1931-38 Air Mail stamps, mint and used collection with varieties on pages including 1931-37 perf 14 and perf 111/2x121/2 sets mint and used, additional 41/2p mint block of eight and used (2), and the seven 5m - 41/2p values issued in 1931 (just missing the 5p) used on three separate First Day Covers; 1935 local surcharge sets mint and used, surcharges misplaced upwards or sideways (some transposed) on the 15m (9) and 21/2p on 5m (10, one pair with C. Hass certificate), various mint multiples including 21/2p on 3m missing arabic letter (4, also one used ) and 21/2p on 5m missing arabic letter (6, also two used, one on a commercial cover), many small "1/2" and other minor varieties, three covers bearing four examples of both the 71/2p and 10p, etc.; 1938 London surcharge sets mint and used, 5m block of ten and used single with inverted watermark (creased), First Day Covers bearing set of four or six 5m stamps. A fine lot. S.G. £2,200 (approx). (228 + 10 covers). Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1931-37 Air perf 14 15m, lower left corner marginal block of nine with inverted watermark, large part imprint, eight stamps unmounted, fine and very scarce. Probably the largest surviving block with this watermark variety, of which just two sheets (100 stamps) were discovered. S.G. 52aw, £2,475. Photo on Page 221. (Image1)

1935 Air 15m on 10m, variety surcharge double, used, one short perf at base, otherwise very fine and scarce, with Peter Holcombe certificate (1991). S.G. 68a, £1,400. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1905 1m Watermark Star & Crescent, Army Official overprint with Army reading down, variety "!" for "I", fine used, scarce. With B.P.A certificate (1977). S.G. A3a, £1,500. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1906 1m, Horizontal Army Service overprint, early printing with 14mm between lines of overprint, superb mint, scarce. S.G. A5, £700. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1906 1m, Horizontal Army Service overprint with 12mm between lines of overprint, variety overprint inverted, hinge remainders, fine mint and scarce. S.G. A6b, £800. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1906 5m, Horizontal Army Service overprint, variety overprint double one inverted, with additional "Service" overprint in the upper margin, superb mint, very scarce. With R.P.S certificate number 11,183 (certificate no longer present). S.G. A9e, £1,800. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1906 5m, Horizontal Army Service overprint, variety overprint double one inverted, fine used and very scarce. With R.P.S certificate (1960). S.G. A9e, £700. Photo on Page 216. (Image1)

1897-99 Forces mail including 5m soldiers rate covers from Halfa to England (2, one a stationery envelope), two other 5m stationery envelopes from soldiers at Atbara strangely uprated 2m or 6m to England, covers known to be from British Officers franked 1pi to England or India (2) with cancels of Challal Wadi Halfa T.P.O or Omdurman (2), and a cover franked 5m from Lady Wingate in Khartoum to her husband Colonel Wingate at the War Office in Cairo, a few faults. (8).

1899 (May 26) Cover from Armagh franked G.B 21/2d, to "The Commanding Officer, Egyptian Post (Military), Famaka, Soudan", initially sent to Wadi Halfa, then redirected to French Sudan, again redirected to Cairo, sent back to France and finally returned to Egypt, with black boxed "MISSENT" and fifteen transit datestamps comprising (in date order) Alexandria, Cairo, Wadi Halfa Camp, Cairo, Bordeaux, Kayes, Loango a Marseille, Marseille, Bordeaux, Alexandria, Military P.O Cairo and Cairo (Sep 9), opened out to display backstamps, very unusual. Photo on Page 218. (Image1)

1919-45 Forces mail with pre-war covers to G.B franked 10m (13), 21/2pi (2) or 6pi all with differing regimental cachets on the front, World War Two censored covers (7), also four airgraphs. (29).

1920 Registered 5m stationery envelope uprated with two 5m stamp to England, cancelled by two Khartoum - El Obeid T.P.O No. 2 datestamps and bearing the scarce printed T.P.O registration label, backstamped with a further strike of the T.P.O c.d.s and oval Shellal-Halfa T.P.O No. 2 Registered datestamp. Also 1929 cover with G.B 11/2d tied by boxed "PAQUEBOT" of Port Sudan with Shellal - Halfa T.P.O No. 1 c.d.s on reverse. (2).

1940-41 Surcharges with 5m on 10m mint corner marginal block of twenty (2 x 10, plate number "5") including inserted "5" and missing dot varieties (R.P.S certificate, 1971), other 5m on 10m varieties include broken "mim" (2, one within a block of four, mint), broken "lam" (3, two within blocks of four, all mint), dots omitted mint (2, within blocks of four or six) or used, rudimentary "lam" mint and used, "malmime" mint and used, etc. Also 41/2p on 5m mint (4) or used, and 41/2p on 8p mint (6, with block of four) or used (2, one on cover). S.G. 78/80, £1,538. (83).