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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2219

(x) Cayman Islands
Covers and Cancellations
Type numbers in this section are taken from "The Postal History of the Cayman Islands" by Giraldi and McCann
Georgetown - Type 3
1901 (7 July) "Zissler" envelope registered to London, bearing 1900 ½d. and 1d. a single and block of four of both, all cancelled by "grand cayman/cayman islands" double-ring d.s., showing "R" in oval and, on reverse, Jamaica Registered (18.7) and arrival (2.8) datestamps; the lower pair in both blocks crossed by blue crayon. The earliest recorded registered cover using Cayman Islands stamps

provenance:
Robert Cooley, September 1995

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Estimate
£300 to £400