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1950-52 ½d pale orange Watermark Upright, unique horizontal marginal Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet
Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Stamps
pencilled ‘Registration HWP’ at the left, some wrinkling caused by earlier removal from backing, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £120,000+
Catalogue Note
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Typed Registration Certificate on the reverse reading:
“This sheet (120 set) of Unified ½d. Endways Roll was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the factory of Messrs. Harrison and Sons Ltd., at High Wycombe, Bucks. for registration of the first print of this denomination in Orange.
(Signed) E. Carr
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
2nd February 1951
(Initialled) HWP
INITIALS OF THE CONTROL OFFICER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
STAMP DEPOT”