CYPRUS 1882 '30 PARAS' on 1pi rose, SG24 Cayman Islands stamps Provenance: ex Stanley Gibbons

Provenance: ex Stanley Gibbons

This colour magazine photograph is signed and inscribed by Picasso "Para Rosita (for Rosita)

Obv: Small bust with legend commencing at 6 o'clock

when he was one of Hollywood's hottest stars

CYPRUS 1882 '30 PARAS' on 1pi rose, SG24 Cayman Islands stamps Provenance: ex Stanley GibbonsCyprus 1882 (22 May) '30 PARAS' on 1pi rose, type 9 surcharge, horizontal pair from positions 1 2 of the setting (confirmed by watermark line at left), attractively cancelled by crisp Larnaca squared circle on FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, leaving portrait entirely clear on right stamp, SG24. A fine and exceptionally fresh used pair. Some minor blemishes (short perforations, tiny corner crease) but a scarce multiple cancelled on the first day of issue. Stanley