Auction 309-320 - Great Britain 1840–1841 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1852, 1 d. red, plate 156, lettered GJ, Treasury Roulette, used, bottom margin cut straight, with the customary four wave vertical and three horizontally, attributed to the serpertine roulette revolving cutter, thin to reverse, fine and scarce example. Cert. RPSL (1992).  SG B2aa. = £5'000. rnReference: Illustrated in "Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years 1848 to 1880", by R. Simpson & P. Sargent, page 9.