1941-42 ½d pale green, unique horizontal marginal tête-bêche Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet with 11.5mm vertical gutter margin between two tête-bêche blocks of 24

Estimate

50,000 - 60,000 GBP

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Description

Stamps

printed marginal number ‘007558’ at the left, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £240,000+

Catalogue Note

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

Typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse reading:

“This sheet of the ½d Unified Stamps, 240 set, was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the factory of Messrs. Harrison and Sons Ltd., at High Wycombe for the registration of the first print of this denomination, with light background for Stamp Books.

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer.
(21st January) 1942.

(Initialled) JWH
Stores Department,
Stamp Section.”