CLYDE STEAMERS - RARE EARLY OVAL RED "POSTED ON BOARD/LORD O...

CLYDE STEAMERS - RARE EARLY OVAL RED "POSTED ON BOARD/LORD OF THE ISLES/STEAMER" CACHET, ETC.; 2 July 1879 env. to Dunoon with 1d Red tied by Greenock duplex but also having a very fine red oval "POSTED ON BOARD/LORD OF THE ISLES/STEAMER" cachet on the front (light fold), 1867/72 1d Red/1d Pink envs. ex Inverary/Lochgilphead to Dunoon/Edinburgh carried by P.O. steamer services, and an 1874 ILN print of the wreck of SS Chusan at Ardrossan. (4 items)Cross Reference: GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG STEAMERS, ETC.