The other things I noticed is that the Marco logo of the happy fisherman also incorporates the full model name whereas all the others I have seen have had the DeLuxe part hand written under the transfer. And on the reverse side of the rod someone has written "MK4 CARP" (sic) and dated it September 1959. This writing is under some varnish, but probably / possibly not the original varnish.
I have done some measurements and photos that might be of use to anyone looking to restore or even identify this rod.
The overall total length assembled is: 2690mm (8 foot, 9 1/2") The rest of the measurements are in mm.
Tip section; 1355mm total length, and diameter of cane at ferrule 8.2mm and at tip 3.9mm (taken at nearest point after whippings) Distance between measurements 1270mm. This section has 4 rings + 1
Butt section; 1370mm total length, diameter at handle 12.2mm and at ferrule 9mm and distance between measurements is 590mm. The total handle length is 683mm. The tulip or vase shaped top handle diameter is 301mm max and the lower section is 271mm. The butt section has one ring.
Using my basic mathematical skills I make the taper to be 3.38mm per 1000mm in the tip section and 5.42mm per 1000mm in the butt section. Compared to the 10 foot Chapmans 500 I have of 3.27mm / 1000mm for the tip section but only 2.76mm / 1000mm over the much longer butt section.
The Capella DeLuxe does not feel to be a stiff rod and I would estimate the test curve to be somewhere between 1.5 lb and 1.75lb. There is an issue with the tip ring that appears to have been damaged either in transit or was damaged previously and bodged up so I cannot run a line through it at the moment to test the tc.
Overall, once the tip ring has been replaced and the ferrule secured it will make a nice spinning / light dead baiting / carp stalking rod.
It sounds a much more substantial blank than the one I have. 
