SAILOR'S 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER TO G.B. FROM THE RED SEA LITTORAL FORCE; cJuly 1882 env. (small faults) to London headed From W Gibbs Seaman H M Ship Carysfort Ismailia Suez Canal Egypt countersigned at left and franked GB 1d lilac tied by indistinct London bar cancel with framed and circular London SE d.s. on rear. HMS Carysfort took part in the capture of Ismailia the following month and landed a Naval Brigade at Suakin during the Red Sea Littoral Campaign. Cross Reference: EGYPT, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

VIA BRINDISI 2d MILITARY CONCESSION RATE; Feb. 1884 printed 'H.M.S. EURYALUS,' env. (rear flap defective) [at] Suakin, Red Sea (Naval Brigade in Suakin Campaign). From M.Sullivan Skilled Shipwright to Birmingham endorsed by Commanding Officer below and franked GB 2d Rose tied in transit by London barred "F.B" (Foreign Branch) cancel and rear with Birmingham arrival cds. Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image)

MILITARY CONCESSION MAIL FROM KHARTOUM RESCUE FORCES; Dec. 1884 env. (flap with embossed "[CROWN]/M"; faults) headed From M.Sullivan Skilled Shipwright/H.M.S Monarch Alexandria and endorsed by Commanding Officer below, franked 1d Lilac and tied in transit by London barred "F.B" (Foreign Branch) cancel. H.M.S Monarch was part of the rescue forces during the siege of Khartoum that year. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, EGYPT (Image)