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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 342

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection Jamaica Used In Cayman Islands The "Mystery" Cancellation 1885 1/2d. green cancelled by a part strike of an oval-framed "5 ma(y)/cay(man)/isl(ands)/pos(t office)" datestamp. The only recorded example and believed to have been used at a short-lived post office set up by the inhabitants before the official one. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 provenance: A.J. Watkin, May 1946 C.W. Meredith, October 1955 Christie´s Robson Lowe 1992

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