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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 371

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection 1908 (12 Feb.) "2 1/2d" on 4d. Brown and Blue Provisional 1908 (3 Mar.) O.H.M.S. envelope from the Postmistress, Miss Gwendolyn Parsons, to Dr. Lester F. Potter. New Bedford, Mass., U.S.A., enclosing a letter explaining the need for the surcharge, bearing "2 1/2d" on 4d. brown and blue neatly cancelled with Georgetown c.d.s., Kingston, Jamaica transit c.d.s. (5.3) on reverse. Exceptionally rare, being one of only four covers recorded with this surcharge and the only cover recorded with the stamp used alone. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 35. Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 Note; The letter includes "You will find among the stamps (one on envelope & one enclosed) the 4d. surcharged to 2 1/2. There were only 2 sheets for sale by the Post Office & they very quickly disappeared" provenance: Edgar Marston III, March 1992 Robert J. Cooley, September 1995 Richard Maisel, February 2007

Sold for
£6,000