Datestamps and other Town Markings continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3068 |
PSE |
 Mvolo: 'MVOLO/19.I.909/...' largely very fine strike on face of 5m Envelope cancelled with very fine Retta (not recorded by Proud
for this office and perhaps applied at Khartoum), to Kent with 'SUTTON VALENCE/FE19/09' cds & redirected to London, minor blemishes. PO 2.4.1907; closed 7.3.1923. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3069 |
S |
 Number Six: 'NUMBER SIX SUDAN/12.XII.905/...' superb strike on 3m, & later type very fine strike on 5m, both with some trimmed
perfs. PO 25.6.1905; closed -.10.1920. Railway Station No 6 midway between Halfa & Abu Hamed. (2) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3070 |
S |
 Port Sudan: double-circle 'PORT SUDAN/ T. /10JUNE34/...' (Telegraphs ?) superb large-part strike on 5pi and 'PORT SUDAN/ M. O.
/14MR40/...' (Money Orders) light but clear strike on Small 10m. Rare: both unrecorded by Proud. (2) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3071 |
PSE |
 Qala'en Nahl: 'QALAT EN NAKHL/9NO28' (apparently an inscriptional error) single-ring skeleton relief superb strike (with breaks in
the frame) on '8 MILLIEMES' on 4m Postal Card to Cheshire. Seasonal PO 1911. Unrecorded by Proud, and three years earlier than his ERD for the first permanent cds. The message states "...rather charming out of the way spot called Galaa il Nahl. So
backward that I have found this obsolete pc..." [= postcard]. Highlights the issues with Anglicising the Arabic names. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3072 |
PSE |
 Rejaf: 'REJAF/9MAR915/...' very fine strike with unclear date plus unclear strike (but with clear date) on cover to Washington DC,
endorsement at lower-left that may be the sender's signature, minor blemishes. PO 9.11.1911 in the Lado Enclave (returned by Belgian Congo to Sudan 16.6.1910); closed -.1.1930. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3073 |
PSE |
 Renk: 'RENK/20.III.914/...' superb strike on 5m Envelope to London, light bend across the stamp & minor blemishes. Rural Service
1902; PO circa 1905. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3074 |
S |
 Roseires: single-ring skeleton relief 'ROSEIRES/ C /28DE/13' very fine strike on 4m. Only one other example recorded. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3075 |
S |
 Sabderat: 'SABDERAT/...' cds light but obvious strike on 4m (Proud rated 600pts). TO 9.3.1910; PO ? ; closed circa 1922. Sabderat
was in NW Ethiopia, 28km east of Kassala. The office was essentially a TO but also an exchange office for mails between Eritrea & Sudan. It is now within Eritrea. See also Lot 2983. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3076 |
PSE |
 Suakin: 'SUAKIN/ P. /8.XII.913/...' (Parcels Post) two fine to very fine strikes tying 5m & 1pi to 5m Envelope endorsed
"Customs/Sawakin/Red Sea" at lower-left, to Germany with blue/white R label. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3077 |
PSE |
 Suakin: single-ring skeleton reliefs 'SUAKIN/ M /2 AP/23/POST OFFICE' and similar '.../ R /5 JA/24/...' very fine strikes on
commercially used Registration Envelopes to "Camp Cesar Ramleh/Alexandria" or to England. Proud records only one example (with 'R'); they are the same cds, just with the code letter altered. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3078 |
S |
 Taiara: 'TAIARA/11.IX.909/...' superb strike on 2pi overprinted 'OSGS'. PO 6.12.1908; replaced by Um Ruaba 8.12.1911. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3079 |
S |
 Talgwarab: 'TALGWARAB/24.XI.907/...' superb strike on 4m. PO -.5.1905; closed 19.1.1908. Until 15.10.1905, at the railhead camp on
the Suakin-Berber railway. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3080 |
PSE |
 Tayiba (1): 'TAYIBA/SUDAN/20FEB919/...' largely very fine strike on 5m Envelope (front only). PO 28.6.1911; closed -.9.1919. At
experimental pumping station for the Gezira Irrigation Scheme. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3081 |
 PSE |
 Tewfikia: 'TEWFIKIA SUDAN/1.NO.02 TI/...' six good to largely very fine strikes on flapless cover to Austria (a bit aged), and
similar superb strike of 22.I.03 on Overprinted 5m Egyptian Postal Card to GB. PO 1900 2km N of Wadi Halfa; with which it was amalgamated in 1903. Proud lists only one cds but there were definitely two, the second with a clearly raised 'T' in
'TEWFIKIA'. (2) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3082 |
PSE |
 Tokar: 'TOKAR/20IV 99/...' superb strike in blue at the base of an Overprinted Egyptian 5m Envelope, 'SAWAKIN/22 IV 99/...'
transit & Cairo arrival backstamps. PO 1898. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3083 |
|
 Tonga: 29mm 'TONGA/18AUG925/...' superb strike on cover front to Yorkshire (a bit aged). Seasonal PO 27.4.1905 to 2.5.1912;
permanent 22.11.1912; closed 1927. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3084 |
PSE |
 Tonj (1): 'TONJ/6.X.907/...' two very fine to superb strikes on Overprinted 1pi Envelope (repaired opening tears) endorsed
"Meridi/10.IX.07" at lower-right, to London, very fine Khartoum backstamp of 14.XI.907. PO 26.4.1905 when Runner Mail service extended from Meshra-el-Rek; closed circa 1923. Meridi, in the far south 250km SSE of Tonj, near the Belgian Congo border,
had no PO. The cover took 26 days to reach Tonj, and another 39 days to reach Khartoum. Most of the 140km between Tonj & Mesha-el-Rek is swampland.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3085 |
|
 Umm Gerr: 40mm double-ring rubber 'POSTAL AGENCY/UMM GERR/31JAN1949/...' light but very fine strike in violet on 3pi on airmail
cover to Scotland, light 'ED-DUEIM' transit backstamp. POA 5.6.1948. Proud records only one date, 1OCT1948. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3086 |
S |
 Wad Medani: 'WAD MEDANI/[star & crescent]7.VIII.99/...' superb strike on 5m. PO 1899. Unrecorded by Proud, and stated by John
Gibson to be the only recorded example. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 3087 |
|
 Wad Medani: 'WAD MEDANI/11 XI 99/...' (huge date) three perfect strikes (one on the reverse) on cover endorsed "W Medani/Blue Nile"
at lower-left, to "Post Office/Cairo" with superb 'OMDURMAN/12.IX.99/...' transit on the face. PO 1899. This has the appearance of a per favor first day cover for the postmark. If that is correct, Proud's ERD of 11.9.1899 is a transcriptional
error. (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
