Postal History
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4010 |
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 Batch of advertising covers (a couple are fronts only) for a range of mostly businesses & merchants including from Wad Medani, Wadi
Halfa, Gambeila, Fasher, Malakal, El Obeid, Kassala, Port Sudan, Gedaref & even Zeidab, good postal history content including WWII censorship, TPOs, and 1911 'The Sudan Stationery & Bookshop' Printed Matter usage to Scotland, condition mixed.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4011 |
PSE |
 Unusual postal stationery usages comprising Envelopes 1pi to France uprated with 1m 4m 5m & 1pi, and '5.MILLIEMES' on 1pi to Cairo;
and Registration Envelopes 15m to Canada with 5m & '3 PIASTRES' on Gordon Airs 3½pi, to Aden with 5m & 10pi; 2½pi to India with 5m & 8pi (endorsed from "British Army & Air Force Contractor"), to USA with 4m & 5pi, to England with Tuti Island 2m &
10pi; and 3½pi to England with 4pi & damaged 50pi.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4012 |
PSE |
 1884 (Nov 28) Egyptian Post Offices usage of Egyptian 5m Postal Card to London with a very fine strike of the 24mm bi-lingual
'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$400
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4013 |
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 1885 Mahdist Nationalist Uprising Burn Murdoch fragile soldier's cover "No 21" with clear 'KORTI/[star & crescent]/...' cds,
'T'-in-box handstamp but because the sender omitted stating his rank it was sent at the "other ranks" rate with very fine '1d' handstamp, unusually with no arrival backstamp but docketed at right "Recd Wed March 25 1885", some staining/toning. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4014 |
PSE |
 1887 (June 21) internal native usage of Egyptian 5m brown Postal Card written entirely in Arabic with 'WADI-HALFA/...' cancel &
similar 'ASSOUAN/23JU87/...' arrival cds on the face, very minor blemishes. A very scarce postal stationery usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4015 |
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 1889 cover to merchants in Cairo "Via Brindisi" with Greek Small Hermes Heads Imperf 25L tied by fine 'KERKYRA/21/IOTA/1889' cds,
Cairo arrival backstamp of 12 VIII 89 & of 14 VIII 89 on the face for redirection to a different firm in "Wady Haffa" with 24mm 'WADI-HALFA/24AO89/...' arrival backstamp. An extraordinary origin/destination cover. Kerkyra is the main town on Corfu,
an island off the Aegean Coast near the border with Albania. Brindisi is some 500km to the north-west but probably permitted faster transit to Egypt. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4016 |
PSE |
 1896 (July 9) Dongola Campaign - Suakin usage of Indian 'SOLDIERS' AND SEAMEN'S ENVELOPE' 1a on 9p correctly endorsed &
countersigned at left "WH Ogilvie Surg Capt/26th PI Tokar" (= Punjab Infantry) with largely very fine strike of the 'No 1/FIELD PO/7JUL96 - B' duplex, to the Punjab with 'SEA POST OFFICE/ C /JL20/96' transit and 'LAHORE/28JL/96' arrival backstamps,
minor blemishes & light stain on the reverse. A rare usage from the second deployment of Indian troops to Suakin, & the only example we have seen endorsed "Tokar". The troops arrived in -.1.1896 & returned to India in -.11.1896. Ex Peter Smith: sold
for SFr430. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4017 |
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 1896 (Aug) Dongola Campaign officer's cover to London with 'WADI-HALFA/ CAMP /...' cds & doubled 'T'-in-box handstamp, Cairo
transit & 'LONDON/30SP/96' backstamps, superb strike of '2½D/F.B.' handstamp, part of the flap missing & the two panels separated & rejoined. With two 4pp 8vo letters - one headed "Dulgo 13th Aug 96" - & signed "FG Anley" or "Gore Anley" [Captain
(later Major-General) Frederick Gore Anley] who states this will be his "last letter before we reach Dongola...For the next 3 weeks I expect we will be marching & fighting without rest every day...I always think men do better if they know exactly
what they are required to do...". He speaks of harsh weather causing 1500 men being helped on baggage camels & that 12 died. "We really have not enough transport...the country is so frightfully mountainous that the camels have to go single file...no
newspaper correspondents have been allowed...one or two chaps have been allowed to write letters to the papers..." Dulgo was a small military post on the railway line from Egypt. It had no post office.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4018 |
