Description
Booklet MB4a Machin Plain Smiler’s Advertisment.
This booklet was produced to see if other Royal Mail products could be advertised within the stamp booklet.
The Royal Mail Philatelic Bureau Stock Number is UB255.
Inside cover showing the Smiler’s advertisment with a baby. It also has the Smiler’s ‘Hello’ stamp, number 2262.
Issued 27th January 2005* and being printed by Walsall Security Printers.
The Walsall imprint is 29mm instead of the normal 35mm.
Plain Booklet with self-adhesive gum.
Concise (2017) catalogue number of the pane is MB4a. There are 6 x 1st class gold stamps no. 2295. These stamps also have two phosphor bands.
Specialised catalogue number of pane is UJPW10 containing 6 x UJW6.
You are buying ONE Plain booklet.
* Gibbon’s catalogues state that the issue date is 27th January 2005. However, the Philatelic Bureau’s ‘Stocklist’ shows that UB255 was not issued until 22nd March 2005!
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, stamps will be well packaged and despatched by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. We only charge postage for the first item in most categories. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging materials,
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. Consequently, compensation for loss or damage can be claimed if this option is taken.
We mention Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers where it is possible. These numbers are either from the “Concise Stamp Catalogue” or from the “Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 4 Part 2”. We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, Smilers sheets, booklets, miniature sheets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that particular item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
It is noteworthy that we may make mistakes so please therefore let us know about them!
We are members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS).
