1898-1953 'CAMEL POSTMAN' TYPES, MAINLY MINT COLLECTION PLUS COVERS: Includes 1898 set to 10p mint SG 10/17 (£150) with addl. 10p value showing the 'white cloud' variety (lack of shading between camel's neck and body); 1921-23 small format set of 7 to 15m plus later 2p, 5p & 10p chalk paper types plus mint & used examples punctured "A.S." or "S.G."; 1927-41 set mint to 20p SG 37/46b and later examples of the 1948 Leg. Assemb. & 1953 Self-Govt. issues incl. use on cover. Lot also includes a spectacular large multiple of the first regular issue 3m value, being a block of 32, each stamp 'cancelled by favour' 12 Sep. 1898. (c.140 stamps plus 6 covers) (Image)

KGV-KGVI MINT & USED GROUP: Range of mainly mint inc. 1927-41 mint set of 15 SG 37/46b £80, 1938 Air issue opt mint set of 4 SG 74/77 £55, 1948 mint & used set of 16 SG 96/111 £130, 1951 mint set of 17 SG 123/139 £100, 1948 Official set of 16 in plate (1) blocks of four SG O43/O58 £480 as singles, p.dues inc 1948 mint set of 4 in corner plate number blocks of four SG D12/15 £220 as singles, etc. Plus fine group of 1951 plate proofs for an unadopted design (5 items, strip of 3 in grey, strip of 3 in grey & carmine, single in grey & carmine, grey frame only & carmine centre only). A fine group (qty stamps & 4 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, ESSAYS & PROOFS, POSTAGE DUE LABELS, AIR STAMPS (Image)

1903 (SEPT.) PROVISIONAL ISSUE - INVERTED SURCHARGE VARIETY: 5m on 5p brown & green mint with var. surcharge inverted SG 29a (£325) with Philatelic Foundation Cert. stating "genuine". Also in the lot, the normal type SG 29 in a mint block of 6, showing minor flaws to letter "e" of the surcharge. (7)Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)

1903 COVER FROM TAUFIKIA TO OMDURMAN CHARGED 10m POSTAGE DUE ON ARRIVAL: 21 Jan. 1904 env. from Taufikia to Omdurman with boxed "T" franked with 10m postage due (double basic rate of 5m for up to 20 grams), tied by a good "OMDURMAN" bilingual c.d.s. with "TAUFIKIA" c.d.s. alongside. Open on three sides with central fold. Backstamped Jan. 28 Khartoum and Jan. 29 in Omdurman. (ex Charles Hass). Cross Reference: EGYPT (Image)

EARLY POSTAGE DUE COVERS: 22 June 1909 env. from Cairo to Khartoum with boxed "T", franked with 20m postage due pair tied by a readable "KHARTOUM" c.d.s. Minor faults but a scarce cover. (ex Hass). Also, a native cover, Wadi Halfa to Egypt. Three sides open for display. 1m brown & pink (SG 10) tied to reverse with Wadi Halfa bridge and comb type cancel, 13 Mar. 1899, with boxed 'T' postage due mark assessed at 1 piastre showing Egyptian postage due tied to front with Helouan cancel, 16 Mar. 1899. Scarce usage. (2 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, POSTAGE DUE LABELS (Image)

FOURTH GRAF ZEPPELIN FLIGHT - SUDAN TO BRAZIL - very fine & extremely scarce cover flown on the Graf Zeppelin's fourth South American flight. Flown from Wadi Halfa to Friedrichshafen via Berlin then carried on to Santos via Sao Paulo. Red flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet. Backstamped Santos, Brazil, very fine. Only very few covers known to have been posted from Sudan and the fourth flight is one of the rarer and more desirable examples of 'Contracting State' mail where mail was carried on the flight from countries in which the Zeppelin did not stop. APS Cert. (2007) and complete certificate notes. (ex Fishbain). Cross Reference: ZEPPELIN MAIL, AIRMAILS (Image)

RARE 1935 AIR MAIL ISSUE DOUBLE SURCHARGE: 15m black & carmine, a fine example from position 28 of the unique pane of 50. Lightly mounted mint, complete with 2005 APS certificate. SG 68a £1,000 (Image)

O.S.G.S. DOUBLE OVERPRINT & LARGE "S.G." OFFICIALS: A lightly mounted mint example of 1898 1m pink and brown, with fully inked impressions of "O.S.G.S." misplaced upwards, level with the postman's head, the first misplaced horizontally to show "G.S." at left but with "O.S." omitted as the stamp was from the right hand of the pane. A few blunt perfs along top edge, but nevertheless, a real rarity. Hass Cert (2006). Also, 3 used examples of SG O2 with the punctured large "S.G." being normal, reversed & inverted with 2009 A.P.S. Cert. for the latter stamp. (4 stamps) (Image)

'ARMY SERVICE - SPECIMEN' - set of 7 overprints, each with an APS certificate. Four values are from the 1910 set with the longer 'y' in army (SG A6, A7, A8, A9). Three values are from the earlier 1898 issue with the quatrefoil watermark, (SG A14-A16). All complete with APS certificate (March 2009). Scarce, superb examples. (7) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image)