1878 QV Chalon 6d violet ovptd POSTAGE (SG 83) franking on neat envelope Pietermaritzburg to England. Adhesive tied numeral 1 cancel with alongside GPO cds 13 2. Manuscript notation "need be in no hurry to return this" written in a different hand. Backstamped on arrival MR 24. F-VF. The POSTAGE overprint shows minor varieties broken tops to both "S" & "G".