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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2221

(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
1902 (17 June) OHMS envelope (345x230mm; showing "er" of "Her" deleted and manuscript "is" written above) registered to London, bearing 1900 ½d. strip of three and single plus 1d. marginal block of four, all cancelled by "grand cayman/cayman islands" double-ring d.s., showing "R" in oval, Jamaica Registered transit d.s. (7.7) with arrival d.s. (23.7) on reverse; the envelope (Arms of Jamaica on flap) slightly truncated at right, folded and with some other lesser faults. A spectacular usage. Photo

provenance:
Carl Cammarata, May 2005

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Sold for
£400