GREAT BRITAIN 1936 King George V 1/2d Memorial Essays, SG441var.
Two superb photogravure essays printed on gummed, watermarked block cypher paper in black and violet (Mourning colours) in the design of the then current i!4di stamp and mounted on thin white card. Printed by Harrison & Sons at request of the Post Master General and submitted on 27th January 1936, the original proposal was to issue the stamps ai 2d each, the surplus proceeds going to the King George V Jubilee trust. Extremely rare, one of only two sets in private hands, originally printed in small sheetlets of six, the remaining blocks of four residing in the Nationai Postal Museum. Ex. Hassan Shaida. Presently unlisted but to be included in the sext Specialised Volume 2 catalogue.
