Introduction

The first definitive printed by Jon Enschedé was in 1979 (8p Rosine) and after that the 18p Bright Green in 1991. However these were oddities to make-up deficiencies of the contracted Printers at the time. They helped Royal Mail out in similar circumstances in 2000 with the £1.50-£5.00 high values and again in 2005 by printing the 35p Lime Green when DLR were unable to fulfil the contract.

This article concentrates on the period that they were actually contracted to produce stamps for the Royal Mail on a regular basis - the years between 1993 and 1996.

The sequence of stamps that they produced in those few years could form the basis of a specialised collection in their own right. To that end I have produced a chart of the different variations involved in the production which is included below.

Variations

The primary variety within these stamps is the type of security fluor used to identify the postal rate. These are known as YELLOW and BLUE fluor (and there are variations on that main theme as well - but maybe later). Within these two main fluor colours there are major considerations to take into account.

YELLOW FLUOR

• Difference in the Fluor type
  • C - Bright Yellow - AY
  • C2- Dull Yellow - AY2
  • C3- Grey-Yellow - AY3
  • Novaglo
• Difference in the Varnish addition
  • Unvarnished
  • 4mm
  • 2mm
• Perf type
  • RE2 (2 holes in margin)
  • RE (1 hole in margin)
• Combinations of the above

BLUE FLUOR

• Difference in the Paper/Gum type

The listing below does not include some of the more esoteric Deegam® entries. This list has been created entirely from the SG Specialised Catalogue.
Generally speaking there are "No Dot" and "Dot" versions of each cylinder number to collect except where indicated.

A ready-made PDF version of a detailed listing can be purchased from the Enschedé Machin Definitive Specialised Album. This will enable you to display your singles as an album. Alternatively you could print off this one-page guide to use as a checklist.

Enschedé Cylinder Block Listing

VALUE	YELLOW FLUOR						BLUE FLUOR
	Example Yellow	Unvar Perf RE2	4mm Varnish RE2	2mm Varnish RE2	2mm Varnish RE	2mm Varnish Novaglo	Blue Back RE	White Back RE	Example Blue
1p		U68	U68b		U68c		U69	U69A
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1 Cyl 2
2p					U85A		U85B	U85C
					Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1
4p			U132B		U132Bb		U132C	U132Dx
			Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1
5p		U140B		U140Bb	U140Bbx		U140C	U140D
		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1
6p		U147A		U147Ab	U147Abx		U147B
		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1
10p		U195	U195b		U195c		U195A	U195B
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1
20p			U270		U270b		U271
			Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 1
25p							U292	U293
							Cyl 1	Cyl 1
29p		U314	U314b		U314c		U315
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1 Cyl 2		Cyl 2		Cyl 2
30p		U317	U317b		U317c		U318	U319
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 1	Cyl 1
31p								U323A
								Cyl 1
35p		U338	U338b		U338c		U340
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1		Cyl 2
36p		U342	U342b		U342c
		Cyl 1	Cyl 1		Cyl 1
37p								U346
								Cyl 1
38p		U354		U354b	U354bx	354c	U355
		Cyl 1		Cyl 2	Cyl 2	Cyl 2	Cyl 3
39p								U361
								Cyl 1
41p		U368			U368b		U370
		Cyl 1			Cyl 1		Cyl 1
43p							U375	U376
							Cyl 1	Cyl 1
50p			U400		U400b		U401	U402
			Cyl 1		Cyl 1 Cyl 2		Cyl 2	Cyl 1 Cyl 2
63p								U420
								Cyl 1
£1.00							U450	U451
							Cyl 1	Cyl 1