The 5th of June 1967, this 4 pence dark-brown was issued alongside a one shilling (1/-) violet and a one shilling and 9 pence (1/9) black and orange (a rare case of bicolor Machin).
Royal Mail has previewed some philatelic products :
* a commemorative mini-sheet with two "first" stamps illustrated by Arnold Machin's portrait and a reproductio of the 4 pence. Plus two Machin of one pound sterling value : the old blue-violet one and the new ruby, colour created by Jeffery Matthews that represents 40 year anniversary in British countries.
* an all sheet of twelve of this minisheets before they are cut. I remind that this is a regular practice of Canada Posts.
* a prestige booklet with 2, 40 and 48 pence Machin stamp, two ruby one, the two commemoratives and the larger version issued when the "Price in proportion" was imposed last year.
* a generic sheet with as stamps the portrait of Arnold Machin se-tenant with labels reproducing the twenty pre-decimal stamps of the series, issued between 1967 and 1969.
Reminder :
* Machin, almost 40 years !, article of this blog published 25 May 2007, with some ideas of collection and reading.
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