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Gillott changed the position of the frame number in 1951 from both rear dropouts to underneath the BB. Consequently your frame number is in the correct position.
Looking at some similar frames on MS Flickr page I suspect your rear dropouts are original there is definitely no reason to suspect they are not.
As for the front dropouts, I'm not sure it does seem like a money saving excercise.
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The frame number on mine is on the bottom bracket and matches the steerer, identifying it as made in 1960. I think it moved from rear dropout to bottom bracket late 50s - sure exact year is on the classiclightweights site somewhere.
I had worried exactly that though, mine has been through a few overhauls already. The rear dropouts are nicely brazed in though I think, and similarly to the front. Although only so many ways to peel an onion.
resists searching for matching front dropouts on Ebay
Edit - I think all the lettering will be lost in this respray, and the front do look like the lower tier Campag offering. Who knows, maybe they are contempory!