Auction #366

1937, Caritas 25s. with with experimental horizontal network, with bottom sheet margin very well showing the different alignment of the network, mint never hinged, fine
 The Caritas issue of 1936 was printed in sheets of 10 x 10, while the subsequent issues 1937-1940 were printed on unusual, half-size sheets 5 x 10. In order to save the expense of preparing a half-size network plate, a normal network plate for 10 x 10 stamps was turned by 90 degrees, as an experiment to print the network of a 10 x 10 sheet onto a 5 x 10 sheet, This experimental horizontal positioning of the large 10 x 10 network plate was rejected and special half-size network plates were prepared for the Caritas issues 1937-1940