Number by catalogue:  Michel: 626   Yvert: 664   Scott: 632   Gibbons: 633  

Perforation type: 13 ½x13

Subject:

41 pence. Marshall Convertible Steam Roller*.

On the background the building of textile or paper mill with a water wheel.

Additional:

*A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for levelling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine.

Britain was a large exporter of steam rollers to the world over the years, with the firm of Aveling and Porter probably being the most famous and the most prolific.

Many other traction engine manufacturers built steam rollers, but after Aveling and Porter, the most popular were Marshall, Sons & Co., John Fowler & Co., and Wallis & Steevens.

Marshall, Sons & Co. was a British agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1848. The company was based in the Britannia Iron Works, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

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This information has been taken from Wikipedia

Topics: Industrial mills Watermills