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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 228

Cayman Islands 1914 (8 Apr.) Wilson envelope registered to Birmingham, bearing 1912 1/4d. block of four, 1/2d. (2) and 1d., each tied by "georgetown/grand cayman" double-ring d.s.; 1919 (16 June) envelope registered to Switzerland, bearing 1919 War Stamp 1/2d. and 1 1/2d. on 2 1/2d.blocks of four, both cancelled by "georgetown/grand cayman" double-ring d.s. and showing Grand Cayman registration h.s. in black (Giraldi & McCann Type R7; in use for less than nine months); and 1919 (25 Sept.) envelope registered to Switzerland, bearing 1919 War Stamp 1/2d. and 1 1/2d. on 2 1/2d. blocks of four (the latter with plate number) tied by "georgetown/grand cayman" double-ring d.s. and showing Grand Cayman registered h.s. in violet (Type R9; in used for less than two months). A good lot Estimate £ 250-300

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