Lot #55 QUEEN-ON-THRONES - LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Stone C Substituted Transfers on Pane (iv) three horizontal pairs comprising 1) [T-X & M-Q] Pos 19-12, margins close to large, light ironed-out crease; 2) [D-I & W-A] Pos 29-22, margins close to large, superb!; and 3) [C-H & R-W] Pos 28-42, the first unit shaved at the base & with vertical crease. Rare & technically important items. [Ten contiguous positions (2x5) were substituted. Geoff Kellow states at pages 78-79 "Probably six or seven

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LITHOGRAPHED BY CAMPBELL & FERGUSSON: Stone C Substituted Transfers on Pane (iv) three horizontal pairs comprising 1) [T-X & M-Q] Pos 19-12, margins close to large, light ironed-out crease; 2) [D-I & W-A] Pos 29-22, margins close to large, superb!; and 3) [C-H & R-W] Pos 28-42, the first unit shaved at the base & with vertical crease. Rare & technically important items. [Ten contiguous positions (2x5) were substituted. Geoff Kellow states at pages 78-79 "Probably six or seven of each of the five horizontal pairs are known...Examples in perfect condition are extremely rare; most of the surviving stamps have faults of one sort or another." Jim Johnstone's very fine "complete set" of five horizontal pairs sold for $9200]