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Auction: 154 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 707

"East End/Grand Cayman/Rural/Post Collection" boxed violet handstamp, Type RP2, nice strike on 1909 1d Carmine postal card to Georgetown (H&G #3), "Boddentown/Grand Cayman/FE 1 13" c.d.s. transit below, Type 2, and a similar Type 5 Georgetown receiving c.d.s. at left of February 3rd, a crisp and very fine postal card; overpaid as the domestic postal card/printed matter rate at this time was only 1¼d, but message on the reverse reveals that this is actually a legitimate commercial usage as the correspondent is ordering a pair of men's boots, size 8, from the merchant C. H. Bodden & Co. in Georgetown, extremely rare as there are only two or three examples of this card used from East End on the rural route; 2007 BPA certificate; where it realized $2,900.00 hammer.

Sold for
$1,600