Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4027 |
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 1898 (Feb 4) philatelic cover with Provisional 'SOUDAN' Overprints on Egypt 1m to 1pi SG 1-6 tied by superb bi-lingual 'HALFA/...'
cds, to "Head Quarters/Army of Occupation/Cairo" with Cairo & 'MILITARY POST OFFICE/CAIRO' backstamps both of 15.II.98. Delightful.
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4028 |
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 1900 (May 14) cover to Worcestershire with 1pi tied by two light but obvious strikes of 26mm 'FASHODA/14MA02/...' (Proud D2; his
ERD is 1.JL.02), the reverse with light 'BENI SOUEF-CAIRE/ AMBT/26.V.00' TPO & 'MALVERN/JU1/00' arrival. Proud states "upgraded to PO" 15.4.1902; renamed Kodok 1.12.1903. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4029 |
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 1902 (May 105) cover to Cairo with 26mm 'FASHODA/5MA02/...' (Proud D2) light but obvious strike at lower-left of cover, another
faint strike on 5m also tied by retta (17x18 dots) of Khartoum (single-circle skeleton relief backstamp of 13MA12; unlisted by Proud) and superb Egyptian TPO 'AMB BENI SOEUF/CAIRE' arrival. Superb. POA circa 1900; PO 15.4.1902; renamed Kodok
1.12.1903. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4030 |
PSE |
 1907 Overprinted 1pi Envelope (repaired opening tears) endorsed "Meridi/10.IX.07" at lower-right, to London with two very fine to
superb strikes of 'TONJ/6.X.907/...' cds, very fine Khartoum backstamp of 14.XI.907. Tonj (1) 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 post office. The cover took 26 days to reach Tonj, and another 39 days to reach Khartoum. Most of the 140km between Tonj & Meshra-el-Rek is swampland. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4031 |
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 1911 (Mar 23) PPC to Switzerland with two largely very fine & superb strikes of 'MELUT/23.III.911/...' cds, boxed 'T' handstamp
but crossed-through because it was accepted as Printed Matter. Melut (1) rural service circa 1903; PO 11.1.1906; closed 1930. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4032 |
PSE |
 1911 (Apr 16) 5m Envelope uprated with Camel Postman 2m x3 & 3m x2 tied by four very fine strikes of 'SHELLAL-HALFA/TPO/16AP11/ No
2 / S ' cds, to "Assuan/Cataract-Hotel", light Aswan & faint Cataract Hotel (in blue) backstamps. Gorgeous & superb. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4033 |
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 1917 (Apr 29) officer's letter to "The Army of Salonika" & signed at lower-left by the sender with Arab Postman 5m tied by
'KHARTOUM' cds & partial Sudan censor handstamp in violet, the reverse with cds of Cairo (5.5.1917), 'BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE/6MY/17/ Z ' & skeleton 'BAPO/12MY17/RLO' (= Returned Letter Office) where endorsed on the face "2/20 Soudan", minor
blemishes. Another excellent destination but the backstamps were all used at Cairo so it seems there was no mail service to Salonika. The addressee was Lt-Col William St Andrew Warde-Aldam of the Coldstream Guards. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4034 |
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 1918 (July 4) cover to Egypt with 5m tied by superb 'KARKOJ/...' cds, poor censor cachet, minor defects. PO circa 1905; closed
20.4.1920. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4035 |
O |
 1927 black/grey 'BULLETIN D'EXPEDITION' (200x113mm) with 2pi x2 5pi pair & 10pi on the reverse & 10pi strip of 3 on the face all
tied by very fine 'KHARTOUM NORTH/15,V,927/...' cds, small black/white 'KHARTOUM/NORTH' parcel post labels #695-7 & endorsed for three parcels each between 4 & 5lbs (tribal artefacts?) to Kansas from a missionary, minor corner fault. Very scarce
parcel item. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4036 |
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 1930-32 philatelic shipboard covers with Khedevial Mail Line undated cancels in violet of SS 'Talodi' x2 (one in magenta), SS
'Rashid', oval of SS 'Taif' and British & Burmese Line straight-line 'S.S. BHAMO', strikes all very fine to superb.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4037 |
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 1931 (Sep 3) advertising cover for a Greek merchant in Khartoum, airmail to a Greek national at "(Mines) Nizi/Congo-Belge" &
endorsed "Via Juba-Aba", with Monument Airs 3½pi tied by 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/KHARTOUM' cds, the reverse with similar Juba cds of 10.IX.32 and Congo 'ABA/11.9.32/...' transit & 'NIZI/14.9.31/...' arrival, minor defects, minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4038 |
PSE |
 1931 (Nov 15) airmail usage of 15m red Postal Card to Sweden with 3m & Gordon Airs 2pi tied by 'PORT SUDAN QUAYS' cds, superb
large-part 'SU[DAN AI]R MAIL/ATBARA' cds with boxed-date & Athens transit, full message in Swedish. Airmail postcards, and especially excellent postal stationery usages, are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4039 |
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 1931-41 covers with 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/...' cds 1) of '.../30JUL31/ATBARA' with boxed date three very fine strikes registered to
