1873. Part cover addressed to Ceylon bearing Italy Yvert 19, 40c rose, Yvert 23, 20c blue and Yvert 24, 20c orange tied by '2080' in dotted square with adjacent Bassano date stamp '14th Oct' and boxed 'PD' routed via Padova with Galle/Paid and Colombo arrival 'No 9' on reverse in red. Lovely three colour franking to Ceylon. Rare. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1880. Envelope addressed to France bearing SG 124, 8c orange-red (pair) tied by 'B' obliterator with adjacent Galle/Paid 'Aug 1' date stamp sent by French paquebot with octagonal 'Poss. An. Paq. Fr. N No 1' date stamp in red (Salles 1931) with Frenchentry cachet and Rochefort arrival on reverse. Stains. Lovely item of French Maritime mail with scarce French paquebot in red. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1944, postal stationery Aigraph with five times KGVI. 10 c. blue, used with long text (dated 10th.July, addressed to Bangalore, folded, otherwise very fine, rare (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)