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Postal History - Early Letters 1838-1873 continued...
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
2568 c image1852 beautiful cover endorsed "No 17" and "No 2 vom/Chartum" at the upper corners, to a noblewoman in "Basse Autriche" (= Lower Austria) with splended curved endorsement "Via di Trieste A Vienna" at lower-left & a largely very fine unboxed Church-Latin 'VICARIATUS APOSTOLICUS/AFRICAE CENTRALIS' backstamp, 'ALEXANDRIEN/7/7' cds of the Austrian Post Office on the face & boxed transit backstamps of 'TRIEST/13/7' and 'WIEN/15 JL' and rated "54" (kreuzer), very minor imperfections. A stunning piece, that is one of the most outstanding of all Sudan covers, and one of only four recorded covers via the Austrian Post Office before stamps were issued at Alexandria. First recorded by Robson Lowe in 'The Philatelist' of -.2.1961 (included with the lot). Ex 'A Large Gold Medal Collection' (HRHL 11.3.1993). With the tightly-written six-page letter headed "Chartum am 2 April 1852" & signed "Ignaz Knoblecher", the Austrian Slovene, Ignatius Knoblecher, who was one of the original Catholic missionaries to the Sudan for the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa, established in Vienna in 1846. They arrived in Khartoum 11.2.1848, where they established a school for boys purchased by the priests in the local slave-market (some of whom ended up in the Vatican as castrati). Upon the death of the principal missionary in 1849, Knoblecher succeeded him as the Pro-Vicar Apostolic, effectively the Bishop of Sudan. In that year he lead an expedition to the headwaters of the White Nile & was the first European to penetrate Bari country, only four degrees north of the equator. A magnificent centrepiece for any collection of Sudan, or of missionary mail, and with connections to both African exploration and the abolition of slavery.  (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Estimate AU$8,500

Currently Opening at...AU$6,500.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2569 c image1853 (May 5) closely-written four-page letter in French headed "Karthum" and signed "Dr BC Mure" (with two postscripts, one in a different hand), addressed in Arabic & Anglicised to a suburb of Cairo, carried by hand with no postal markings, remnants of a green-wax seal, light horizontal filing fold otherwise very fine. Benoist Jules Mure was a French-born self-styled doctor of homeopathy and ardent socialist who spent the last six years of his life promoting his procedures in Egypt & Sudan. The letter, to a Dr Poli, whom he addresses as "Mon cher collegue", extols the benefits of homeopathy. [NB: several references give his middle name as "Jules" but his signature seems clearly to be "BC Mure"] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2570 c image1859 entire written in French headed "Khartoum 2 Septembre 1859" and signed "AJ [?] Peney", to a small town on the French/Swiss border franked with French Empire Imperf 10c yellow-brown Mi 12c (3 margins, a little cut-into at the base) and a very fine pair of the 20c blue Mi 13a (close even margins), discernible petit chiffre '3704' cancels of the French Post Office at 'ALEXANDRIE/12/OCT/59/EGYPTE' (light cds alongside) & boxed 'P.P.' handstamp, fine 'MARSEILLE A LYON 2o/25/OCT/59/ II ' TPO transit backstamp, some light stains & toning mostly away from the address panel. Stated to be the earliest stamped cover from the Sudan, making this an extremely significant item. RPSL Certificate (2012) identifies the stamps as SG 50a & 51. Dr Alfred Peney was the Egyptian Army's Chief Medical Officer in the Sudan. The addressee was the French aristocrat Baron Louis Philibert Tissot. Pouilly-St-Genis (today Saint-Genis-Pouilly) is just across the border from Geneva. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$2,500

Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2571 c image1860 (July 14) entire written in Italian headed "14 Iuglio 1860" and signed "Valerio Evangelisti" to his sons "Evangelisti/teodoro e carlo/in Cartum", no postal markings, a bit aged & some minor blemishes but wholly legible. The mainly social letter asks the sons to move to Cairo or Alexandria and finishes (translated) "greetings from tulano the negotiator in Cairo", no postal markings, light soiling/aging. Very early inwards survivor. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2572 c image1867 (Mar 5) brief entire in Italian headed "Kassala 5 Marzo 1867" and signed "Casanova" addressed in Italian & Arabic to "Reggio Cosolato Italiane/Caire/Eygitto" (= Royal Italian Consulate") with largely fine strikes of the 'POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE/7/APR/67/SUEZ' cds on the reverse & of the next day on the face and similar '.../CAIRO' arrival backstamp also of 8/APR/67, three disinfection slits through both leaves, minor peripheral repaired tears. Kassala is close to the border with Eritrea, on the important inland trade-route between Massawa and Suakin. This is the later of only two pre-stamp items recorded from Kassala. Post offices opened at Massawa in -.8.1867 & at Kassala only in 1875. The letter took 33 days to reach Suez, but only one more to reach Cairo by rail. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,500

Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2573 c image1873 (July) large-part entire written in French and signed "Daniel Comboni/Vicare Ap'lique de & Afrique/ Centrale" with a very fine strike of his vertical-oval 'VICARITUS APOST AFRICAE CENTRALIS/[arms]' cachet across the flap, to Switzerland French 'REPUBLIC' 30c bistre Mi 42a (Cat €1000+, for four singles) single & strip of 3 tied by very fine gros chiffre '5119' cancels of 'LE CAIRE/11/AOUT/73/BAU FRANCAIS' (light cds alongside), small boxed 'PD' & 'PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERRANEE' (Salles Type 934) handstamps both in red, 'MARSEILLE/19/AOUT/73', 'GENEVE' (20.8) & 'BERN' (20.8) transit & 'FRIBOURG/21/AOUT73/ V /SUISSE' arrival backstamps, docketed at upper-left (translated) "replied 6 February 1874 to El Obeid", light soiling/toning still very attractive. The rate to Switzerland was 1fr20c per 10g. This is the latest of only three stamped covers recorded from the Sudan prior to the establishment of Egyptian post offices in the region: Khartoum opened 1.10.1873 and El Obeid in 1877. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$2,000

Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
Postal History - Egyptian Post Offices 1872-1885
LotNo. Symbol Lot Description Estimate in AU$'s
2574 PSE image1875 (Mar 11) usage of Egyptian 20pa Postal Card to "Torino/Italia" with two fine strikes of the 20½mm bilingual 'MASSAWAH/...' cds, the cross-written letter in Italian is headed "Massaua 9-3-85". Massawa (Massawah; Massaua; today Mitsiwa) is a Red Sea port in Eritrea. Under Ottoman control, in 1865 the region was placed under the Khedivate of Egypt. Upgraded facilities saw the Massawa post office opened in 1872. The British doubted Egypt's ability to hold the town against any aggression by France & in -.2.1885 encouraged the Italians to move in. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2575 c image1876 flimsy native envelope written in Arabic between merchants in El Obeid and Assiut, the reverse with poor 'POSTE EGIZIANE/HARTUM' transit (Arabic date 29.1.1876) & largely very fine 'POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE/21/FEB/76/SIUT' arrival backstamps, talismanic endorsement (translated) "2 4 6 8" for safe delivery & rated "80" (pa) payable for double the 40pa domestic rate, minor peripheral faults & part of the flap missing (not affecting the datestamps). With the beautifully written & very fine 2pp letter dated 7.1.1876, both pages with personal seal of Mohammad Abdullah, the recipient being Mohamed Ali Khashaba. Assiut is an ancient trading centre for rugs & furniture in the south of Egypt. A very early taxed cover from Sudan.  (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2576 c image1876 unstamped part-entire with the letter in the distinctive spidery scrawl of General Charles Gordon but neither dated nor signed by him, to "MacKillop Pasha/Alexandria/Egypt" with a light but almost fine strike of bilingual 'POSTE EGIZIANE/HARTUM...' cds with Arabic date (16.6.1876) at lower-right, the reverse with fine 'POSTE KHEDIVIE EGIZIANE/7/AGO/76/SIUT' transit and similar but poor 'ALESSANDRIE' arrival cds of 9.8.1876. Official mail was carried free of postage. Interesting contents: "I have [requested] one or two wood consuming steam locomotives, with power enough to work up the rapids from Cairo to Khartoum...I do not want new ones purchased...purchase 5-7 30ft long tin [?] boats in sections for which I sent down £1000 to Cairo...the heavy Nuggers...cannot be pulled against a current, however mild...light woods are not to be procured & will not last...". Note: nuggers are Egyptian vessels with square sails. