Lot #97 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine interpanneau strip of 12 with Die II units [R56, recumbent] & [57, erect] plus 'CA' and 'CA' Substituted for 'JBC' Monograms BW #71(1)zh, remarkably well centred, a trifle aged & minor hinge remainders, Cat $50,000. An extremely rare and important item. The ACSC states "The CA substituted monograms were from Harrison's first printing and occur only in the carmine-red shade. These are rare as strips of 3...only two strips of 12 [as here] can be tr

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ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine interpanneau strip of 12 with Die II units [R56, recumbent] & [57, erect] plus 'CA' and 'CA' Substituted for 'JBC' Monograms BW #71(1)zh, remarkably well centred, a trifle aged & minor hinge remainders, Cat $50,000. An extremely rare and important item.

The ACSC states "The CA substituted monograms were from Harrison's first printing and occur only in the carmine-red shade. These are rare as strips of 3...only two strips of 12 [as here] can be traced".