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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2231

(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
1905 (13 Mar.) envelope registered to New York, bearing 1905 1d. pair and 2½d., both clearly tied by "grand cayman/cayman islands" double-ring d.s., showing "R" in oval, Jamaica Registered transit d.s. (15.3) with arrival d.s. (21.3) on reverse. A fine commercial franking and a very early usage of the 1905 issue. Photo

provenance:
"Rew", March 1981
R.J. Edmonson, May 1988
Richard Maisel, February 2007

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Sold for
£480