Contents
1 Wilding Booklets
1.1 1s Booklets
1.2 2s Booklets
2.1 2s Booklets
2.2 Varieties
4 Panes
5 Adverts
The machine vended booklets continued on from the 1s sub-series D & E of King George VI, sub-series D having panes made from the first two columns of counter sheets, watermark upright only, and sub-series E made from sheets printed specifically for booklet panes of four, upright and inverted.
Sub-series F 2s booklets were introduced in 1959, similar to the sub-series E 1s booklets but with an additional pane of 3d stamps. The first booklet of sub-series F contained adverts from the Bacon Information Council, and is sometimes called “the bacon booklet”.
Cylinders of 480 stamps were introduced in 1961, printing watermark Crowns sideways with 24 rows of 20 stamps, 60 panes Crown to left, 60 panes Crown to right.
The series continued with Machin stamps from 1968 until the withdrawal of 2s booklets in 1971, prior to decimalisation.
Wilding Booklets
A pack of ten sub-series D booklets with the wrapper band showing the code letter “D”.
| D(3) | E1 | Sept 1953 |
| D(4) | E2 | Nov 1957 |
| E(5) | K1 | July 1954 |
| E(6) | K1a | Nov 1954 |
| E(7) | K2 | July 1956 |
| E(8) | K2a | June 1957 |
| E(9) | K2b | Aug 1958 |
| E(10) | K3 | Aug 1959 |
| E(11) | K3a | Oct 1960 |
Sub-series D & E numbering.
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series D: E1
Unprinted cream covers containing two panes of two 1½d, 1d and ½d stamps. The stamp panes were made from the first two columns of counter sheets.
Date: Sept 1953
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Tudor Crown (upright only)
Makeup: FC, SB61, SB61, SB22, SB22, SB3, SB3, BC
Quantity: 56,650
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series D: E2
Unprinted cream covers containing two panes of two 1½d, 1d and ½d stamps. The stamp panes were made from the first two columns of counter sheets.
Date: Nov 1957
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown (upright only)
Makeup: FC, SB64, SB64, SB28, SB28, SB6, SB6, BC
Quantity: 7,180
E2a: stitched back to front
Mixed watermarks are known: EEEETT
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K1
The stamp panes were from sheets of 216 designed for “E” stamp booklets. Sheets were printed from single pane cylinders with 18 rows of 12 stamps, 120 stamps upright (30 panes of 4) and 96 stamps inverted (24 panes of 4), all with binding margins at the top. Individual booklets have all panes upright, or all inverted.
Date: July 1954
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Tudor Crown
Makeup: FC, SB60, SB21, SB2, BC
Quantity: 180,360
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K1a
Same as K1 but with a different back cover.
Date: Nov 1954
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Tudor Crown
Makeup: FC, SB60, SB21, SB2, BC
Quantity: 572,900
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K2
Date: July 1956
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown
Makeup: FC, SB63, SB27, SB5, BC
Quantity: 373,000
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K2a
Same as K2 but with back cover “£10 only”.
Date: June 1957
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown
Makeup: FC, SB63, SB27, SB5, BC
Quantity: 532,000
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K2b
Same as K2a but with Inland Letter Rate 3d (rate increased on 1 Oct 1957) and perforation changed from P to AP.
Date: Aug 1958
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown
Makeup: FC, SB63, SB27, SB5, BC
Quantity: 541,000
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K3
Date: Aug 1959
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns
Makeup: FC, SB67, SB32, SB9, BC
Quantity: 623,500
1s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series E: K3a
Same as K3 but with Overseas Letter Rate 4d.
An out-of-date Overseas Postage Rates was included in error and, in some booklets, was pen cancelled with an “X” in blue, red, or black.
