The Machin head of The Queen has become a British icon. With an estimated 180 billion stamps printed to date, it is one of the most reproduced images in history. This transfer roller was produced for the £1 Machin high value stamp and was used to transfer the image from the master die to the printing plate.
1900s Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976)
1900s Edward VIII – the Royal Cypher that never was
2000s Pillar Boxes (2002)
1800s One of the earliest known examples of writing in Latin by a woman (1st century AD), (British Museum, Romano-British Department)
1900s Country name or monarch’s head
1900s George V 1d Downey Head (1911)