Douglas Myall

Douglas Myall (17 December 1922 – 30 January 2019) was a British civil servant and philatelist. He is known for his exhaustive study of the Machin stamps, the British definitive series in use since 1967. His catalogue, The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook, is one of the main reference books about this series.

Life Myall was born in Essex on 17 December 1922. He became interested in stamps while working at the office of the Inspector of Foreign Dividends, where he kept stamps from the incoming mail. He wrote articles for both these circles' and the Great Britain Philatelic Society's journals, Royal Mail's British Philatelic Bulletin and Stamp Collecting magazine.

Myall was not content with the way BDSSC and the Stanley Gibbons catalogue were handling the potential criteria to study Machin stamps.

Pursuant to arrangements made by Myall before his death, two experienced philatelists, Hanns Fasching and Gerry Fisk, are continuing work on The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook. The fifth edition of the Handbook was released in November 2020. The Deegam Reports continue to provide periodic updates.

Works The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook (first published 1993, most recent edition 2010 on CD-ROM only, with regular updates being published) (2007) 40 Years of Machins. A Timeline, publication #13 of the British Philatelic Bulletin, Royal Mail. This is a 20-page chronology of the Machin series.

Honours Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 2011. Award and medals for the Deegam catalogue at philatelic exhibitions: National Postal Museum medal for research, 1997. Gold medal at ChicagoPex, 1997. Silver Gilt medal at Stampex, 1997. Vermeil at Palmerston Exhibition, New Zealand, 1997. Gold medal at Korpex, South Korea, 2000.