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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 351

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection Jamaica Used In Cayman Islands "grand cayman/post office" oval datestamp in violet (Type 1) Covers The earliest recorded cover bearing Jamaican adhesives used in the Cayman Islands 1891 (11 Nov.) O.H.M.S. Marriage Registration details card from Spanish Town to F.S. Taggart, Georgetown, bearing Official 1/2d. green with thick overprint cancelled with single-ring d.s. and showing, at left, a superb strike of the oval datestamp for 24 November 1891. Very rare and most attractive, being one of only eight recorded covers with this datestamp. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Robert J. Cooley, September 1995

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