Entire from EDINBURGH addressed to a member of the Civil Service in Ceylon and endorsed “Ship Letter/To be sent by first ship to any of the Presidencies”. EDINR / 28 NOV/ 1814 dispatch and red 1/1 (m/s) marking indicating payment of the postage up to London. Red “PAID SHIP/ LETTER/ LONDON- DE 1 1814” dispatch and TRINCOMALE (PS1)/ POST NOT PAID (UP1) arr markings. 11f (m/s) indicating postage to be collected upon delivery which included the 3 fanums ship postage plus 8 fanums postage from Trincomalee to Colombo. Arr notation “14th June 1815”.

Entire with oval “POST PAID SHIP Lr/ LONDON- 22 FEB 22/ 1825 dispatch addressed to Leiut. Colonel Henry Hardy/ Dy. Quarter Master General/ Ceylon. “8” m/s indicating prepayment.

Entire folded letter datelined Banff, 26th Aug 1843 addressed to Lt. Col. John Gordon, Royal Artillery, Colombo, Ceylon. Dispatched with “PAID” maltese corss cancel and “1” s m/s marking. Returned to GB and struck with “L.P.O./POSTAGE NOT PAID/ TO LONDON” and additional 1s m/s marking indicating postage due on arrival. DEC/ S 12 A/ 1842, HUNTLY/ DE 13/ 1843 arr d/s. Cover was endorsed “via Falmouth” indicating that the switch to Southampton may not have occurred by this date.

Entire from Oxford to Kandy endorsed “Per Overland Mail/ via Southampton”. Red 1s (m/s) marking indicating prepayment of the ½ oz overland rate. OXFORD- NO 13/ 1845 dispatch and PAID/ 14 NO 14/ 1845 London tr d/s. 1/7 (m/s) marking indicating the internal postage due from Galle to Kandy. Arrival endorsement of “Recd. 1st January, 1846”.

Entire from Kirkcaldy to Kandy endorsed with red 1s/10d (m/s) marking indicating prepayment of the ¼ oz overland rate. PAID AT/ KIRKCALDY and KIRKCALDY/ OCT 10/1845 dispatch d/s and PAID/ 12 OCT 12/ 1845 London tr d/s. 1/7 (m/s) indicating the internal postage due from Galle to Kandy. Arrival endorsement of “Recd. 1st December, 1845”.

cover addressed to the Civil engineer Kandy f.w. GB 6d lilac. HADDINGTON/1 JY/1859 (12,R) dispatch, LONDON E.C./JY 2/59 transit. COLOMBO/POST PAID-AU 6/1859 (PD8) and MATELLE/POST PAID -8/1859/6 (PD1) arrival markings. Carried by P&O Ripon leaving Southampton July 04 and arriving Alexandria July 18. Overland to Suez, thence by P&O Nemesis leaving Suez July 21 and arriving in Galle Aug 04.

Cover f/w 6d tied by 171 numeral canc and HADDINGTON dispatch d/s on reverse to Kandy. Forwarded to Matelle with “1” (m/s) forwarding charge and KANDY/UNPAID- OC 6/66 d/s and MATELLE/ UNPAID- OC 6/66 b/s.

Mourning cover fw 3d rose and 6d lilac tied by 838 in barred oval and PINNER-MR 4/70 d/s on reverse. COLOMBO/PAID-AP 5/70 arr d/s.

1d, 2d, 6d tied by 447 numeral cancel and LEED/ OC 24/59 d/s to Colombo. LONDON- OC/ 25/59 tr and COLOMBO/ POST PAID- NO 20/ 1859 (PD8) arr d/s.

London to Colombo with 6d lilac and 4d orange tied by LONDON- JA 26/64 d/s. COLOMBO- FE 27/64 arr d/s.

1s green, 1d brown tied by LONDON- MY 21/ 69, E/22 duplex cancel with COLOMBO- JU 20/ 69 arr b/s.

1s green & 1d brown tied by 159/GLASGOW- Sp 9/ 69 d/s endorsed “via Marseilles”. Forwarded to Passara with COLOMBO/ UNPAID- OC 5/69 and BADULLA/ UNPAID- OC 6/69 d/s. “1” m/s forwarding charge.

Cover f/w 1s tied by YARMOUTH/ NORFOLK- NO 20/ 73, 927 duplex cancel with COLOMBO- De 15/73 b/s.

Shortpaid cover endorsed “Via Marseilles” f/w 2d,6d tied by WICKENHAM- AU 3 76/C9 duplex cancel to Badulla. Deficiency in postage noted by boxed h/s “ DEFICIENT POSTAGE ---- 3d/ Fine------ 9d” and the amount due on delivery by a blue “48” (m/s) marking. GALLE/ UNPAID- SP2/76, COLOMBO/UNPAID- SP 2/76 and BADULLLA/ UNPAID- SP 4/76 b/s.

Cover endorsed “via Brindisi” f/w 1s green and 4d red tied by B38 cancels and PINNER- JA 27/71. LONDON-JA 27/71, COLOMBO- FE 20/71 tr and HALDUMMULLA- FE 22/71 arr d/s. The Brindisi route was started Nov 17/69 with a rate of 1s 4d (surcharge of 3d above the rate via Marseilles) with Italian packets carrying the mail between Brindisi and Alexandria.

Cover from GB franked with 1S green tied by W/36 in barred oval and LONDON W-AU 15 72 d/s. Endorsed via Brindisi. Nuwara Eliya/PAID-SP 9 72 arr b/s.

Cover f/w 8d, 3d tied by SOUTH KENSIGTON- DE 8/76 d/s to Galle. Endorsed “via Brindisi”. GALLE /PAID- JA 2/ 76 b/s. A corresponding reciprocal rate has not been recorded from Ceylon to UK

Shortpaid cover f/w 10d tied by OXFORD- NO 9/76 d/s to Colombo. Boxed “DEFICIENT POSTAGE 1/ FINE 9d”. COLOMBO/ UNPAID- DE 2/76 b/s and “40 c” postage due marking”.

Entire f/w 8d, 1d tied by CHARING CROSS- JA 3/79 d/s to Colombo. Boxed “L1” h/s indicating late charge which was apparently paid by the additional 1d. COLOMBO/ PAID b/s.

Cover f/w pair of 2d blue tied by LONDON E.C.- DE 12/79 duplex cancel to Fort MacDonald. COLOMBO tr and FORT MACDONALD/PAID- JA 6/80 arr d/s on reverse.

Unpaid official cover addressed to W. Gregory, Colombo with OFFICIAL PAID/ CHARING CROSS- AP 12/73 dispatch and COLOMBO- MY 25/73 arr b/s. William Gregory was the Governor of Ceylon from 1872 to 1877.

1 ½ d p/c uprated with ½ d tied by PONTYPOOL/ JA 20/81, 951 duplex cancel to Kandy with COLOMBO/PAID- FE 14/81 and KANDY/PAID- FE 15/81 arr d/s.

Cover f/w 5d tied by LONDON- MY 2/84 duplex cancel with COLOMBO/PAID- MY 24/84 arr d/s. Boxed “ADVERTISED/ UNCLAIMED” and COLOMBO/ RETURNED TO SENDER- JE 2/84 d/s.