Lot 40090 – 1866, 100r green, type IV, thick paper of 130 microns, strip of three

1866, 100r green, type IV, thick paper of 130 microns, strip of three centred to right, showing coloured spot in bottom right corner, attractively cancelled by oval framed hs of Itaguay in purple (Ayres 1326) to our knowledge the thickest paper found in the « Dom Pedro » issues, being extremely rare in multiples larger than a pair, and this being enriched by the rare cancellation; signed « RAM » (Renato Amaral Machado, who stated this paper to be the thickest he could find); ex Dr. de Amaral Machado.