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Auction: 12029 - Specialised Cayman Islands featuring the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections
Lot: 55

Cayman Islands 1902-03 Watermark Crown CA Dented Frame (Glover Flaw) This flaw is a downwards bulge on the name tablet frame below the first "a" of "cayman". It occurs on all values printed from the King Edward VII "postage postage" key-plate (including the surcharged provisionals) and appears on the last stamp [6] in the first row of the left hand pane only. 1/- orange, fine used with variety clearly visible. Extremely rare. S.G. 7a, £1300. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: Only 37 of this variety were printed.

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£700