Sale 1098 — Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 19-20 May, 2015
Category — Cayman Islands from Dr. Gary Stone Collection, Rural Posts and Balances
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
430


E. 750-1,000
1,500
431


VERY FINE. AN ESPECIALLY HANDSOME AND CLEAN EAST END RURAL POST COVER PAYING THE -1/2-PENCE DOMESTIC RATE.
Only about 40 covers with this marking are known with this being one of the finest. Ex Freeland.
E. 1,500-2,000
2,000
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E. 200-300
225
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EXTREMELY FINE STRIKE OF THIS RURAL POST CANCEL WHICH TYPICALLY COMES POORLY STRUCK. THE RAREST OF THE RURAL POST CANCELS TO FIND.
Ex Freeland.
E. 2,000-3,000
3,500
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S
Cayman Islands Specimen Balance. Nine sets, incl. No. 1-2 (SG 1-2), 3-7 (SG 3-7) (two sets of each, incl. one of latter set ex Maisel), 1913 10sh (47; SG 52as), 1921-26 -1/4p-10sh (50-63; SG 69-83), 1946 Pace Issue (112-13; SG 127-28) and more, each original gum, Fine-Very Fine, SG value
£ 1,745
900
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The Dr. Gary Stone Cayman Islands Postal History Balance. Wonderful selection of 168 covers filled with a wide-array of material spanning the postal history of the Cayman Islands from the 1900 Queen Victoria Issue thru George VI Issues, some highlights incl. the earliest recorded use of any value from the 1905 series (ex Cooley and Maisel), particularly late Victoria use in 1908, two McCausland provisionals (SG MR2), eight 1908 -1/4p Brown uses, eighteen different War Stamp uses (MR1, MR4-7), fifteen Postage Due covers with a few being particularly scarce, a Jamaica Red Cross label (on reverse), plus much more including first days, various cancels, uses, destinations and more with a surprising amount of commercial uses, much of which emanates from the famous collections of Cooley, Stern, Freeland and Maisel (quite a few as single lots), mostly Fine or better, close inspection is advised with items retailing from $10.00-$300.00 (or more), Scans of the entire collection (13.7MB) can be found on our website beneath the lot description
E. 4,000-5,000
6,000
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