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Auction: 1013 - The Alexander Reid Collections of Antiqua, Cayman islands and Ceylon
Lot: 25

Cayman Islands 1907 (November) Provisionals " 1/2D" on 5/- salmon and green, a horizontal pair with the right stamp showing clear surcharge double, fine mint. One of the great rarities of Cayman Islands philately. Friedl Certificate (1978). S.G. 18/18b, £12,000+. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 Note: Only 20 examples are believed to exist, of which, one is used, and four are in pair with normal, one of which is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen.

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