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).

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)

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)

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)

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)