1937-47 1d scarlet With Jubilee Lines, unique horizontal marginal tête-bêche Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet with 11.5mm vertical gutter margin between two tête-bêche blocks of 24

Estimate

40,000 - 55,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Stamps

printed marginal number ‘04625’ at the left, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £216,000+

Catalogue Note

This block does not have a Jubilee Line but was taken from a sheet which did, and confirmed by the Registration Certificate

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

Typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse reading:

“This sheet of 1d. Unified Stamps, 240 set, was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the factory of Messrs. Harrison & Sons at High Wycombe for the registration of the first print with Jubilee line of the King George VI stamps of this denomination for books.

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer,
30 September, 1937.

(Initialled) JWH
Stores Department,
Stamp Section”