The American Philatelic Society is offering a "Collecting the British Machins" course (by David Alderfer) prior to the St. Louis Stamp Expo in March 2012. Click for an APS 'flyer' containing more details (Adobe PDF document).

 

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Find: --Pre-decimal-- ½d orange brown 1d yellow ochre 2d lake brown 3d spectrum violet 4d olive sepia 4d vermilion 5d stewart blue 6d purple 7d light green 8d scarlet 8d duck egg blue 9d winchester green 10d light olive brown 1/- aconite violet 1/6 turquoise and garter blue 1/9 orange and olive brown 2/6 peat brown 5/- raspberry red 10/- deep ultramarine £1 bluish black --Decimal-- ½p turquoise 1p crimson 1½p charcoal black 2p deep grey-green 2½p pale magenta 2½p rose madder 3p ultramarine 3p rose red 3½p grey green 3½p purple-brown 4p rust brown 4p turquoise 4p cobalt blue 4½p bluish grey 4½p steel blue 5p greyish violet 5p greyish rose 5p ash pink (red-brown) 5½p deep violet 6p pastel green 6p lime green 6½p cerulean blue 7p red brown 7p brick red 7p light grey 7p shocking pink 7½p pale chestnut 8p blood red 8p old gold 8½p apple green 9p orange and black 9p bluish violet 9p orange 9½p deep lilac 10p terracotta and orange-brown 10p greyish orange 10p light tan 10½p light yellow 10½p greyish blue 11p pastel red 11½p rust brown 11½p mushroom 12p yellow green 12p emerald green 12p dark turquoise 12½p pastel green 13p grey green 13p light brown 13½p red brown 14p greyish blue 14p dark blue 14p salmon pink 15p ultramarine 15p light blue 15p shocking pink 15½p light violet 16p light mushroom 16p pink 16½p light brown 17p pastel green 17p greyish blue 17p dark blue 17p olive 17½p chestnut brown 18p bluish violet 18p grey green 18p light green 19p flame 19p olive green 19½p grey green 20p purplish grey 20p sea green 20p black 20p light green 20½p ultramarine 22p deep blue 22p moss green 22p flame 22p stone 23p pastel red 23p light green 24p violet 24p terracotta 24p rust 25p lilac 25p salmon pink 26p post office red 26p stone 26p rust 26p gold 27p rust 27p mauve 28p bluish violet 28p sand 28p slate blue 29p yellow brown 29p purple 29p light grey 30p sage green 31p deep lilac 31p ultramarine 31p purple 32p dark turquoise 33p emerald green 33p slate blue 34p yellow brown 34p slate blue 34p purple 34p lime green 35p dark brown 35p old gold 35p lime green 36p ultramarine 37p red 37p amethyst 37p charcoal black 37p olive green 38p red 38p ultramarine 39p amethyst 39p shocking pink 39p light grey 40p grey blue 40p dark turquoise 41p stone 41p red 42p sage green 43p dark brown 43p emerald green 44p stone 44p ultramarine 45p amethyst 46p old gold 47p sea green 48p amethyst 49p rust 50p ochre 50p sand 50p light grey 54p rust 56p lime green 60p slate blue 60p emerald green 62p red 63p emerald 64p sea green 65p dark turquoise 67p amethyst 68p stone 68p sea green 72p red 75p india black 76p bright pink 78p emerald green 81p sea green 88p shocking pink 90p ultramarine 97p mauve £1 mauve £1 ruby £1.10 lime green £1.46 dark turquoise £1.50 brownish red £1.65 sage green £2 deep grey-blue £3 dull purple £5 brown --Non-Value Indicated-- 1st black 1st flame 1st gold 1st Millennium (white) 2nd light blue 2nd dark blue E blue --PIP-- 1st gold 2nd light blue --Large size-- 1st embossed 1st engraved 1st typographed --Self-adhesive-- 1st flame (horizontal) 1st flame (vertical) 2nd light blue (horizontal) 2nd light blue (vertical) --Anniversary-- 1st black --Penny Black Anniversary-- 15p light blue 20p black 29p purple 34p slate blue 37p red 1st black --Large size-- 10p cerise 20p olive green 50p deep ultramarine £1 bluish black £1 olive and greenish yellow £1.30 buff and blue-green £1.33 mauve and blue black £1.41 buff and blue green £1.50 blue black and lilac £1.60 buff £2 purple brown and green £5 pink and royal blue --Service Inscribed-- --Airmail-- Europe (dark green) Europe (ultramarine) Worldwide (red) Worldwide (purple) Postcard --Recorded signed for-- 1st flame 1st flame (large) --Special Delivery-- Up to 100g Up to 500g