1c Blue, Horizontally Laid Paper (63c). Very clear horizontal laid lines, bright color, unobtrusive strike of circular datestamp cancel, Fine and rare, Don Evans notes in his 1c book (p. 37) that this is known to have been printed on both horizontally and vertically laid paper, he notes that examples are somewhat difficult to identify by casual observation and also that horizontally laid paper seems to be scarcer than vertically laid -- he was aware of only two but our experience and an examination of the records of the Philatelic Foundation indicate that both are equally scarce, they are also usually seen with faults, ex "Natalee Grace", with 2005 P.F. certificate.

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