2c Carmine, Booklet Pane of Six (332a). Position O, clearly showing the guide lines at top and left, h.r., Fine and extremely rare position estimated to represent only 0.1% of the total 62 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 O is in the middle of the sheet and competes for the vertical guide line to its left with Position N (which is also a very rare position), the only other example we have encountered was in the Beutel collection, this example is much better centered and more clearly shows the top guideline

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