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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 374

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection 1908 (May-Oct.) Manuscript Provisionals During May and October 1908 supplies of the 1/2d. and 1d. stamps became exhausted. Covers were franked in manuscript and initialled by the Postmistress, Miss G.A. Parsons, or by the Postmaster, W.G. McCausland, who succeeded her in June 1908. The following section offers the most comprehensive group of these provisionals ever to appear at auction Endorsements in use from 4 to 27 October Type 2: 1908 (13 Oct.) envelope addressed locally to Georgetown, manuscript "Pd 1/4/W.G. McC", produced during the "busy" period with variety "d" omitted, over-cancelled with Georgetown c.d.s.; unusual, being the only recorded example of this variety on this date. S.G. MP2 var., £250 Estimate £ 150-200 provenance: Robert J. Cooley, September 1995

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