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The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook - 3rd Edition (page updated: Mar 16/08) Simply the best reference catalogue available today for the study of Machins! Click for Douglas Myall's website (Deegam Publications). The third edition of The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook was published July 1, 2003. It is contained in two volumes (4-ring binders) - The front of Volume 1 is pictured to the right. This edition has 1,272 pages with 3,500 illustrations, weighing in at 3.8kg and priced at £59 + p&p. If you are a novice or serious student of Machins, you have to purchase The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook - it is as simple as that (of course, you should be buying all books devoted to Machins)! The book is available from: John Deering ( e-mail ), PO Box 2, South Molton, Devon, EX36 4YZ, England (link is for e-mail only); Fax: 01398 341658. The book is sent packed in a made-to-measure carton to prevent damage to the binders and pages in the post. E-mail them for exact shipping costs before ordering. [ I have no financial interest in this book. Just like you, I had to order my copy from John Deering at the price of £59 + £17.25p&p - this came out to $175.00 in Canadian dollars! I had prompt and excellent service when I ordered the book from here - delivery from England to Canada by surface mail took only 8 days and the parcel was smothered with large multiples of Machins ]   The author, D.G.A. Myall, has defined a numbering system ("Deegam") that is so effective that no re-numbering will ever be needed, no matter how many new Machins appear. The handbook discusses and lists everything and is profusely illustrated, including pictures of all phosphor types and complete booklets. I say again ... buy this book! The listings found on these web pages are no where near complete - for completeness, I refer you to the above book. Table of Contents To show just how complete this book, here is the contents to the Third edition: Volume 1 Prelims (16 pages) Chapter 1 - Introduction (16 pages) Chapter 2 - Postal rates (8 pages) Chapter 3 - Colours (16 pages) Chapter 4 - Printing processes (22 pages) Chapter 5 - Papers and Gums (14 pages) Chapter 6 - Luminescence (22 pages) Chapter 7 - Perforations (16 pages) Chapter 8 - Direction of printing (DOP) (6 pages) Chapter 9 - The Deegam TCTC system (16 pages) Chapter 10 - The Deegam PIPI system (6 pages) Chapter 11 - The Deegam SIN system (18 pages) Chapter 12 - Deegam Types and Settings (82 pages) Chapter 13 - Machin Regionals (Country issues) (10 pages) Appendix 1 - Machin stamps in rolls (26 pages) Appendix 2 - Machin booklet pane layouts (120 pages) Appendix 3 - Lithographed Machin NVI plate numbers (6 pages) Appendix 4 - Machin self-adhesives (24 pages) Appendix 5 - Machin cylinder and plate blocks (88 pages) Appendix 6 - Machin postal stationery (18 pages) Appendix 7 - How to identify unknown Machin singles (24 pages) Appendix 8 - Machin training stamps (12 pages) Appendix 9 - Machin perfin patterns (36 pages) Appendix 10 - Machin Se-tenant pairs (36 pages) Appendix 11 - Machin miscellany (58 pages) Appendix 12 - Non-Machin decimal definitives (60 pages) Volume 2 Catalogue list of Pre-decimals (28 pages) The Philatelic Market and the Deegam Valuation Scale (4 pages) Decimal low value stamps, including Regionals (348 pages) Decimal high values (over £1) (18 pages) 1840 Anniversary issue (6 pages) Non-Value Indicators, all formats (52 pages) Glossary (24 pages) Subject index (6 pages) Advertisements (10 pages) Third Edition As noted above, this is the third edition of The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook. Illustrated to the right are the spines of all three editions. As can be seen, each edition has grown almost exponentially in size!