Lot 258
1947 Cayman Island Airways Ltd., group of...
The Graham Booth Collection of Cayman Islands Postal History | 5934
Auction: 15 June 2022 at 01:00 BST
£160
Description
1947 Cayman Island Airways Ltd., group of ten first flight covers with various cachets and dates, including: "FIRST FLIGHT, Jamaica Air Transport, CAYMAN BRAC- JAMAICA" handstamp in purple (AM4Ba), on cover from Cayman Brac (11 JA 1947) to Jamaica. Large boxed "FIRST FLIGHT FROM GRAND CAYMAN, B.W.I. TO KINGSTON, JAMAICA" in purple, Cayman Island Airways, Ltd." on cover from Georgetown (4 JU 1948) to Jamaica. Cayman Brac (18 OC 1948) to Jamaica with "FIRST FLIGHT, Jamaica Air Transport (crossed out in blue pencil), CAYMAN BRAC- JAMAICA" handstamp in purple (AM4Bb), also large boxed "FIRST FLIGHT FROM CAYMAN BRAC, B.W.I. TO KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Cayman Island Airways, Ltd." in red ink, similar from Little Cayman (4 OC 1947) etc.
