Lot #92 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine Major "Tin Shed" Variety (Splodgy King), 'WERRIBEE/25MR15/VIC' cds. A nice example of a lack of sizing in the paper causing white voids in parts of the design. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "Genuine in all respects & not altered in any way" and notes "...some gum on front side of paper" but "it is not possible to classify the item as Printed on the Gummed Side...most likely that the stamp was printed on paper in poor condition that had

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ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine Major "Tin Shed" Variety (Splodgy King), 'WERRIBEE/25MR15/VIC' cds. A nice example of a lack of sizing in the paper causing white voids in parts of the design. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "Genuine in all respects & not altered in any way" and notes "...some gum on front side of paper" but "it is not possible to classify the item as Printed on the Gummed Side...most likely that the stamp was printed on paper in poor condition that had some gum on the front (ie "tin shed flaw") rather than being printed on the gummed side of the paper, although the latter possibility cannot be totally excluded".