England, a beautiful cover; 2) '.../19.VIII/EL FASHER' two light but obvious strikes; 3) '...1.V.37/ELOBEID' (one word) fine strike & large boxed 'AIR MAIL/PAR AVION', minor repair; 4) very scarce '.../21-DE-38/KOSTI WHITE NILE' backstamp on OHEMS
cover with light 'KHARTOUM-MESHRA-ER-REQ/ TPO 1 /19DEC38' alongside & 3m tied by retta; and 5) of ''.../12.V.44/WADI-HALFA' on 15m & 3pi on cover to New Zealand, minor faults. A very desirable group.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4040 |
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 1936-40 Air Mail Feeder Service to & from West Africa display on 21 pages with unusual origin/destination covers including
Nigeria-Southern Rhodesia underpaid & taxed, Sudan-Nigeria (stained) with 'S.G.' 5m (perfin) 2pi & 5pi, Gold Coast to Australia at 1/9d x2 or double-rate with 6d 1/- & 2/-, Gold Coast to Portugal, Italy to Gold Coast (posted 7 days before Italy
entered the war), KUT to Vermont registered with 1/- & 2/- pair, USA to a missionary in Ethiopia, Basutoland to Nigeria, Nigeria to Ceylon, etc, trans-Atlantic covers from Sudan with Tuti Island 10pi solo to Vermont, and dual-crossing 15pi rate
covers to the United Kingdom x4, good variety in the stamps, postmarks, and censor labels & cachets, generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot ripe for expansion.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4041 |
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 1939 (Jan 6) airmail cover to Yugoslavia with vibrant franking tied by four very fine strikes (one on the reverse) of 'KHARTOUM D
/6 JAN 39' single-ring skeleton relief (Proud D34; recorded 17.3.1938 only), manuscript "Khartoum/D" (= Despatch ?) on provisional R label, Greek currency control handstamp, Athens cds & 'MARIBOR 1/11.1.39/...' arrival backstamps. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4042 |
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 1939-45 World War II airmail covers to all-different destinations comprising Argentina with 10pi & 20pi, Australia, Belgium,
Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic at 10pi via Lagos, Eritrea, India, Iraq, Isle of Man, Italy, Kenya (registered), Mozambique (registered), South Africa, Sweden with large worn 'OAT' cachet of London, and United States at 20pi + 2pi registration,
condition a bit mixed but a very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4043 |
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 1940 (Nov 28) cover airmail to New Zealand with 15m & 3pi tied by light strike of the Indian-pattern 'BASE OFFICE/ 2 ' cds and Army
censor 2774 cachet, largely very fine strike of the rare boxed 'MISSENT TO/HONGKONG' (apparently not listed by Proud; similar to Webb CCiia but both lines are the same height) & 'VICTORIA/13DE/40/HONG KONG' backstamp, minor soiling. Flown per the
'Horseshoe' Route but missorted at Calcutta per CNAC 'Over the Hump' to Kunming & Hong Kong from where it would have been returned to Rangoon for on-forwarding to New Zealand. From 30.10.1940, the route into China replaced the Bangkok-Hong Kong
Feeder Service. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4044 |
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 1940 (Nov 28) Cotts Darke & Co cover airmail to Brazil with 2pi 5pi pair 8pi & 10pi tied by Khartoum machine cancel most unusually
not censored in Sudan, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 23DE/40) where Censor '8' cachet struck in violet, then per PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, domestic service to Miami, then
flown to destination with '2aSEC-ASSINANTEC/10/JAN/41/BRASIL' arrival backstamp, minor wrinkles. A marvellous cover at 30pi rate, flown three-quarters of the way around the world to a very scarce destination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4045 |
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 1940 (Dec 14) OAS cover airmail to Spain with Camel Postman 15m & 3pi tied by British-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/174' cds in use at
Khartoum, officer's endorsement at lower-left, red/white 'EXAMINED/BY/BASE CENSOR' label & boxed Army censor 2366 cachet in violet, Lisbon slogan transit backstamp of 22.5.40, some soiling, flap removed & minor repair at upper-left. A very scarce
destination. By the West African Coastal Route per flying boat from Bathurst (Gambia) direct to Lisbon. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 4046 |
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 1940 Italian Internees in Sudan four covers from different senders all to Italy with 2pi tied by 'KHARTOUM' cds of Nov or Dec 1940,
two with 'Poste d'Internés de Guerre' handstamp & different 'FRANC DE PORT' cachets all in violet, those also with Sudan triangular censor & Egyptian oval censor, three with large Red Cross at Geneva cachet (one on the face), one with the flap
missing otherwise all are very fine. Scarce quartet. By July 1941, some 79,000 Italian POWs were held in the Sudan. We could find no information about civilian internees, including why their mail wasn't free.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
