6. Machin Head CoilsStamp Coils have been produced since the early 20th century, however, this article is concerned only with those produced using the Machin Head.
There are two types of coil:
Multi-Value Coils
IntroductionMulti-Value Machin Head Coils were first introduced in 1968 and just one issue was produced until decimalisation came about in 1971. 12 different coil values were issued between 1971 and the last to be produced in 1995. Simple then - 12 varieties to collect. Wrong. Nothing is ever that simple in the Philatelic world. Stanley Gibbons Specialised lists 25 different variety strips (not including errors on individual stamps within the strip), and Deegam devotes 5 A4 pages of listing just for the decimal issues in Appendix 1 of his handbook. SimplifiedWe will start this with the easy "simplified" table below and then dig deeper into the "specialised" issues. The good news is that if you want to collect only the simplified set, the total cost should be less than £15 for MNH and a similar amount for a good USED set.
Some notes about the above table:
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