1677-1840 Letters and documents including 1703 letter from the Office of Ordnance regarding supplying the "Triumph, Speedwell, Dispatch Brigantine, Isle of Wight Yacht, Hampshire and Poole", carpenters for the Terror Bomb vessel, guns for the Royal Oak, carriages and tar barrels for Hurst Castle and the island of Guernsey; 1677 letter from the Admiralty regarding the fitting out for sea and victualling of ten named ships; 1763 letter from the Purser of H.M.S "Marlborough" regarding the loss of the ship (faults); 1830 letter regarding a meeting with the Duke of Polignac; 1837 letters (2) and cover signed "Mole" regarding the award of the French Legion D"Honneur to Sir Charles Doyle; 1840 entire letter posted from London to "Arthur Cochrane, H.M.S Benbow, Malta", etc. (10).

1885-86 Covers bearing 1883 lilac and green issue comprising two covers to Paris bearing 21/2d block of four or 11/2d + 6d (stamp fault); cover franked 5d from Northampton to India; cover franked 6d from Midleton (Ireland) to Victoria with violet boxed "DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d / FINE 6d / 1/-" and oval framed "1s / MORE TO PAY"; and cover franked 6d from Sidmouth to Natal redirected from Newcastle to Moodies Reef with Natal 6d added, an interesting group. (5).

c.1903-2010 Covers and cards mostly with explanatory or postage due handstamps, many covers returned to sender, some items damaged or delayed in the post, also 1969 postal strike cover sent by rail and notices concerning the suspension or partial re-introduction of parcel post due to the postal strike, and 1971 postal strike covers delivered by bus, or from a hospital with "DELIVERED FREE BY / UNION OF POST / Office Workers / Bristol Branch", etc., mostly 1970-2010 but with some earlier covers. (c.600).

1963-78 Service Suspended covers, mostly due to civil unrest or war, with 1971 Rhodesia air letter to Pakistan handstamped "SERVICE SUSPENDED" (due to Unilateral Declaration of Independence), the others all from G.B comprising 1963 cover to Finland handstamped "RETURN TO SENDER / SERVICE SUSPENDED BY FINLAND" (due to P.O and civil service strike), 1997 covers to Sierra Leone (2), Burundi or Congo with various cachets, labels or endorsements, and 1998 piece from a packet to Eritrea with Amharic/English "SERVICE SUSPENDED" cachet applied in Ethiopia. Also 1975 telegram from G.B to Canada sent during a strike by Canadian P.O workers. An unusual lot, all commercial. (8).