REVENUES: 1885 entire 4pp document headed "Somali Coast Consulate/Aden 28th July 1885" and signed "[signature] Major/Consul, Somali Coast" with Indian generic 1a Revenue cancelled in native script, to the Consul-General at Cairo seeking reimbursement of £1494/12/8d for expenses incurred on behalf of the Egyptian Government. A very early Somali-related document: the Protectorate was proclaimed only in 1884. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTAL HISTORY: 1896-1904 Somaliland Campaigns with 1896 ½a Envelope to Bombay with 'B'-in-Bars cancel & tiny 'BERBERA' b/s, 1903 five pieces - including with ½a strip of 4 - all with 'BASE OFFICE/OBBIA' cds used at Berbera, six pieces & a 1904  cover to Italy all with 'BASE-OFFICE/BERBERA', piece with 'BASE-OFFICE/ REG /BERBERA', 1904 OAS cover to GB from a member of the Somaliland Field Force properly endorsed but not countersigned with 1a affixed with 'ADEN' cds, pieces with cds of FPO 41 plus 'ONE/ANNA' on 2a6p Envelope with poor 'BASE OFFICE/BERBERA' & 'ADEN' transit backstamps, 44, 45 x3, 46 x7, 47 x3 including on a half-cover, & 48 x4, condition variable but generally good to fine. Scarce material.  (35 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

POSTAL HISTORY: 1926 (Dec 1) social PPC from Italy to a member of the "Somaliland Camel Corps/Burao/British Somaliland" with 75c tied by Fascist slogan of Florence, 'ADEN' transit b/s & 'BERBERA/13DE/1926/BRITISH SOMALILAND' cds on the face. [The writer states "... have no idea how long our letters take"]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100