1937-47 ½d to 1s, unique set of 17 horizontal marginal Registration blocks spanning the sheet

½d Cylinder 3 with dot and ½d Cylinder 16 with dot; 1d Cylinder 4 no dot and 1d Cylinder 12 no dot. Comprising ½d blocks of 48; 1d Cylinder 4 block of 24, 1d Cylinder 12 block of 36; 1½d block of 36; 2d block of 48; 2½d block of 24; 3d block of 48; 4d block of 36; 5d block of 36; 6d to 10d blocks of 48; 11d and 1s blocks of 36, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £2,034,000+

The ½d and 1d do not have cylinder numbers in the margin but have been removed from sheets with those cylinder numbers

 

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Each block with a typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse; the ½d Cylinder 3 with dot reading:

 

“This sheet of ½d, Unified Stamps, 240 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 King George VI stamps of this denomination.

 

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer,
7th April, 1937

 

(Initialled)
Stores Department, Stamp Section”

 

The other blocks with a similar Registration Certificate dated as follows:

 

½d Cylinder 16 with dot                 ‘3 September, 1937.’
1d Cylinder 4 no dot                       ’16 April, 1937.’
1d Cylinder 12 no dot                     ‘1.10.37’
1½d                                             ‘10 August, 1937.’
2d                                                ‘2.12.37’
2½d                                             ‘29th April, 1937’
3d                                                ‘27/1/38.’
4d                                                ‘25th October, 1938.’
5d                                                ‘7th November 1938’
6d                                                ‘29th December, 1938.’
7d                                                ‘16th February, 1939.’
8d                                                ‘1st February, 1939.’
9d                                                ‘14th April, 1939.’
10d                                              ‘5th April, 1939.’
11d see footnote
1s                                                ’14 March, 1939.’

 

The 11d was issued much later in 1947, the Registration Certificate is as follows:

 

“This sheet of 11d, Unified Stamps, 240 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 King George VI stamps of this denomination.

 

(Signed) F Brent
Senior Staff Officer
(24^th) December 1947.

 

(Initialled)
Stores Department,
Stamp Section.”

 

MARGINAL DETAILS

 

½d Cylinder 3              Printed number ‘66854’ and arrows
½d Cylinder 16            Printed number ‘959897’ and arrows
1d Cylinder 4               Printed number ‘10635’ and arrows
1d Cylinder 12             Printed number ‘053352’ and arrows
1½d                           Printed number ‘212453’ and arrows
2d                              Printed number ‘008414’ and arrows
2½d                           Arrows only
3d                              Printed number ‘35(?)’ and arrows
4d                              Printed number ‘07394’ and punched hole
5d                              Printed number ‘30956’ and punched hole
6d                              Pencilled ‘29/12/38 and Initialled’
7d                              Printed number ‘019118’ and arrows and punched hole
8d                              Printed number ‘06161’ and arrows
9d                              Arrows only
10d                            Arrows only
11d                            Marginal guide mark and punched hole
1s                              Printed number ‘029217’ and ‘29217’ and arrows