1915 De La Rue 2s6d, 5s and 10s, the set of 3 in unique Registration blocks of 36 with full sheet margins

complete sheets less the upper left corner block of 4, the 2s6d with a 17mm tear in the left margin, the 10s with a 10mm tear in the upper margin, neither of which affect the printed impressions. Full original gum, brilliant colour. MAGNIFICENT SHOWPIECES.

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Each block with a manuscript Registration Certificate on the reverse; the 2s6d reading:

 

“This sheet of forty 2^s/6^dPostage stamps was this day printed in my presence by Mess^rs De La Rue & C^o for registration.

 

G.W. Stonestreet
Assistant Inspector of Stamping

 

Stamping Dept.
Inland Revenue,
Somerset House,
7th August 1915”

 

The 5s and 10s blocks signed by F. Tapsott for the Inspector of Stamping (though in different hands); the 5s ’19th August 1915’, the 10s ‘7th October 1915’

 

MANUSCRIPT MARGINAL ENDORSEMENTS

 

The 2s6d has a small red manuscript symbol in the left margin alongside Position 9, which may indicate that a retouch was required in Row 3

 

PROVENANCE

 

The only stamps removed from the original sheet – a set in blocks of 4
Hassan Shaida 1993
Chartwell 2012