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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2265

(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 5
1909 (14 Sept.) envelope registered to England, bearing 1907 (Mar.) 2½d. and 1/- with 1907-09 3d. and 1/- (CA), each cancelled by "georgetown/grand cayman" double-ring d.s., showing "R" in oval, blue crayon "Grand Cayman" registration marking, Kingston Registered transit d.s. (4.10) with arrival datestamp (18.10) on reverse. Photo

Note: This cover is addressed to A. Leon Adutt who was involved with the Postmistress Gwendolyn Parsons in the surcharging scandals of 1908.

provenance:
Edgar Marston, March 1992
Robert Cooley, September 1995

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Sold for
£250