Personajes

		país	año	Yvert	usado
Arnold Machin
	Low value decimal definitives (2 pence dark green): The colour range of the second issue of decimal stamps was decided on the results of tests conducted at the applied psychology research unit at Cambridge, to establish how easily each of the colours could be distinguished. Forty volunteer housewives and a number of postmen were used as subjects for the tests. The design of the stamps,	Great Britain	1971	608	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	which won world wide approval for its simplicity and elegance, remained unchanged, but newly designed decimal values were used. Arnold Machin OBE, the artist, studied painting and sculpture at Stoke-on-Trent and Derby colleges of art, held a number of teaching posts, and some of his sculpture is displayed at the Tate Gallery (London). (British Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh, 15/2/1971)	Great Britain	1971	609a	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	Elizabeth II: 3p ultramarine (two phosphor bands): photogravure (Harrison & Sons Ltd., High Wycombe)	Great Britain	1971	610	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	"Sir Arnold Machin, a master British sculptor who upstaged his distinguished career with a single bas-relief bust that became one of the world's most reproduced images, died on Monday at his home in Staffordshire,	Great Britain	1971	612	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	England. He was 87 and had designed the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that has appeared on every British postage stamp since 1967. He also designed the effigy of the queen that appeared on British coins from 1967 to 1985, but it was his separate design for the royal stamp that made Sir Arnold a household name among philatelists. Since they were first issued in March 1967,	Great Britain	1971	613	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	depicting a youthful but regal-looking queen wearing a tiara and pearls, more than 60 billion of the distinctive stamps have been issued in scores of denominations, a variety of printing processes and some 80 colors, making the issue a favorite of discriminating collectors. And while it is the queen who is honored by the stamps,	Great Britain	1971	614	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	it is a tribute to the appeal of Sir Arnold's design that the stamps are known not as Elizabeths but as Machins". ('Arnold Machin, 87, creator of ubiquitous royal portrait', Robert McGill Thomas; "The New York Times", 14/3/1999: 48)	Great Britain	1971	616	0.75€ añadir a la cesta
	10 pence: terracotta and orange brown	Great Britain	1971	617	0.75€ añadir a la cesta
	In a letter to the Post Office in April 1961, Michael Goaman and Faith Jacques expressed the difficulty of including the large Wilding portrait in their designs for commemorative stamps. In 1963, comparing the Wilding portrait with Jacques' proposed design,	Great Britain	1973	610a	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	the stamp advisory committee acknowledged the need for a replacement. In 1967, it was decided that the Wilding series be phased out and replaced by a new series of definitives which are known as the Machins,	Great Britain	1973	698	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	after the surname of the artist who had proposed the chosen design. They consist simply of a sculpted profile of the queen portrait and a denomination, and are almost always in a single solid colour. Working from supplied photographs, his method was to sculpt a bas-relief portrait in clay,	Great Britain	1973	699	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	which he then reworked further as required. With moulds taken a plaster relief was made that could be photographed to produce a multi positive that was then combined with a second multi positive of the face value. Although early attempts retained the frames and flowers, these were soon dropped in favour of a simpler design. Although original versions also depicted the queen wearing a tiara,	Great Britain	1975	765	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	it was again quickly changed in favour of the previously used state diadem. Definitely, from a philatelic point of view, the Machins are considerably more complex than their minimalistic appearance suggests. ('Collecting Queen Elizabeth II stamps', Ema Sikic; "Stanley Gibbons journal", London, 5/2020)	Great Britain	1976	780	0.50€ añadir a la cesta
	10 pence greyish orange (definive issue): two phosphor bands	Great Britain	1976	782	0.75€ añadir a la cesta
	1 penny grenat: bande de phosphore centrale	Great Britain	1977	606a	0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

Low value decimal definitives (2 pence dark green): The colour range of the second issue of decimal stamps was decided on the results of tests conducted at the applied psychology research unit at Cambridge, to establish how easily each of the colours could be distinguished. Forty volunteer housewives and a number of postmen were used as subjects for the tests. The design of the stamps,

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 608

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

which won world wide approval for its simplicity and elegance, remained unchanged, but newly designed decimal values were used. Arnold Machin OBE, the artist, studied painting and sculpture at Stoke-on-Trent and Derby colleges of art, held a number of teaching posts, and some of his sculpture is displayed at the Tate Gallery (London). (British Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh, 15/2/1971)

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 609a

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

Elizabeth II: 3p ultramarine (two phosphor bands): photogravure (Harrison & Sons Ltd., High Wycombe)

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 610

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

"Sir Arnold Machin, a master British sculptor who upstaged his distinguished career with a single bas-relief bust that became one of the world's most reproduced images, died on Monday at his home in Staffordshire,

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 612

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

England. He was 87 and had designed the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that has appeared on every British postage stamp since 1967. He also designed the effigy of the queen that appeared on British coins from 1967 to 1985, but it was his separate design for the royal stamp that made Sir Arnold a household name among philatelists. Since they were first issued in March 1967,

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 613

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

depicting a youthful but regal-looking queen wearing a tiara and pearls, more than 60 billion of the distinctive stamps have been issued in scores of denominations, a variety of printing processes and some 80 colors, making the issue a favorite of discriminating collectors. And while it is the queen who is honored by the stamps,

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 614

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

it is a tribute to the appeal of Sir Arnold's design that the stamps are known not as Elizabeths but as Machins". ('Arnold Machin, 87, creator of ubiquitous royal portrait', Robert McGill Thomas; "The New York Times", 14/3/1999: 48)

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 616

nuevo:

usado: 0.75€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

10 pence: terracotta and orange brown

país: Great Britain

año: 1971

Yvert: 617

nuevo:

usado: 0.75€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

In a letter to the Post Office in April 1961, Michael Goaman and Faith Jacques expressed the difficulty of including the large Wilding portrait in their designs for commemorative stamps. In 1963, comparing the Wilding portrait with Jacques' proposed design,

país: Great Britain

año: 1973

Yvert: 610a

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

the stamp advisory committee acknowledged the need for a replacement. In 1967, it was decided that the Wilding series be phased out and replaced by a new series of definitives which are known as the Machins,

país: Great Britain

año: 1973

Yvert: 698

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

after the surname of the artist who had proposed the chosen design. They consist simply of a sculpted profile of the queen portrait and a denomination, and are almost always in a single solid colour. Working from supplied photographs, his method was to sculpt a bas-relief portrait in clay,

país: Great Britain

año: 1973

Yvert: 699

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

which he then reworked further as required. With moulds taken a plaster relief was made that could be photographed to produce a multi positive that was then combined with a second multi positive of the face value. Although early attempts retained the frames and flowers, these were soon dropped in favour of a simpler design. Although original versions also depicted the queen wearing a tiara,

país: Great Britain

año: 1975

Yvert: 765

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

it was again quickly changed in favour of the previously used state diadem. Definitely, from a philatelic point of view, the Machins are considerably more complex than their minimalistic appearance suggests. ('Collecting Queen Elizabeth II stamps', Ema Sikic; "Stanley Gibbons journal", London, 5/2020)

país: Great Britain

año: 1976

Yvert: 780

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

10 pence greyish orange (definive issue): two phosphor bands

país: Great Britain

año: 1976

Yvert: 782

nuevo:

usado: 0.75€ añadir a la cesta

Arnold Machin

1 penny grenat: bande de phosphore centrale

país: Great Britain

año: 1977

Yvert: 606a

nuevo:

usado: 0.50€ añadir a la cesta