1899 Three spectacular large registered covers from Omdurman to Major General Grant (former Governor of St. Helena) in the UK franked with multiples of various values of the 1898 Camel issue, fantastic show-piece covers (Image)

1899 Large registered cover from Omdurman to Aldershot in the UK, franked on reverse by 5p brown & green (3), 2p black and blue, 1p blue and brown (8), 5m carmine and black (5), 3m mauve and green (12) and 2m green and brown (22), all tied by OMDURMAN 6 II 99 cds, ALEXANDRIE 16 II 99 transit cds and ALDERSHOT FE23 99 arrival cds alongside, some cover faults, cover opened out for display, spectacular 6 colour-franking (Image)

1899 Large registered cover from Omdurman to Aldershot in the UK, franked on reverse by 10p black and mauve, 2p black and blue (3), 5m carmine and black (3) and 1m brown and pink (60), all tied by OMDURMAN 6 II 99 cds, ALEXANDRIE 16 II 99 transit cds and ALDERSHOT FE23 99 arrival cds alongside, some cover faults incl. small tear in a 2 piastre, cover opened out for display, spectacular & scarce (Image)

1938 Airmail 3pi on 3 1/2pi in complete sheet of 50 (separated in two blocks), mint nh, two stains in the margins where attempts have been made to re-join the block, fine and rare multiple (Image)

1897-1948, Fascinating postal history collection in a stockbook plus an album with early and valuable postal history items, also cancellation collection on the “Camel” issues showing identified gradings of various cancels, better noted include DARMALI, KORTI, ARMY TELEGRAPHS, KOSMA, PAQUEBOT, RUFAA, SAWAKIN, also neat Officials section with OSGS overprints but also SG perfins, “Army Service” section, section of “SOUDAN” overprints, some maps included as well as as four books: “The Postal History of Sudan” by E.B. Proud, “Guerre du Soudan” by A. Garçon (1884), “The Postage Stamps of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ” by Armstrong and “Omdurman 1898”, mostly very fine (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)