deep violet)
6½p	76	cerulean blue
7p	75	purple-brown (reddish brown)
7½p	71	(pale) chestnut
8p	74	rosine (blood red)
8½p	76	yellow-green (apple green)
9p	76	deep violet
10p	76	orange-brown (orange)
10½p	78	steel-blue (pastel blue)
11p	76	scarlet (Pastel red)
11½p	81	drab
12p	80	yellowish green
12p	86	bright emerald (bright green)
12½p	82	light emerald (pastel green)
13p	84	pale chestnut (reddish brown)
13½p	80	purple-brown (violet brown)
14p	81	gray-blue (smoke blue)
14p	88	deep blue (dark blue)
15p	80	ultramarine
15p	89	bright blue
15½p	82	pale violet
16p	83	drab (Mushroom)
17p	84	gray-blue
17p	90	deep blue (dark blue)
18p	81	deep violet (gray violet)
18p	87	deep olive-gray (olive gray)
18p	91	bright green (light green)
19p	88	bright orange-red (flame)
19p	93	bistre (olive green)
19½p	82	olive-gray
20p	89	brownish-black (black)
20p	96	light green
20½p	83	ultramarine
22p	81	blue (dark blue)
22p	84	yellow-green (moss green)
22p	90	bright orange-red (flame)
23p	88	bright green (light green)
24p	89	chestnut (Terracotta)
24p	91	indian red (rust)
25p	93	red (salmon pink)
26p	82	rosine (post office red)
26p	90	drab; gray brown (stone)
26p	96	rust
28p	83	deep violet-blue (gray violet)
28p	91	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
30p	93	deep olive-gray (sage green)
31p	84	bright purple (deep lilac)
32p	88	greenish blue (dark turquoise)
34p	89	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
37p	96	rhododendron (amethyst)
37p	96	rosine (red)
39p	91	bright mauve (amethyst)
63p	96	emerald green
1st	00	flame

Wales
Welsh Dragon
* = no currency delimiter

2½p	71	bright magenta (pale magenta)
3p	71	ultramarine
3½p	71	olive-gray
4½p	73	gray-blue (bluish gray)
5p	71	reddish violet (grayish violet)
5½p	73	violet (deep violet)
6½p	76	cerulean blue
7p	75	purple-brown (reddish brown)
7½p	71	chestnut (pale chestnut)
8p	74	rosine (blood red)
8½p	76	yellow-green (apple green)
9p	76	deep violet
10p	76	orange-brown (orange)
10½p	78	steel-blue (pastel blue)
11p	76	scarlet (Pastel red)
11½p	81	drab
12p	80	yellowish green
12p	86	bright emerald (bright green)
12½p	82	light emerald (pastel green)
13p	84	pale chestnut (reddish brown)
13½p	80	purple-brown (violet brown)
14p	81	gray-blue (smoke blue)
14p	88	deep blue (dark blue)
15p	80	ultramarine
15p	89	bright blue
15½p	82	pale violet
16p	83	drab (Mushroom)
17p	84	gray-blue
17p	90	deep blue (dark blue)
18p	81	deep (gray) violet
18p	87	deep olive-gray(olive gray)
18p	91	bright green (light green)
19p	88	bright orange-red (flame)
19p	93	bistre (olive green)
19½p	82	olive-gray
20*	97	light green (no 'p' symbol)
20p	89	brownish-black (black)
20p	96	light green
20½p	83	ultramarine
22p	81	blue (dark blue)
22p	84	yellow-green (moss green)
22p	90	bright orange-red (flame)
23p	88	bright green (light green)
24p	89	chestnut (Terracotta)
24p	91	indian red (rust)
25p	93	red (salmon pink)
26*	97	rust (no 'p' symbol)
26p	82	rosine (post office red)
26p	90	drab; gray brown (stone)
26p	96	rust
28p	83	deep violet-blue (gray violet)
28p	91	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
30p	93	deep olive-gray (sage green)
31p	84	bright purple (deep lilac)
32p	88	greenish blue (dark turquoise)
34p	89	deep bluish-gray (slate blue)
37*	97	rhododendron (amethyst) (no 'p' symbol)
37p	96	rosine (red)
39p	91	bright mauve (amethyst)
41p	93	gray-brown (stone)
63*	96	emerald green (no 'p' symbol)
1st	00	flame

Isle of Man
Manx Emblem

2½p	71	bright magenta (pale magenta)
3p	71	ultramarine
5p	71	reddish (grayish) violet
7½p	71	(pale) chestnut

15p	blue (light blue)
20p	black [also souvenir sheet]
29p	purple
34p	blue gray (slate blue)
37p	red
1st	black			'00

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2p-½p-½p-1p-1p
½p-½p-1p-1p-2p
½p-½p-1p-2p-6p
½p-½p-1p-1p-7p
1p-1p-8p+2 labels
2p-3p-3p-3p
½p-4p-4p-4p
1p-4p-4p-4p
2p-4p-4p-4p
3p-4p-4p-4p
4p-4p-4p-5p
4p-4p-5p-5p
4p-5p-5p-5p

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