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2577 c/D image1876 (Aug) small stampless cover to "J Gegler [sic] Esq/Khartoum" in the distinctive spidery hand of General Charles Gordon. Superb. With the enclosed 3pp holograph letter headed "Rabatchambi" (?) and signed "CG Gordon", with a series of instructions & requests to Giegler that would make for interesting reading for someone with enhanced deciphering skills. Postscript dated "29 August" states "We are nearing Rabatchambi [?] & shall be there...at noon. I shall leave at 9pm for Gondokoro...Send up if you can the shells for rifles...and some ENGLISH needles...& thread...", minor defects caused by the high iron-content in the ink. General Charles George Gordon (aka Gordon Pasha or 'Chinese' Gordon), was perhaps the most prominent European figure in 19th century Sudan. Joining the civil service of the Khedive of Egypt in 1873, he held senior administrative posts including Governor of Equatoria, based in Gondokoro (now in Uganda), from where this letter was despatched. He returned to England in 1880 but was directed to return to Khartoum in 1884 to evacuate the city which was threatened by the Islamic fundamentalist Mahdist Uprising. Largely successful in evacuating civilians, Gordon lthen staunchly held-out during a siege of Khartoum that lasted almost 12 months. Promised reinforcements wasted time reaching Khartoum, arriving two days after the Mahdist victory and Gordon's murder, a public relations disaster for which Queen Victoria blamed the dithering government of William Gladstone. Carl Christian Giegler (aka Giegler Pasha) was a German-born telegraph engineer who, in 1878 was appointed Director-General of Sudan Posts & Telegraphs. Between February & May 1882, he was Acting Governor-General of Sudan, and returned to Egypt in the following year.  (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2578 cO image1876 large blue linen-lined envelope (225x140mm) to London endorsed "via Khartoum, Cairo & Brindisi" and at lower-left "Dufeli" [sic] with Egyptian 2pi orange-yellow (another stamp lost) tied at lower-right by a small-part bilingual Hartum cds with another faint strike to the left, fine 'POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE/30/SEPT/76/SIUT' and almost fine 'POSTE EGIZIANE/1/OTT/76/ALESSANDRIA' transit back- stamps & London arrival of OC11/76 in red, a bit travel-weary & stained but still presentable. Believed to be the earliest-recorded stamped cover out of central Africa. Dufile was 1000km south of Khartoum, in the Province of Equatoria, within the Lado Enclave that was later leased to Belgian King Leopold I, and in what is now northern Uganda. The sender, Louis A Lucas, would have been writing, to his father, about his proposed expedition from the centre of the continent into Belgian Congo. A lengthy postscript on the reverse requests copies of all the major books about the equatorial region and is signed "Louis AL". (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2579 c image1877 (Dec 13)  cover to a French engineer at "Khartoum/Soudan" but mis-read as "London" & forwarded to England with Egyptian 20pa x4 (one lost, in transit?) tied by 'POSTE EGIZIANE/CAIRO' cds, London arrival of DE22/77 & very fine strike of stepped 'Insufficiently addressed/E.C.' handstamp crossed-through when the error was realised & readdressed to "Egypt". The reverse with Poste Egiziane cds of Alessandria (3.1.1878), Assuit (5.1), back to Cairo (4.3) & Suakim (10.3), then by camel train to Berber & river steamer to Khartoum. Part of the flap missing & small repair at the base. The Grand Tour. