1941-42 ½d to 3d, unique set of 6 horizontal marginal Registration blocks spanning the sheet

comprising ½d block of 24; 1d block of 36; 1½d block of 36; 2d block 24; 2½d block of 24 and 3d block of 24, all with marginal punched holes apart from the 1½d, the latter with marginal arrows and printed number ‘002963’, full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £420,000+

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Typewritten Registration Certificate on the reverse of each block, the ½d reading:

 

“This sheet of the ½d Unified Stamps, 240 set, was taken in the presence of the Post Office Control Officer at the Factory of Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Ltd., for the registration of the first print of this denomination of King George VI stamps with light background.

 

(Signed) D.P. Dell
Senior Staff Officer.
15th August, 1941.

 

(Initialled) JWH
Stores Department,
Stamp Section.”

 

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

 

1d                  ’22 July, 1941.’
1½d               ’26 August 1942.’
2d                  ‘19th September, 1941.’
2½d               ‘2nd July, 1941.’
3d                  ‘16^th October, 1941.’