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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 394

Cayman Islands The John Byl Collection The Rural Post "west bay" (Type RP3) handstamp 1911 (9 Dec.) "O.H.M.S." envelope to The Secretary of the Board of Education at Georgetown, bearing 1908 1/4d. brown tied by fine "west bay/Grand Cayman./rural/Post Collection." boxed handstamp in violet, arrival c.d.s. (9.12) on reverse; small faults in places though very rare, being the earliest recorded date of this handstamp and one of only two known commercial examples. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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