1c Green, Booklet Pane of Six (331a). Position N, vivid color, h.r., centered slightly to bottom left which maximizes the appearance of the guide lines at top and right, Fine and extremely rare position estimated to represent only 0.2% of the total 29 million pane printing, this position is so rare because the horizontal guide line that ran across the middle of the 360-subject plate was much closer to the bottom of the stamps above it (Positions J-L) than the top of the tab for the positions below it (M-O), and as such when the panes were cut the guide line was almost always included in the upper positions, also Position N is in the middle of the sheet and competes for the vertical guide line to its right with Position O (which is also a very rare position), a great rarity which was missing from the Beutel collection and is the first we have offered

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