"The July issue of Scott's Stamps arrived with a very neat article about this long lived series. It is not filled with technical information so the average collector looking for an interesting field should not be put off. The color photos are super. The author is James Mackay who is no doubt well known to most of the regular posters.

Any serious collector who is looking for an explanation as to what causes this series to be so popular might enjoy the article.”

Many thanks to Charlie: Lecanto, Florida, USA. for informing me by email (above) of this publication. Also many thanks go out Larry Rosenblum the web master, and Machin specialist who writes for Machin Mania http://www.gbstamps.com . Larry took out the time to send me the complete article in PDF format which are most appreciated.. 

Rather than comment on James Mackays brilliant article I have kept these in their original pdf format and loaded them to my sever. These can be reviewed ( and coppied if you wish) below left. They will open in a new window , so you will need to use your back button to return to this page.

I will be adding new data on the Machin 40th Anniversary (including links) here in due course, in the meantime until I add the content, there are several articles already live online. You may view them on my blog page Machin Mania