Date: Oct 1960
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns
Makeup: FC, SB67, SB32, SB9, BC
Quantity: 250,000
Type E Machine
Photographs taken in 1957 of a Type E booklet vending machine at Waterloo Station. Note the 3d lettercard vending machine on the left, a few of these were adapted for delivery of 2/6 booklets.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F
Sub-series F wrapper bands flattened to display the top and one side.
| F(1) | N1 | Apr 1959 |
| F(2) | N2 | Nov 1960 |
| F(3) | N3 | Feb 1961 |
| F(4) | N4/p | Apr 1961 |
| F(5) | N5 | Sept 1961 |
| F(6) | N6 | Jan 1962 |
| F(7) | N7 | Apr 1962 |
| F(8) | N8/p | July 1962 |
| F(9) | N9/p | Nov 1962 |
| F(10) | N10/p | Jan 1963 |
| F(11) | N11 | Mar 1963 |
| F(12) | N12/p | June 1963 |
| F(13) | NR1 | July 1963 |
| F(14) | N13/p | Aug 1963 |
| F(15) | NR1a | Sept 1963 |
| F(16) | N14/p | Oct 1963 |
| F(17) | N15/p | Feb 1964 |
| F(18) | N16/p | June 1964 |
| F(19) | NR2 | July 1964 |
| F(20) | N17/p | Aug 1964 |
| F(21) | N18/p | Oct 1964 |
| F(22) | N19/p | Dec 1964 |
| F(23) | N20/p | Apr 1965 |
| F(24) | N21/p | July 1965 |
| F(25) | N22/p | Oct 1965 |
| F(26) | NX1 | Dec 1965 |
| F(27) | N23/p | Jan 1966 |
| F(28) | N24/p | Apr 1966 |
| F(29) | N25/p | Jul 1966 |
| F(30) | N26/p | Oct 1966 |
| F(31) | N27/p | Jan 1967 |
| F(32) | N28p | Apr 1967 |
| F(33) | N29p | July 1967 |
| F(34) | N30p | Oct 1967 |
| F(35) | N31p | Jan 1968 |
| F(36) | N32p | Mar 1968 |
| F(37) | NP27 | May 1968 |
| F(38) | NP28 | July 1968 |
| F(39) | NP29 | Aug 1968 |
| F(40) | NP30/31a | Sept 1968 |
| F(41) | NP32 | Nov 1968 |
| F(42) | NP31/33 | Jan 1969 |
| F(43) | NP34 | Mar 1969 |
| F(44) | NP35 | May 1969 |
| F(45) | NP36 | July 1969 |
| F(46) | NP37 | Sept 1969 |
| F(47) | NP38 | Nov 1969 |
| F(48) | NP39 | Jan 1970 |
| F(49) | NP40 | Mar 1970 |
| F(50) | NP41 | May 1970 |
| F(51) | NP42 | July 1970 |
| F(52) | NP43 | Aug 1970 |
| F(53) | NP44 | Oct 1970 |
| F(54) | NP45 | Dec 1970 |
Sub-series F numbering.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: N1
The bacon booklet. Essays were produced by the advertising contractor, J. Weiner Ltd. The first essay has two panes of 1½d stamps and three interleaves, the second without stamps has four cards with paste-ups, the third (front & back shown) has card covers with five interleaves.
Date: Apr 1959
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: St. Edward’s Crown
Makeup: FC, int, SB91, int, SB63, int, SB27, int, SB5, int, BC
Quantity: 452,470
Fully interleaved with adverts from the Bacon Information Council.
To see the bacon adverts, see Adverts & Interleaves below.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: N2
Date: Nov 1960
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns
Makeup: FC, int, SB94, int, SB67, int, SB32, int, SB9, int, BC
Quantity: 300,500
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: N3
Same as N2 but with a lemon coloured cover.
Date: Feb 1961
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns
Makeup: FC, int, SB94, int, SB67, int, SB32, int, SB9, int, BC
Quantity: 1,330,750
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: N4-20
Crowns sideways, cream or whiter paper.
Date at the foot of the back cover.
The stamps panes were from sheets of 480 stamps printed sideways,
24 rows of 20 stamps, 60 panes Crown to left, 60 panes Crown to right.