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 1897 (June) native cover to Cairo with Overprints 5m tied by two almost fine strikes of 'KORTI/[star & crescent]/----97/...' cds,
three June 1897 backstamps. Rare: withdrawn circa 1885 after the re-taking of Khartoum & reintroduced for a brief period when Korti (2) opened circa -.6.1897. Ted Proud incorrectly states the PO opened in 1902. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4019 |
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 1897 (Aug) internal native cover with scarce franking of Overprints 1m x5 tied by three of four fine strikes of the worn
'MERAWI/[star & crescent]/----96' (date error) cds, large-part 'HALFA/25 VIII 97/...' arrival backstamp, very minor blemishes. Merowi (2) PO 1897. The cds is of the 1870s-pattern, indicating that there was an earlier office of this name. The obvious
wear to the device, and the year '96' apparently being rusted in place, support this suggestion. On most strikes the day and/or month slugs are missing. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4020 |
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 1897 (Nov) Second Nile Campaign officer's letter with 'XII SOUDANESE' printed on the flap, to England with Overprints 1pi tied by
one of two fine strikes of the rare 'MERAWI/[star & crescent]/----96' (date error) worn cds, the reverse with transits of Halfa (9.11.1897) & Cairo (16,11,97) and 'PADDINGTON W/NO24/97' arrival, flap faults. Merowe PO 1897. The cds is of the
1870s-pattern, indicating that there was an earlier office of this name. The obvious wear to the device, and the year '96' apparently being rusted in place, support this suggestion. On most strikes the day &/or month slugs are missing. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4021 |
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 1898 (Jan) Second Nile Campaign stampless printed envelope for '1st Batt Lincolnshire Regt' endorsed "Corpl R Shepherd" and "Nile
Expedition", to Yorkshire with light but obvious 'TRAVELLINGPOSTOFFICE/21 I 98/...' cds & very fine 'T'-in-box handstamp of 'HALFA/25 I 98/...' (superb backstamp), superb English '1d/F.B.' handstamp & very fine 'GRIMSBY/FE9/98' arrival backstamp,
flap fault & aged on the reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4022 |
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 1898 (Mar 29) cover to Kent UK with 5m tied by a very fine (and two poor strikes) of the rare 'KORTI/29.III.98' cds with blank
tablet at the base (Proud 20,000pts on cover), light horizontal fold clear of the stamps & postmarks. Korti (2) PO -.6.1897. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4023 |
PSE |
 1898 (June 15) usage of Overprinted 5m Envelope + 5m with only the stamp cancelled with 'ATBARA/SPS/...' cds in blue & 'T'-in-box
(recorded by Proud only from 1921) also in blue, to "The Lord Newtown Butler/ Coldstream Guards/Guards Club/Pall Mall" with the embossed stamp cancelled at London JY8/98, forwarded to "Pirbright Camp/Woking", minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4024 |
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 1898 (Sept 5) Second Nile Campaign officer's stampless cover to "Royal Artillery/RA Barracks/Coventry" with fine 'ATBARA/SPS/6 IX
98/...' cds & 'T'-in-box handstamp, the reverse with transits of Wadi Halfa (8.9.1898) & Alexandria (13.9) and 'COVENTRY/SP20/98' arrival, superb strike of the fine '2½D/F.B.' handstamp of London, repaired flap-fault. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4025 |
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 1898 (Dec 22) Second Nile Campaign sailor's letter - front only - endorsed "...HMS Salamander Saukin/Red Sea" and countersigned
with initials at lower-left clear of the clipped corner, to Lincolnshire with Camel Postman 1m x5 & multiple strikes of 25mm 'SOUAKIN/...' cds, light damp-spotting. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4026 |
PSE |
 1898 (Jan 15) usage of Provisional 'SOUDAN' Overprints on Egypt 5m Envelope to Kent uprated with Overprints 2m green and 3m orange
tied by bi-lingual 'HALFA/...' cds, superb 'CAIRE/...' transit & 'WOOLWICH/FE1/98' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & opened a bit roughly at the top. A late in-period usage: the first Camel Postman issue was released 1.3.1898. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
