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

1851, 3 c. orange-red, plate 2L, positions 43R2L, variety "Experimental Roulettes horizontally", most part original gum, cancelled by intersecting ruled lines defacing cancel, an important example from the Toppan Carpenter & Co. Bemrose Machine 1855 experiments, rare, very few survivors.rnReference: The 3c stamp of the United States 1851-1857 issue, revised, by Carroll Chase (1942), described by Dr. Chase on page 174-175. rnProvenance: Ex. W. Hulme II Collection, Siegel NY sale 964, 2 Dec. 2008, lot 215 .