Lot 154
  • 154

1950-52 1d pale ultramarine, unique horizontal tête-bêche marginal Registration block of 48 spanning the sheet with 11.5mm horizontal gutter margin between two blocks of 24

Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Stamps
full original gum. Stanley Gibbons Catalogue £240,000+

Catalogue Note

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

 

Printed Registration Certificate on the reverse with manuscript entries reading:

 

“THIS sheet (216 set) of 1d Unified Stamps for ‘E’ Booklets WAS TAKEN IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POST OFFICE CONTROL OFFICER AT THE FACTORY OF Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Ltd. AT High Wycombe, Bucks FOR REGISTRATION OF THE FIRST PRINT OF this denomination

 

(Signed)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
3rd Decr. 1951

 

(Initialled)
INITIALS OF THE CONTROL OFFICER
SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
STAMP DEPOT”