20 Pence - Queen Elizabeth II


20 Pence - Queen Elizabeth II
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Color: sea green
The Machin series of postage stamps is the main definitive stamp series in the United Kingdom, used since 5 June 1967. It is the second series to figure the image of Elizabeth II, replacing the Wilding series.
Designed by Arnold Machin, they consist simply of the sculpted profile of the Queen and a denomination, and are almost always in a single colour.
Face value 20 Pence
Catalog code (Michel) GB 1638
Catalog code (Scott) GB MH212
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier GB 1891 Stanley Gibbons GB Y1772 Unificato GB 1882
Series Machin
Place in series 7
Stamp colour yellow green
Watermark None
Stamp use Definitive stamp
Issue date 08/07/1996
Designer Arnold Machin
Paper type non phosphorised (OFNP), one central phosphor stripe
Print technique Offset lithography
Printed by Cartor Security Printing
Perforation Syncopated 15 x 14
Height 24.00 mm
Width 21.00 mm
Catalog prices Used stamp $2.25   Unused stamp $2.75  

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