1869-1910 Covers and cards including 1869-76 covers carried on the packet prior to the use of datestamps on the ships (7, four with Greenock Sorting Tender backstamps); 1881 cover with 1d lilac cancelled by the Iona Steamer 163 duplex code B; picture postcards of the four steamers (16); and a fine 1880s "Time Table and Fare List of the Royal Mail Steamers "Columba" & "Iona"" with a coloured cover depicting a steamer. (25).
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Chevalier. 1903 (Apr 4) Picture Postcard of Ardrishaig with KEVII ½d cancelled by "GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET / B / CHEVALIER" wide type c.d.s, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 76. (Image1)
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Lot No: 541
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Chevalier. 1903 (Apr 10) Cover franked 1d from Port Ellen, Islay, to London, imprint of the Machrie Hotel on the flap, backstamped "GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET / B / CHEVALIER" wide type c.d.s, fine and very scarce, especially as a transit datestamp. Photo on Page 76. (Image1)
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Lot No: 542
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Chevalier. 1903 (Oct 31) Picture Postcard of Bowmore with KEVII ½d cancelled "GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG PKT / B / CHEVALIER" c.d.s, the only recorded example of this datestamp from the "Chevalier", ex Roger Hosking collection. Photo on Page 76. (Image1)
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Lot No: 543
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Chevalier. 1911 (Nov 21) Cover to North Berwick with KEVII 1d cancelled by narrow type "GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET / B / CHEVALIER" c.d.s, flap missing, otherwise fine and very scarce. The earliest recorded use of this third type c.d.s from the "Chevalier" (over a year earlier than the first date recorded in the SPHS book by Glen Wilson). Photo on Page 76. (Image1)
