Lot 182
1885 GB 4d rated cover addressed to "W.B....

The Graham Booth Collection of Cayman Islands Postal History | 5934
Auction: 15 June 2022 at 01:00 BST
£800
Description
1885 GB 4d rated cover addressed to "W.B. Webster Esq, Grand Cayman Island, Near Jamaica, West Indies", four 1d lilacs paying the rate (tied by London cancels 2 MR 1885). Noticeable faults especially at left. There is a Kingston, Jamaica arrival cancel (20 MR 1885) on reverse with an endorsement "Recd. forward by N.B.H" as there was no official post office on the Cayman Islands. Possibly the earliest known incoming cover

