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Auction: 16025 - The Graham Cooper Collection of King George VI Stamps
Lot: 360

(x) Cayman Islands
1938-48 Issue
Colour Trials
¼d., 1d., 1½d., 2½d. orange, 3d. orange and 3d. bright blue, all affixed to sheet of paper (163x208mm) with "waterlow & sons/limited" watermark, and loose ½d., 1d., 2d., 2½d. orange, 3d. bright blue, 3d. orange, 6d. and 1/- backed on separate pieces of thin black card; each with head cut out and mounted in the frame of another, most attractive. Photo

Note: This is one of 10 known sheets produced for different Colonies by Waterlow. They were a serious experiment designed to increase attractiveness and competitiveness of the company's designs and were used by the company's overseas sales units.

provenance:
Graham Booth, April 2012

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£2,500