1886 Pieces cut from newspaper wrappers sent by Wm. Dawson & Sons in London to "Rev W.E Cousins, Antananarivo, Madagascar, c/o H.B.M's Consul Tamatave, via Reunion" all with British stamps cancelled by "DS / F" precancels or "F.B" Foreign Branch obliterators in combination with Mauritius stamps cancelled "B53", two with Port Louis datestamps. Sadly all have been crudely cut out with severe faults to one or more stamps, one with a Mauritius stamp removed, nevertheless scarce combination frankings, the Mauritius stamps added at Port Louis to pay for the conveyance from Mauritius to Tamatave, the cost being recovered from the addressee by the British Consul in Tamatave. (4).

1894 Cover to England bearing an indistinctly cancelled France 25c stamp, blue "BRITISH / MAIL / 5 OCT 94 / ANTANANARIVO" c.d.s alongside, with Ligne T. Paq. Fr. No. 6 transit datestamp and Enfield skeleton backstamp, vertical central fold, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 204. (Image1)