Description
Booklet MB4a Machin W3 Cylinder Smiler’s Advert.
This booklet was produced to see if other Royal Mail products could be advertised via the stamp booklets.
Royal Mail Philatelic Bureau Stock Number UB255. The issue date was 22nd March 2005.
The inside cover shows the Smiler’s advertisment with a baby. It also has the Smiler’s ‘Hello’ stamp, number 2262.
Issued 27th January 2005 and printed by Walsall Security Printers. The Walsall imprint is 29mm instead of the normal 35mm.
Cylinder number W3. However, the phosphor number was not printed on initial printings. Consequently these booklets do NOT show the phosphor cylinder number.
There are also two phosphor bands on these stamps.
Concise (2017) catalogue number of the pane is MB4a, containing six 1st class gold stamps no. 2295 is valued at £8.50 for normal booklet.
Specialised catalogue number of the booklet is MB4a, with the pane numbered UJPW10. This contains 6 x UJW6 gold first class stamps. Issue date 27th January 2005.
You are buying ONE Cylinder booklet.
Booklet MB4a Machin W3 Cylinder Smiler’s Advert
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, stamps will be well packaged and sent by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. Postage We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging.
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. 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 1”. We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, booklets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.
We are also members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS): http://www.gbps.org.uk
Booklet MB4a Machin W3 Cylinder Smiler’s Advert
