ISLE OF MAUL - SMALLER VILLAGES - PRESTAMP TO KEVII COLLECTION; 1798-1911 covers/cards ex smaller Isle of Mull villages inc. 1798/1800 internal Mull ELs pair ex "Penyghael"/"Scalastle" to "Lochbuy" carried privately by carrier (with whisky? or with sacks + rope - latter ref. Tyree & kelp), 1802 EL to Edinr. with mainly fine "STRON/=TIEN" (copies of letters ex Auchnacraig & Lochbuy), 1832 EL ex Edinr. to "the Sloop Cowal, Moirartan, Cowal by Tobermory" endorsed "Not called for" in red, 1906 env. (+ contents) to India with KEVII 1d tied by fine rare "GRULINE" (Mull) cds, 1906 PPC with KEVII ½d tied by v. fine rare 2-ring "+CROGGAN+/CRAIGNURE R.S.O." cds, 1908/11 PCs with scarce DERVAIG cds cancels, ditto 1907/11 trio ex PENNYGHAEL, and 1907 pair with 2-ring "LOCHBUIE" cds cancels. Plus 11 early PPCs (all Mull views inc. c.1907 view of deep-sea diver leaving ship) & 1928 "FLORENCIA TREASURE SHIP", and 2 pieces. (24 covers/cards + 2 pieces) (Image)

ISLE OF MULL - AUCHNACRAIG - PRESTAMP TO KGV LOT INC. DIFFERENT MILEAGES, S. LINE, ETC.; 1801-1912 covers/cards inc. 1801-1912 covers/cards inc. 1801/3 ELs pair with mainly fine (for this) "AUCHNA/CRAIG" (ex Lochbuie or Pennycross to Edinr.), fine 1804 EL ex "Pennycross" to "[the island of] Lunga" with mainly fine rare "AUCHNACRAIG" s. line (previously only recorded for Aug. 1807) across join, Oct./Dec. pair of ELs to Whitburn (both ref. cattle ex Ulva Island sent to Kerrera Island) with partly fine boxed "AUCHNA/CRAIG/518-G" or mainly very fine rare boxed "AUCHNACRAIG/518-G" (AR48a; only recorded example), 1882 1d Lilac env. (+ contents ex Lochbuy) and 1906 KEVII PC both with fine "21" Duplex, and 1912 PC with KGV ½d unusually tied by late use of 'open-top cds. Scarce lot from this small place (PO only opened in 1793). (8 covers/cards). (Image)

ISLE OF MULL - AROS PRESTAMP TO QV COLLECTION - PENNY POSTS, MILEAGES, U.P.U. RATES TO USA, ETC.; 1812-83 covers inc. 1812/13/18 E/ELs (4; inc. 2 ex "Glenforsa") with fair to very fine scarce boxed "AROSS/528-G" mileages, an 1819 free front with the same, 1830 free front with rare "AROSS/PENNY POST", 1835 pair of Es also with fair to fine PENNY POST marks but also each with fine "AROS" on the front endorsed "Paid at" in red, 1829/31 pair of Es (faults) with very fine "AROS" (one local ex "Jarvisfield", the other to Edinr. charged "1 3/4 Oz 6/5"), 1850/6 trio with 1d Reds and boxed "ARO" backstamps (one ex remote Mull village of "Kilfinichen"), 1876/83 pair of envs. (former with some wear) to USA with small "AROS" cds backstamps and 2½d Rosy-mauve or 2½d Blue tied by Oban Duplex or by ARos "23" Numeral, etc. Scarce lot from this small Mull P.O. (14 covers + 2 fronts)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

TINY ISLAND OF GIGHA - ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PRESTAMP COVERS - ROUTED VIA TARBERT; 11 June 1824 EL (folds neatly to show internal heading alongside address) from "[Island of] Gigha, Tayinloane, Argyllshire" to Glasgow charged "9[d]" with fine boxed "TARBERT/500-G" mileage mark on the top flap; contents ref. protecting some local foxes for future sport and noting that the delay to this letter was due to the writer being on the "steam boat [that] sailed early in the morning...". Only one other pre-1840 cover (of 1802) from this tiny island off the coast of Islay has been recorded; its Post Office was not opened until 1859. (Image)

ISLE OF MULL - TOBERMORY - RARE "PENNY POST" PAIR + UNIFORM 4d-POST COVER; Jan./Mar. 1836 Es pair ex "Calgary"/"Kenghair[?]" (remote Mull villages) to Oban - one prepaid & one unpaid - each with mainly very fine brown-black "TOBERMORY/PENNY POST" nicely placed on the front; plus fine 19 Dec. 1839 EL from "Salen" to Inverary with Uniform 4d-Post manuscript "4" charge and a fine boxed "TOBERMORY" d.s. on the top flap. Rare trio. (3 covers)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)

MULL - TOBERMORY - QV TO KGV LOT INC. UPP "1", MX, 1844 NUMERALS, DOG/SERVANT LICENCES, ETC.; 1840-1921 lot inc. 1840-1914 covers/cards with 28 Mar. 1840 EL with fine orange-red UPP h.s. "1" and boxed d.s. on the front, 1842/49 1d Imperfs. quartet with v. fine MX or mainly fine "325" Numerals (3 inc. 1846/9 pair ex Mull villages of Ballygown/Drimnin), 1854 E with 1d 'Stars' tied by fine "325" Numeral (orange d.s. on flap), 1861/79 pair with 1d Reds cancelled in transit in Oban, and 1903/14 PPCs (mostly local views) with 2-ring or 1-ring cds cancels. Plus fine rare pair of 1920/21 Licences for "Male Servant" (15s-0d) or one "DOG" (7s-6d) each with v. fine "TOBERMORY" cds. (17 items) (Image)

TINY ISLAND OF GIGHA - THE ONLY RECORDED 1d RED IMPERF. COVER - ROUTED VIA TAYINLOAN; 3 July 1847 EL (folds neatly to show internal heading alongside address) from "Island of Gigha, Ardlamey" to Inverary with 1d Red (faults) tied by faint Numeral having a fine blue-black mileage-removed "TAYINLOANE/....G" mark across the join on the reverse; contents ref. the writer having "got home safe". Only two earlier covers from this tiny island off the coast of Islay have been recorded (dated 1802 & 1824); its Post Office was not opened until 1859. [Ex Cavendish 30 Nov. 2001 auction; lot 892, realised £190+BP.] (Image)

ISLE OF MULL - BUNESSAN - QV/KEVII LOT INC. BLUE "BUNESSAN" UDC & 1d RED COVER TO ISLE OF CUMBRAE; 1850-1909 covers/cards inc. 1850 EL with 1d Red to Tobermory with mainly v. fine rare blue "BUNESSAN" UDC on reverse beside boxed d.s. of Aros & Tobermory, 1854 env. (+ contents) with off-centre 1d 'Stars' tied by fine scarce "23" Numeral addressed to "Milport" with backstamps of BUNESSAN - early cds - AROS (rare orange boxed d.s.s) and MILLPORT (Isle of Great Cumbrae; fine cds in blue), 1876 1d Red env. with v. fine 'open top' "BUNESSAN" cds on flap , plus 6 PPCs (2 being local Mull) with that earlier 'open-top' cds cancelling KEVII ½d's. Scarce group from this remote village. (9 covers/cards) (Image)