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1950-52 2d pale red-brown Watermark Upright, unique horizontal marginal Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet
Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Stamps
pencilled ‘Selected for Registration HWP’, punched hole at the right, some wrinkling caused by earlier removal from backing, original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £120,000+
Catalogue Note
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Printed Registration Certificate on the reverse with manuscript entries reading:
“THIS sheet (120 set) 2d 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 Brown.
(Signed) E. Carr
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
2nd April 1951
(Initialled) HWP
INITIALS OF THE CONTROL OFFICER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
STAMP DEPOT”