tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post3526856838965035332..comments2024-01-12T00:20:22.174-12:00Comments on Machin Mania: Adrian Adds To The DebateMachin Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-4991207835834445082009-03-27T08:20:00.000-12:002009-03-27T08:20:00.000-12:00I found the image from the Royal Mail publicity in...I found the image from the Royal Mail publicity in 2004 when they used the wrong image for the 40p country stamps - http://wilding.norvic-philatelics.co.uk/~ian/gbstamps/wrong40s.jpg <BR/>"Not prepared for use and never issued!"Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-64451253787332823722009-03-22T07:38:00.000-12:002009-03-22T07:38:00.000-12:00We may get a better idea when the printing dates f...We may get a better idea when the printing dates for these stamps are published.<BR/><BR/>These printing dates are normally in the region of a couple, maybe three months in of advance of the issue date.Machin Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-23295999460816815912009-03-22T05:59:00.000-12:002009-03-22T05:59:00.000-12:00Ah yes, outsourcing. It has the same wonderful con...Ah yes, outsourcing. It has the same wonderful consequences here in the US. <BR/><BR/>I tend to agree with Roy. I think the original intention was for the March 31 stamps to be self-adhesive. Then there were obviously difficulties at the printer. The booklets and other issues scheduled for Feb. 17 could be (and were) deferred until later. The March 31 issues for the new rates could not be delayed, so Royal Mail and the printer went back to the traditional water-activated gum. No one bothered to correct the issue of Previews.<BR/><BR/>--LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-91181412332196037132009-03-20T04:45:00.000-12:002009-03-20T04:45:00.000-12:00And wasn't it the case that in 1997, when the "new...And wasn't it the case that in 1997, when the "new image" Machins were to be released that the bumph showed stamps without any white borders? So, anything goes apparently, and I wouldn't be surprised if we will never see stamps as depicted in this latest bulletin. But it is true that it seems quite a lot of work to come up with something so wide off the mark!Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745769665637978663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-16743950352351844882009-03-20T02:20:00.000-12:002009-03-20T02:20:00.000-12:00Images of two blocks now on my blog at http://norp...Images of two blocks now on my blog at http://norphil.blogspot.com/2009/03/31-march-cylinder-blocks-of-6-and-not.htmlIan - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-24466020888716892822009-03-20T02:01:00.000-12:002009-03-20T02:01:00.000-12:00Far be it for me to agree (that you are talking ru...Far be it for me to agree (that you are talking rubbish) :-)<BR/><BR/>But... I think a lot of this publicity material is outsourced and released without being properly checked by Royal Mail. Remember the 'Celebrating Wales' MS - the bottom right-hand Country Definitive had a metallic red dragon in all the publicity material and at one stage when I queried this it was confirmed as correct! Of course it wasn't, the sheet appeared with the dragon in silver as it should be.<BR/><BR/>A few years ago, possibly July 2002, only one of the 'higher value' country stamps was reissued at new rates. On that occasion the new stamps, presentation pack and FDCs in 'Preview' all used the WRONG design, ie the design of the value which was NOT being replaced. When I phoned Tallents House to ask if i was right that from then on there would be two current values in the same design there was a deathly hush at the other end of the phone, a penny dropped and they admitted that the publicity images were all incorrect.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, it all adds to the fun of discovery, doesn't it?Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.com