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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 362

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection Jamaica Used In Cayman Islands "cayman brac/cayman islands" double-ring datestamp (Type 2) 2 1/2d. dull purple and blue horizontal strip of four sharing two large part strikes, and a small portion of a third, for 25 June 1900; some creasing in places though immensely rare, being the largest recorded multiple of the 2 1/2d. values used in the Cayman Islands and the earliest recorded date of use of this cancellation. S.G. Z28, £16,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 provenance: Robert J. Cooley, September 1995

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