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1951-54 ½d to 1s, set of 5 unique vertical marginal Registration blocks spanning the sheet
Estimate
120,000 - 160,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Stamps
comprising ½d, 1d, 4d and 1s blocks of 48 and the 1½d a block of 60, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £630,000+
Catalogue Note
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Each block with a printed Registration Certificate on the reverse with manuscript entries, the ½d reading:
“THIS sheet (240 set) of Postage Due ½d 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
19th July 1951
(Initialled) HWP
INITIALS OF THE CONTROL OFFICER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
STAMP DEPOT”
The other blocks with the same Registration Certificate and dates as follows:
1d ‘19th July 1951’
1½d ‘25th January 1952’
4d ‘7th June 1951’
1s ‘7th June 1951’