Date: Apr 1961
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns (sideways)
Makeup: FC, int, SB95/96, int, SB68/69, int, SB33/34, int, SB10/11, int, BC
Phosphor: FC, int, SB101/102, int, SB74/75, int, SB43/44, int, SB18/19, int, BC
N4: stitched with white thread
N5 onwards: stitched with black thread
| N4 | Apr 1961 | 1,381,440 | |
| N5 | Sept 1961 | 889,000 | |
| N6 | Jan 1962 | 911,600 | |
| N7 | Apr 1962 | 958,600 | |
| N8 | July 1962 | 935,600 | |
| N9 | Nov 1962 | 975,000 | |
| N10 | Jan 1963 | 1,105,400 | |
| N11 | Mar 1963 | 1,090,800 | |
| N12 | June 1963 | 1,014,800 | |
| N13 | Aug 1963 | 989,000 | |
| N14 | Oct 1963 | 1,018,800 | |
| N15 | Feb 1964 | 1,122,400 | |
| N16 | June 1964 | 386,570 | |
| N17 | Aug 1964 | 122,300 | |
| N18 | Oct 1964 | 1,179,800 | |
| N19 | Dec 1964 | 109,170 | |
| N20 | Apr 1965 | 1,435,400 |
| N4p | Apr 1961 | bp | 171,400 |
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| N8p | July 1962 | bp | 51,600 |
| N9p | Nov 1962 | bp | 56,200 |
| N10p | Jan 1963 | bp | 58,390 |
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| N12p | June 1963 | bp | 57,800 |
| N13p | Aug 1963 | bp | 56,400 |
| N14p | Oct 1963 | bp | 11,200 |
| N15p | Feb 1964 | bp | 76,600 |
| N16p | June 1964 | bp | 63,400 |
| N17p | Aug 1964 | bp | 58,800 |
| N18p | Oct 1964 | bp | 94,200 |
| N19p | Dec 1964 | bp | 34,000 |
| N20p | Apr 1965 | bp | 40,800 |
bp: blue phosphor
N4p: is known with “BLUE PHOS” in violet on the front cover.
N5: is known with the back cover inverted.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: N21-32
On 17 May 1965 the minimum inland letter rate increased from 3d to 4d.
Date: July 1965
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns (sideways)
Makeup: FC, int, SB106, int, SB35/36/37/38, int, int, int, BC
Phos (bp): FC, int, SB108, int, SB45/46/47/48, int, int, int, BC
Phos (v8p): FC, int, SB110, int, SB50/51/52/53, int, int, int, BC
Phos (v9p): FC, int, int, SB112, int, SB55/56/57/58, int, BC
Booklets N21-22p have one interleaf at front, and three at back.
Booklets N23-32p have two interleaves at front, and one at back.
| N21 | July 1965 | 2,671,800 | |
| N22 | Oct 1965 | 1,852,800 | |
| N23 | Jan 1966 | 1,633,200 | |
| N24 | Apr 1966 | 2,125,200 | |
| N25 | July 1966 | 1,981,800 | |
| N26 | Oct 1966 | 1,787,400 | |
| N27 | Jan 1967 | 644,200 | |
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| N21p | July 1965 | bp | 109,600 |
| N22p | Oct 1965 | bp, v8p | 223,200 |
| N23p | Jan 1966 | bp, v8p | 350,600 |
| N24p | Apr 1966 | v8p | 240,000 |
| N25p | July 1966 | v8p | 97,400 |
| N26p | Oct 1966 | v8p | 471,400 |
| N27p | Jan 1967 | v8p | 2,100,400 |
| N28p | Apr 1967 | v8p, v9p | 2,330,200 |
| N29p | July 1967 | v8p | 3,209,800 |
| N30p | Oct 1967 | v8p, v9p | 3,924,600 |
| N31p | Jan 1968 | v8p*, v9p | 1,864,800 |
| N32p | Mar 1968 | v8p*, v9p | 3,078,800 |
bp: blue phosphor v8p: violet 8mm v9p: violet 9.5mm
* v8p(b): 8mm bands on 4d pane
* v8p(c): 8mm bands on se-tenant pane
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NR1
Holiday postcard booklets.
For experimental booklet NR1, sheets were printed on chalk-surfaced paper from special 240-set single pane cylinders with 20 rows of 12 stamps, 30 panes upright and 30 panes inverted. Individual booklets have all panes upright, or all inverted.
