White paper, 5 Pound orange, BN, nice fresh colour, very good perforation, nicely cancelled by central clear "BELFAST FE 4 91", very fine. Signed Stolow and certificates Pröschold (1987) and Louis BPP (2024)

BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1902, Edward 5 d., neatly cancelled "KIRKHILL SP 24 03". Colour of value tablets slightly faded, still very fine. Certificate BPA (2024)

1776 (December 6), Guernsey to Cognac via St. Malo, two-page folded letter, rated “18” (sous) in manuscript and struck with clear “S MALO” straight-line in black, fine.

1795 (January 3), folded letter from Cette, France, to Guernsey, via St. Malo, struck with small CETTE straight-line in black and ornate BM (Boite Mobile, rural movable box), endorsed “au soin Mr. La Dure” ("the care of Mr. La Dure"), forwarding agents of St. Malo, rated “18” in manuscript on front denoting the rate from Cette to St. Malo, notations on reverse adding the 1d St. Malo local delivery and 3p agent fee, for a total of 22 pence,...

1772 (August 17), folded letter from London to “Nicholas Fiott, Merchant in the Island” Jersey, rated “1N” in manuscript and struck with neat Bishop Mark (5 / SE), endorsed in manuscript “to the care of Mr. C[lement] Highgrove”, fresh and fine.
 
Note: The recipient, Nicholas Fiott, before becoming a prominent merchant, was a privateer and captain of the “Charming Betty," which retook the “Adventure” from the French in 1758, and...

1786 (August 12), folded letter from London to Jersey, with manuscript rate markings on the front, struck on  back with fine Bishop Mark, sent via forwarding agent Thomas Durrell of Southampton, and endorsed “forwd by your hble servant Nichls Robinson for Mr. Thos. Durrel", quite fresh for such an early letter, and a scarce usage to Jersey.

1799 (June 18), folded letter written from St. Hélier to le Chevalier de Lapelouze, Infantry Colonel in the Service of the King of France in London, struck with a fine "JERSEY" concave handstamp in black, rated "9" pence in red manuscript, denoting the 7d Jersey to Weymouth single packet rate and UK inland rate, with partial red circular datestamp receiver (22 Jun) on the front, reverse with red oval "10 o'Clock / 99 F NOON" datestamp, a fine...

1814 (April 13), folded letter from Jersey to Spain, rated 2/7 in manuscript, denoting the route through London via France to the Spanish border, plus the reduced 5d. British inland rate, struck in black with fine JERSEY scroll (without stop) and ANGLETERRE straight-line, filing fold and small edge flaws, else fine.

1820 (July 20), folded entire from Jersey to San Sebastien, Spain, carried privately to Granville and despatched by an unidentified agent, struck with red “P 48 P / GRANVILLE” mileage mark, 10 (decimes) postage paid in manuscript on reverse, handstamped with framed “P.P.P.P.” denoting conveyance via Paris ("Port Payé Passe Paris") with postage paid to the Spanish border, thereupon struck with “4Rs” Spanish due mark in red, filing folds, else...

1823 (January 30), folded letter from Tarbes to Guernsey, privately carried to St. Malo, whereupon struck with boxed “SAINT MALO. 34 / 15 FEVRIER 1823” in black, rated “9” in black denoting the French rate to Dover, an additional 3d agent fee added for a total of 1sh, endorsed as such at upper right, the rate to Dover being the one used regardless of routing per French Circulaire No 6 of 1816, light filing folds, a fine and rare cover, this...

1840, 1d. black, PL, fresh color, ample to good margins, tied by red cancel to folded letter from “JERSEY 30 OC 1840” to London, some minor imperfections, scarce

1841 (August 9), 1d. red, lettered SI, margins large in two sides, good to into in places on other two, cancelled with bold strike of Maltese Cross in black, on folded cover to Glasgow, reverse with dual strikes of Jersey double-arc datestamp, London c.d.s. transit and framed Glasgow receiver (12 Aug) in black, vertical filing fold, but a fine strike of the Maltese Cross, difficult from Jersey.