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Auction: 1013 - The Alexander Reid Collections of Antiqua, Cayman islands and Ceylon
Lot: 29

Cayman Islands 1908 (February) Provisional "2 1/2d" on 4d. brown and blue, variety surcharge double, margin at left, fresh and fine mint. Extremely rare, one of the great rarities of not only the Cayman Islands, but of the West Indies. R.P.S. Certificate (1979). S.G. 35a, £35,000. Photo Estimate £ 18,000-22,000 Note: Only four mint and two used examples are believed to exist. Of the mint, two are in pair with normal, one of which is in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen.

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