1941-42 1d pale scarlet Watermark Sideways, unique vertical marginal Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet

pencilled endorsement ‘Regis(tration) Cyl B66 28/9 4(2)’, printed marginal arrows and punched holes at the top and foot, light marginal wrinkles, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £120,000+

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse reading:

 

“This sheet of 1d Unified Stamps (100 set) was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the Factory of Messrs. Harrison & Sons Ltd., at High Wycombe, for the registration of the first print of this denomination with light background for sideways rolls.

 

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer.
(1^st October) 1942.

 

(Initialled) JWH
Stores Department,
High Wycombe.”