cover 1937-38 U5 to Bermuda with superb strike of cachet in blue, re-directed on arrival to England and bearing Bermuda ½d., 1d. and 1½d., 1938 U5 to London with K.E.VIII 1½d. tied by cachet in violet with Cape Town Paquebot c.d.s. alongside and with "K/L SUOMEN/JOUSTEN" ship's cachet on reverse; and similar marks on 1938 U5 to Cape Town bearing South Africa 1936 Voortrekker ½d. pair (stains), and U5 to England with K.E. VIII ½d. to 2½d. (the 2½d. cancelled by Type VII cachet).

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cover 1937-38 U5 to Bermuda with superb strike of cachet in blue, re-directed on arrival to England and bearing Bermuda ½d., 1d. and 1½d., 1938 U5 to London with K.E.VIII 1½d. tied by cachet in violet with Cape Town Paquebot c.d.s. alongside and with "K/L SUOMEN/JOUSTEN" ship's cachet on reverse; and similar marks on 1938 U5 to Cape Town bearing South Africa 1936 Voortrekker ½d. pair (stains), and U5 to England with K.E. VIII ½d. to 2½d. (the 2½d. cancelled by Type VII cachet).

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