78. MAIL TO LATVIA. 1871 envelope London to Riga, Russia with 6 x 1d plate 137 tied London duplex' JY/4/71, slight creasing but attractive usage and a very unusual destination. (*) (Ref 57000) £140.00

79. 2/- BLUE (SG 119) TO THE WEST INDIES. 1871 envelope London to Demerara, West Indies (Guyana) with fine 2/- deep blue tied London duplex SP/15/71. On reverse Demerara receiver OC/7/71. A good clean and unusual usage with stamp paying the 2/- 1oz rate via British packet. (*) (Ref 60436) £400.00

80. SLOPER CANCELLATION - THE MANCHESTER 'CLIP'. Q.V. ½d purple postcard Manchester to Dundee dated 28.9.71 - fine and clean example. (*) (Ref 59153) £45.00

81. G.B. USED ABROAD. 1872 cover from Peru to London, some imperfections, bearing Peru 1d and Great Britain 1/- plate 5 (SG 117), trimmed perfs at right, and 6d plate 9 (SG 109) tied good to fine 'C38' barred numerals of Callao (Peru). On front Lima agency handstamp, backstamped Callao JA/22/72. (*) (Ref 50347) £375.00

82. THE LONDON 'AZEMAR' THIRD TRIAL EXPERIMENTAL CANCELLATION. 1872 envelope used locally in London with 1d plate (SG 43) tied very fine strike 18/JU/72. (*) (Ref 59566) £90.00

83. SLOPER CANCELLATION. Q.V. ½d purple postcard Liverpool to Birmingham, several small tone spots, cancelled by the Liverpool 'pierced' sloper. Backstamped Birmingham OC/9/72. (*) (Ref 59154) £40.00

84. KEBLE COLLEGE OXFORD. A fine unused example of the 1875-1885 1¬d embossed envelope in red with college crest at upper right (3 3/4" x 4½"), central filing fold. (*) (Ref 54027) £175.00

85. NAVAL MAIL - INTER SHIP. 1877 envelope, on reverse crest of HMS Shah, addressed to Lieut. Raines HMS Excellent Portsmouth England' with 3 x 2d blue plate 15 (SG 47) tied London numerals. Sent from Lt Rainier who was on board the training ship HMS Shah. Very unusual usage. (*) (Ref 54810) £350.00

86. 1880 POSTAL NOTICE CONCERNING PATTERNS OR SAMPLES ADDRESSED TO FRANCE OR ALGERIA. A very unusual postal notice explaining 'Extension of Limits of Size and Weight'. Slight imperfections as expected. (Ref 11897) £65.00

87. 1881 wrapper London to Argenteuil near Paris with fine 1880 1½d venetian red (SG 167) and 2d pale rose (SG 168) tied Gracechurch duplex MR/31/81. On reverse Argenteuil receiver and Paris datestamp on front. A very scarce franking paying 2½d postage and 1d late fee. (*) (Ref 60473) £175.00

88. TRANSATLANTIC MAIL. 1881 envelope London to Ontario, Canada (flap missing) with ½d pale green (SG 165) and 2 x 14 dot 1d lilacs (SG 171) tied neat Norwood squared circles OC/19/81. On reverse Kingston, Canada receiver OC/31/81. Attractive usage. (*) (Ref 60437) £65.00

89. 1864 1d plate (SG 43) USED TO RECEIPT A DOCUMENT. A letter from Edinburgh dated 21st February 1882 re expenses discharged and a bank draft with 1d plate 177 (SG 43) at foot used as a receipt stamp. Most unusual. (*) (Ref 56207) £40.00

90. POSTAGE DUE. 1882 envelope London to Dresden bearing only a 1d lilac tied London duplex JU/27/82, postage underpaid 1d with various postage due charges. (*) (Ref 47244) £35.00

91. 1883 'Par.Pro. To be posted at the House of Commons. POST PAID' wrapper to Chatham with London official datestamp 12/JY/83. Scarce postal stationery. (*) (Ref 38372) £150.00

92. UNDELIVERED MAIL/YORKSHIRE. 1886 envelope from London to Doncaster with 1d lilac tied London Squared Circle MR/6/86 with manuscript 'Not Known' and 'Try Dorchester' note. On front Doncaster cds MR/8/86, Leeds cds 9/MR/86 and fine strike of the 'Returned Letter Branch Leeds' cds 9/MR/86. On reverse the initials of 11 Postmen who attempted deliver and Dorchester cds MR/10/86. (PT) (Ref 53290) £60.00

93. NAVAL MAIL GB TO AFRICA. 1885 envelope with 1d and 3d lilac tied Bromley, Kent duplex JU/12/85 and addressed to 'Commander Parr RN HMS Frolic West Coast of Africa or elsewhere'. Apparently the 'Frolic' at this time was at Ascension & did not return to Africa until 3 months later. Fine & unusual usage (*) (Ref 54802) £275.00

94. LONDON HOSTER CANCELLATION. 1889 envelope London to Ghent, Belgium with 2½d Jubilee cancelled fine London Hoster DE/23/89. (*) (Ref 60557) £22.50