Victoria 2d. deep full blue imperf. plate 4 with 6d.embossed on entire from London 11-5-1854 to Amsterdam, a very rare combination on cover (early use embossed and very late use of 2d. imperf), combinations of the 2d. imperf with the embossed 6d. is the second rarest combination of all 1841 line engraved mixed frankings with 1847/54 embossed issue with less then twenty covers recorded to date ! Provenance : The Amsterdam archive

Victoria 2d. blue (large crown, perf. 14) a fine used ex. with the French petit chiffres cancel 3176 of St. Malo (as used on Channel Islands mail)

Victoria 1d. rose-red perf.14 large crown (pair) together with 2d. blue plate 9 and 3d.carmine-rose (pair) on envelop cancelled with the Bradford-Yorks duplex 8-8-1863 to Amsterdam, a very colourfull combination cover. Provenance : The Amsterdam archive

Azemar letters and entires (28 ex.) between 1863 and 1868 all with the senders cachet " J.C. Azemar / 42 St Mary Axe / London ", Azemar later produced his famous cancelling machine which was trialed in London in 1869 and again in 1871-1872, a few items actually signed by J.C. Azemar, a very interesting group. Provenance : The Amsterdam archive