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Lot 919 PROOF STRIKES INC. RARE BOXED "LEFT THE/ISLAND"; c.1893 piece (83x145 mm) from the Astley Clerk collection (noted as having been provided by the 1893 PMG, George Pearce) with v. fine strikes of the rare marks; "STAMP REMOVED BEFORE RECEIPT/AT THE G.P.O. JAMAICA", "INSUFFICIENT POSTAL ADDRESS", "INADMISSIBLE THROUGH POST", "REFUSED", boxed "LEFT THE/ISLAND" and "RETURNED FOR/POSTAL ADDRESS". Also 1948 env. front addressed to the PMG in Kingston with favour strikes of similar instruction