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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2237

(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 4
1907 (28 Nov.) double rate envelope registered to Vienna, bearing 1907 4d. pair tied by "george town/grand cayman" c.d.s., showing "R" in oval, Jamaica Registered transit d.s. (7.12), London I.S. registration label and, on reverse, London (24.12) and arrival (27.12) datestamps; the envelope with two light vertical folds. A fine commercial usage being 1d. overpaid at a time when low values were in short supply. Photo

provenance:
Richard Maisel, February 2007

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Sold for
£160