cover 1895 large format OHBMS envelopes (4) ex the Sir Frances Beilby Alston correspondence from Fort Lister to London, franked at 1/- (6d. deep blue pair), 1/6d. (6d. ultramarine strip of three), 2/- (four 6d. ultramarine) and 2/6d. (1d. - 2, 2d. - 2 and 6d. deep blue - 4), all with fair to fine strikes of the barred numeral "861" and a variety of transit c.d.s., the 1/- franking with two deleted "T" h.s. A rare group