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2580 c/D image1880 holograph letter in French headed "Bombay 7.6.80" and signed "CG Gordon", with the cover to "Massawa/L'Egypte" & Egyptian 1pi pink tied by one of two strikes of 'SUEZ/1OC80/DEPART' cds, light but very fine 'MASSAWAH/18OC80/...' arrival backstamp, rather fragile with light overall aging. Despite his challenging handwriting, we can discern that Gordon had been invited to China (where he had previously served) & that his temporary address was care of the Governor of Hong Kong. The 3-month delay between writing the letter & the cover being stamped is presumably because Gordon posted it after he arrived in Hong Kong, likely in a diplomatic bag to Suez. Jean-Francois Brun Certificate (2016) for the cover.  (2 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2581 c/D image1881 (Mar) cover endorsed in Arabic on the face & "Emin Pasha" on the reverse, to "County of Durham/ London" (!) with Egyptian 1pi tied by 24½mm bilingual 'KHARTOUM/15MR81/...' cds & another very clear strike at lower-left, the reverse with transits of 'ASSIOUT' (3.4.81), 'ALEXANDRIE' (5.4.81) & London (11.4.81) and 'DURHAM/AP12/81' arrival, minor defects. With the enclosed grey card giving the sender's address as "Dr Emin Bey Khartoum p Lado" is superb. The sender was a German Jewish physician & naturalist who worked in Ottoman Europe, taking the name Mehmed Emin. From 1876, he was based at Lado in the Province of Equatoria from where he undertook both diplomatic and scientific expeditions, and becoming Governor of the Province. The addressee was the prominent ornithologist Rev Henry Baker Tristram. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2582 c image1883 (Feb 13) cover to Cairo with Egyptian 1pi pink tied by a poor strike of the 24½mm bilingual 'KHARTOUM/...' cds & a fine strike alongside, the reverse with very fine 24½mm bilingual 'ASSIOUT/ 4MR83/ARRIVEE' transit & part-Cairo arrival (affected by the flap having been removed), minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2583 PSE image1883 (Feb 20) usage of Egyptian 20pa Postal Card to a manufacturer in Paris with very fine strike of the 24½mm bilingual 'KHARTOUM/...' cds, part-Alexandria transit of -MR83 & Paris arrival of 20/MARS/83, the message is a request for a catalogue of medical instruments. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2584 c image1884 (July 29) cover to Italy "Via Aden" with Egyptian 1pi pink x3 tied by two of three strikes of the bilingual 'MASSAWAH/...' cds, very fine 'SUEZ/11AU84/CAISSE' (= box) transit & poor Italian arrival backstamp, box 'RACCOMANDATO' (= registered) handstamp probably applied on arrival, two minor repaired tears at the top. One of only four covers recorded from the ill-fated second Italian expedition to find a trade route from Assab, Italy's then only outpost on the Red Sea, across Ethiopia. Gustavo Bianchi & his two companions were all murdered by brigands on 7.10.1884, their remains being discovered only in 1928. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2585 PSE image1884 (Oct 30) usage of Egyptian 20pa Postal Card to "Beyrout/Syria" with two strikes of the defective bilingual 'POSTE EGIZIANE/DONGOLA...' cds in blue, minor blemishes, the message in English is headed "Dongola" and states "...I am greatly disappointed in the Nile, the country, the scenery & the people...[initials]", light aging mostly on the reverse. Cds recorded 1874-84: one of only four examples recorded on cover. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2586 PSE image1884 (Nov 28) usage of Egyptian 5m Postal Card to London with a very fine strike of the 24mm bilingual 'WADI-HALFA/6DE84/...' cds overstruck with Alexandria transit of 13DE84. the message headed "DONGOLA Nov 18 84" & signed "J Warner Capt" requests a "...guide to Birds of Soudan...[and] an egg drill...hopeless to get parcels here but I'll pay for any stiff postage...Any amount of new birds out here", light blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM
2587 PSE image1885 (Mar 13) usage of Egyptian 20pa Postal Card to merchants in Cairo with two fine to very fine strikes of the 24mm bilingual 'DONGOLA/[star & crescent]/13MA85/...' cds, superb strike of Cairo arrival of 24MA85, damp-spotting on the reverse. The cds was used for less than a year, before the town was evacuated in -.6.1885. (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$750

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM

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