Date: July 1963, Sept 1963
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns
Makeup: FC, int, int, SB84, int, SB84, int, SB12, int, int, BC
Quantity: 465,000
NR1: stitched with black thread
NR1a: stitched with white thread
Holiday postcard booklets NR1/a and NR2 were designed for postcards at the 2½d rate. Booklet NR1 was on sale from 15 July 1963 until 30 Sept 1963. The initial printing of 415,000 was inadequate and a supplementary issue of 50,000 (NR1a) was put on sale on 3 Sept 1963. The booklet was available in London (at Trafalgar Square), by post from the Philatelic Bureau, and replaced the standard 2s booklets at the following 66 holiday resort towns:
Aberystwyth
Ayr
Barmouth
Bath
Bangor
Belfast
Bournemouth
Bridlington
Brighton
Blackpool
Canterbury
Cardigan
Caernarvon
Cambridge
Cleethorpes
Colwyn Bay
Crieff
Dover
Dunbar
Eastbourne
Edinburgh
Folkestone
Fort William
Falmouth
Great Yarmouth
Harrogate
Hastings
Ilfracombe
Inverness
Llandudno
Llangollen
Larne
Londonderry
Llanrwst
Leamington Spa
Margate
Minehead
Newquay
Oban
Oxford
Penzance
Pitlochry
Porthcawl
Portrush
Pwllheli
Ramsgate
Rhyl
Ryde
Rothesay
St. Andrews
St. Ives
Scarborough
Salisbury
Southport
Stratford-on-Avon
Tenby
Torquay
Wells
Weymouth
Weston-super-Mare
Winchester
Windermere
Whitby
Whitley Bay
Worcester
York
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NR2
Date: July 1964
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns (sideways)
Makeup: FC, int, SB13, int, SB13, int, SB13, int, SB13, int, BC
Quantity: 827,800
Booklet NR2 was on sale from 1 July 1964 until 30 Sept 1964.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NX1
The Christmas card booklet.
Date: Dec 1965
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: Crowns (sideways)
Makeup: FC, int, int, SB96, int, SB96, int, int, BC
Quantity: 1,208,000
Christmas card booklet NX1 was designed for Christmas and New Year cards at the 3d rate. The booklet was on sale from 6 Dec 1965 until 3 Jan 1966 and was available in London (at Trafalgar Square and Earls Court) and at the following 24 provincial towns:
Aberdeen
Ayr
Bath
Belfast
Bishops Stortford
Bournemouth
Burnley
Cardiff
Carlisle
Coleraine
Coventry
Croydon
Derby
Doncaster
Dunfermline
Hastings
Londonderry
Newport
Oldham
Oxford
Scarborough
Stratford-upon-Avon
Swansea
Scarborough
This booklet was reissued from 16 May 1966 until 30 Sept 1966 as a holiday postcard booklet. It was available at 77 holiday resorts and tourist centres. In London, it was available at Trafalgar Square.
Machin Booklets
Packs of ten Machin booklets with buff wrapper bands.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NP27-29
Date: May 1968
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: none
Makeup: FC, int, int, UB10, int, UB5/a, int, BC
| NP27 | May 1968 | 3,112,400 | |
| NP28 | July 1968 | 1,971,685 | |
| NP29 | Aug 1968 |
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NP30-33
Date: Sept 1968
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: none
Makeup: FC, int, int, UB10/12, int, UB13, int, BC
| NP30 | Sept 1968 | 2,497,400 | |
| NP31 | Jan 1969 |
| NP31a | Sept 1968 | ||
| NP32 | Nov 1968 | 2,397,400 | |
| NP33 | Jan 1969 | 2,247,600 |
It is possible than NP31 and NP31a were “created” and not Post Office issue.
2s Booklet Series 6, Sub-series F: NP34-45
Same as NP30-33 but with 4d stamp colour changed to bright vermilion.
Date: Mar 1969
Printer: Harrison
Watermark: none
Makeup: FC, int, int, UB15, int, UB18, int, BC
| NP34 | Mar 1969 | 1,952,000 | |
| NP35 | May 1969 | 2,092,000 | |
| NP36 | July 1969 | 436,000 | |
| NP37 | Sept 1969 | 1,612,400 | |
| NP38 | Nov 1969 | 1,470,400 | |
| NP39 | Jan 1970 | 1,172,000 | |
| NP40 | Mar 1970 | 1,168,600 | |
| NP41 | May 1970 | 1,390,800 | |
| NP42 | July 1970 | 1,023,800 | |
| NP43 | Aug 1970 | 1,037,800 | |
| NP44 | Oct 1970 | 2,544,600 | |
| NP45 | Dec 1970 | 2,273,400 |
Machin Varieties
NP29, NP30, NP32: are known with an extra 4d pane.
