Machins & Wildings Definitive Stamp Issues

Deegam short band notations

S1
Band short at top 

S2
Band short at bottom 

S3
Centre bar 

S4
Short at top 

S5
Short at bottom 

S6
Short at top and bottom 

S7
Short at top right 

S8
Short at bottom right 

S9
Short at top and bottom 

S10
Short at top left 

S11

S12

S13

S14

S15

Short at bottom left

Short at top right

Short at bottom right

Left band short at top and bottom

Right band short at top and bottom

S16

S17

S18

S19

S20

Both bands short at top

Both bands short at bottom

Left band short at top, right band short at bottom

Left band short at bottom, right band short at top

Left band short at top and bottom, right band short at top

S21

S22

S23

S24

Left band short at top, right band short at top and bottom

Left band short at top and bottom, right band short at bottom

Right band short at top and bottom, left band short at bottom

Both bands short at top and bottom

The above images show the 24 possible Deegam combinations of short bars obtainable from interrupted phosphor bands

Deegam notched band notations

2B (N1)

2B (N2)

2B (N3)

2B (N4)

Notched band top left

Notched band top right

Notched band bottom left

Notched band bottom right

Deegam inset band notations
Most inset band varieties derive from Walsall booklet panes

2B (I1)
Inset band left

2B (I2)
Inset band right

2B (I3)
Two inset bands

All the above images show the basic Deegam band variations - Short bands - Notched bands - Inset bands. All other band variations will be combinations of the above (examples shown below). To understand and make full use of the Deegam notation system you will need a copy of The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook, contact Douglas Myall deegam@btopenworld.com.

Some examples

2B(I2) + S17

Example 1 has an inset band right and both bands are short at bottom - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as 2B(I2) (inset band right) + S17 (short bands at bottom).

2B(I2) + S16

Example 2 has an inset band right and both bands are short at top - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as 2B(I2) (inset band right) + S16 (short bands at top).

S3(OR)

Example 3 has the band offset right and is short at top and bottom - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as S3(OR).

S17 + S1

Example 4 has two bands short at bottom and a centre band short at top - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as S17 (short bands at bottom) + S1 (short band at top).

S16 + S2

Example 5 has two bands short at top and a centre band short at bottom - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as S16 (short bands at top) + S2 (short band at bottom).

2B(I2) + N1

Example 6 has a notched band top left and the right band is inset - The stamp would be described in the Deegam catalogue as 2B(I2) (inset band right) + N1 (Notched band at top left).

Broad Band stamps show one band

Wide band stamps show two bands

I am often asked the difference between broad and wide band stamps, broad band stamps must only show one band on the stamp (Can be at left, right or centre of stamp), they are much rarer than wide band varieties so be careful when purchasing this type of error. If the stamp is described as broad band but shows even the slightest traces of phosphor on the opposite perforations it is a wide band not broad.