USA 1909 3c deep violet, SG366 Sierra Leone stamps Exceptional and highly unusual provenance:

Exceptional and highly unusual provenance: accompanied by a photograph of Elvis in a car

The set consists of:

green embossed

giving rise to the term "The James Dean Effect"

where he lived out the rest of his days

USA 1909 3c deep violet, SG366 Sierra Leone stamps Exceptional and highly unusual provenance:USA 1909 3c "George Washington" Deep violet (Experimental printing on bluish "rag" paper.) SG366. A very fine, well centred and fresh unused original gum example of this scarce experimental printing. Approximately only 4,000 were printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Accompanied with a photocopy of a 1964 Philatelic Foundation (PF) Certificate of Authenticity from which this single was taken. Read our full newsletter on this piece here.