NP30, NP32: are known with an extra se-tenant pane.
NP29-NP35: inside front cover “AT YOU 55” for “AT AGE 55”:
Found in some booklets from Aug 1968 to May 1969.
NP34: imprint “LOODON” for “LONDON”:
Found in two states, with an attempt to correct the error by breaking the 2nd “O”.
NP36: overprinted “SCHOOL SPECIMEN” (forgery):
Some hundreds of inexpensive booklets were stamped “SCHOOL SPECIMEN” in the 1990s.
Genuine school specimen booklets are rare.
NP38b: imprint “HARRISOU” for “HARRISON”:
Nov 1969, incorrectly listed as NP44b in some catalogues.
Dummy Booklets
Dummy booklets made from the same card and interleaf materials as the issued booklets were used to test stamp vending machines. Stamp panes were simulated with plain paper panes.
Cream covers as BD7 and K1, with three perforated gummed panes, no interleaves.
Salmon covers as N1, with four perforated gummed panes, and five blank interleaves.
Lemon covers as N4, with four imperforate gummed panes, and five blank interleaves.
Orange-yellow covers as NP27, with two imperforate gummed panes, and four interleaves.
Grey covers as NP30, with two perforated gummed panes, and four interleaves.
Booklet Panes
Wilding Booklets
Booklet panes of two were made from the first two columns of counter sheets, upright watermark only. All exist with a half-V cut in the selvedge at top or bottom, Types E(½v) and I(½v).
Booklet panes of four were made from sheets of 216 designed for “E” stamp booklets (K1-3, N1-3), from sheets of 240 (NR1/a) which were similar to “E” sheets but with an additional row of six panes of four, and from sheets of 480 with watermark Crowns sideways.
Booklet panes from booklet NR1/a, and panes with watermark Crowns sideways, exist with a half-V cut in the selvedge at top or bottom, Type I(½v).
Full sheet reconstructions are shown under Sheets & Perforations.
Watermark Tudor Crown.
Watermark Tudor Crown.
Watermark Crowns.
Watermark St. Edward’s Crown.
Watermark St. Edward’s Crown.
Watermark Crowns sideways.
“Sideways” refers to the orientation of the watermark relative to the printed stamp image. However, as these stamp panes were bound into the booklets sideways, a sideways watermark is upright relative to the booklet. The Crowns image on the left is watermark upright, that on the right is watermark sideways.
Phosphor bands, two per stamp.
(Single band on some se-tenant panes, shown below).
SB3: Tudor (upright); Booklets E1; Perfs E; Cyls 1, 3
SB6: St. Edward (upright); Booklets E2; Perfs E; Cyls 3
(BSB notes St. Edward Cyl 1 in W.A.Tester collection, but it’s a Tudor pane in a mixed booklet.)
SB22: Tudor (upright); Booklets E1; Perfs E, I; Cyls 1, 2
SB28: St. Edward (upright); Booklets E2; Perfs E; Cyls 1
SB61: Tudor (upright); Booklets E1; Perfs E, I; Cyls 2, 6, 9, 12
SB64: St. Edward (upright); Booklets E2; Perfs E; Cyls 13, 14
(Tudor panes showing Cyl 1 are known forged from sheet stamps.)
SB2/a: Tudor; Booklets K1/a; Perfs P; Cyls* E3
SB5/a: St. Edward; Booklets K2/b, N1; Perfs P (K2/a), AP (K2b, N1); Cyls* E3
SB9/a: Crowns; Cream paper; Booklets K3/a, N2-3; Perfs AP; Cyls* E3
SB10/a: Cr. Swys; Cream paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls E13
SB11/a: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls E13
SB18/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, cream paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls E13
SB19/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, whiter paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls E13
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets K1-3, N1-3.
