1939-48 2s6d to £1, unique horizontal Registration multiples spanning the sheet

comprising 2s6d brown block of 16; 2s6d green block of 24; 5s red block of 24; 10s dark blue block of 24; 10s ultramarine block of 16 and £1 block of 24. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £1,152,000+ – see comment below

Of this series, the same number of Imprimaturs for each value have been previously released. In the Stanley Gibbons catalogue the 2s6d brown has a catalogue value of £9,000 and the 10s ultramarine £12,000. There seems to be no logical reason why the other values, though listed, do not have a catalogue price, nor the variation between the 2s6d brown and 10s ultramarine. Taking the lower catalogue figure of £9,000 (for the 2s6d brown) these multiples would have a total catalogue value of £1,152,000

 

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse of each block, the 2s6d brown reading:

 

“This sheet of 2/6 Postage Stamps, 40 set, was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the factory of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons Ltd. at Clifton St., E.C.3, for the registration of the first print of this denomination of King George VI stamps.

 

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer
24^th August, 1939.

 

(Initialled) G.W. (George West)
Stores Department,
Stamp Section”

 

The other values similarly endorsed, with a few variations:

 

2s6d green                   ’21 Feb. 1942’
                                  No ‘Stores’ initials
                                  Specifies ‘G 384 green’

 

5s red                         ‘11th August, 1939.’

 

10s dark blue               ‘4th September, 1939.’

 

10s ultramarine            ’22 July 1942’
                                 No ‘Stores’ details or initials
                                 Specifies ‘E.A. Blue.’

 

£1 brown                    8^th Sept. 1948’
                                 Signed F. Brent Chief Executive Officer
                                 Specifies ‘on King George VI watermarked paper’