cover 1803-09 entire letters (3) and entire to England or Scotland, variously rated and all showing an example of the oval double-ring "SHIP LETTER/(Crown)" for Portsmouth and Deal (in black) and Liverpool (2, in red). Two have been carried on the naval vessels H.M.S. Tiger and Morne Fortunee (the latter disinfected, we presume at Motherbank). An interesting quartet, though some faults present