SB12/a: Crowns; Chalk-surfaced paper; Booklets NR1/a; Perfs I, AP; Cyls* 3 (½d), 2 (2½d)
SB13/a: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets NR2; Perfs I, AP; Cyls E14 (½d), J15 (2½d)
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets NR1/a.
SB21/a: Tudor; Booklets K1/a; Perfs P; Cyls* F8
SB27/a: St. Edward; Booklets K2/b, N1; Perfs P (K2/a), AP (K2b, N1); Cyls* F8, F11
SB32/a: Crowns; Cream paper; Booklets K3/a, N2-3; Perfs AP; Cyls* F11
SB33/a: Cr. Swys; Cream paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F12
SB34/a: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F12
SB43/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, cream paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F12
SB44/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, whiter paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F12
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets K1-3, N1-3.
SB35-38: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets N21-27; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F13 (1d), K22 (3d)
SB45-48: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, whiter paper; N21p-23p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F13, K22
SB50-53: Cr. Swys; Violet 8mm phos; N22p-32p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F13, K22
SB55-58: Cr. Swys; Violet 9.5mm phos; N28p-32p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls F13, K22
Phosphor bands on panes:
SB45, SB47, SB50, SB52.
Phosphor bands on panes:
SB46, SB48, SB51, SB53.
SB60/a: Tudor; Booklets K1/a; Perfs P; Cyls* G5
SB63/a: St. Edward; Booklets K2/b, N1; Perfs P (K2/a), AP (K2b, N1); Cyls* G5
SB67/a: Crowns; Cream paper; Booklets K3/a, N2-3; Perfs AP; Cyls* G5
SB68/a: Cr. Swys; Cream paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls G17
SB69/a: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls G17
SB74/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, cream paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls G17
SB75/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, whiter paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls G17
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets K1-3, N1-3.
SB84/a: Crowns; Chalk-surfaced paper; Booklets NR1/a; Perfs I, AP; Cyls* 1
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets NR1/a.
SB91/a: St. Edward; Booklets N1; Perfs AP; Cyls* K9
SB94/a: Crowns; Cream paper; Booklets N2-3; Perfs AP; Cyls* K12
SB95/a: Cr. Swys; Cream paper; Booklets N4-20; Perfs I, AP; Cyls K19
SB96/a: Cr. Swys; Whiter paper; Booklets N4-20, NX1; Perfs I, AP; Cyls K19
SB101/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, cream paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls K19
SB102/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos, whiter paper; N4p-20p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls K19
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets K1-3, N1-3.
SB106/a: Cr. Swys; Booklets N21-27; Perfs I, AP; Cyls N4
SB108/a: Cr. Swys; Blue phos; Booklets N21p-23p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls N4
SB110/a: Cr. Swys; Violet 8mm phos; N22p-32p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls N4
SB112/a: Cr. Swys; Violet 9.5mm phos; N28p-32p; Perfs I, AP; Cyls N4
Machin Booklets
All panes of four from Machin booklets have PVA gum, and Machin Head B.
All exist with a half-V cut in the selvedge at top or bottom, Type I(½v).
Phosphor bands on panes:
UB5/a, UB10.
Phosphor bands on panes:
UB12, UB13, UB15, UB18.
UB5/a: two bands; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP27-29; Perfs I, AP; Cyls* F2 (1d), K1 (3d)
UB10: two bands; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP27-31; Perfs I, AP; Cyls* N3
UB12: centre band; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP31a-33; Perfs P, I, AP; Cyls* N3
UB13: centre band; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP30-33; Perfs P, I, AP; Cyls* N6
UB15: centre band; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP34-45; Perfs P, I, AP (Rare); Cyls* N3
UB18: centre band; PVA; Head B; Booklets NP34-45; Perfs P, I, AP (Rare); Cyls* N6
* cylinder numbers do not appear in the finished booklets NP27-45.
Adverts & Interleaves
The first machine vended booklet to contain adverts was the first sub-series F 2s booklet from April 1959, which was similar to the 1s booklets but with an additional pane of 3d stamps. Earlier machine vended booklets had either no interleaves or plain paper interleaves. This first sub-series F booklet contained adverts from the Bacon Information Council, and is sometimes called “the bacon booklet”.
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