tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post4770174425728246587..comments2024-01-12T00:20:22.174-12:00Comments on Machin Mania: Up for AuctionMachin Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-60242345258071899962008-08-25T02:24:00.000-12:002008-08-25T02:24:00.000-12:00Hi LarryI can not find any reference to a charity,...Hi Larry<BR/><BR/>I can not find any reference to a charity, but there is another picture of perhaps the inner card which shows Roy Hood Comedian.<BR/>You can view the lot by typing in this URL..<BR/><BR/>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-1st-2nd-Adhesives-Castle-SIGNED-Arnold-Machin_W0QQitemZ370079745299QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370079745299&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14Machin Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-83604587755068299152008-08-24T09:19:00.000-12:002008-08-24T09:19:00.000-12:00I'm a little suspicious of the FDC, since Machin d...I'm a little suspicious of the FDC, since Machin did not design the horizontal format stamps (the cover properly gives credit to Jeffery Matthews), and Machin was rather finicky about the design of his stamp.<BR/><BR/>However, maybe he signed it because it is, after all, his portrait.<BR/><BR/>It certainly looks like his signature, but there's no indication that it's a charity item like the others we recently blogged about. Is there any corroborating evidence, such as a contemporary ad from Benham, that indicates that they did go out and get Machin's signature for these? Or might this be a forged signature?<BR/><BR/>--LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com