1950-52 1d light ultramarine Watermark Upright, unique horizontal marginal Registration block of 36 spanning the sheet

pencilled ‘(Reg)istration HWP’ and marginal punched hole at the right, vertical creasing through the third and eighth columns, some wrinkling caused by earlier removal from backing, original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £90,000+

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Printed Registration Certificate on the reverse with manuscript entries reading:

 

“THIS sheet (120 set) Unified 1^d Endways Roll WAS TAKEN IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POST OFFICE CONTROL OFFICER AT THE FACTORY OF Messrs. Harrison & Sons Ltd AT High Wycombe, Bucks. FOR REGISTRATION OF THE FIRST PRINT OF this denomination in Blue.

 

(Signed) E. Carr
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
8^th March 1951

 

(Initialled)
INITIALS OF THE CONTROL OFFICER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
STAMP DEPOT”