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$300
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4011
Symbol: PS
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$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4012
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4013
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4014
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4015
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4016
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4017
Symbol: C/D
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.
(3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4018
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4019
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4020
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4021
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4022
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4023
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4024
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4025
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4026
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4027
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1-6
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4028
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4029
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4030
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4031
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4032
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4033
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4034
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4035
Symbol: CO
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)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4036
Symbol: C
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$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4037
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4038
Symbol: PS
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4039
Symbol: C
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$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4040
Symbol: C
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$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4041
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4042
Symbol: C
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.
(16) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4043
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4044
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4045
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4046
Symbol: C
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.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4047
Symbol: C
1940-44 World War II On Active Service covers stampless or by air with Sudan adhesives mostly to GB or India with a good range of mostly Indian-pattern Base PO & FPO types used in Sudan, some with the locations noted, several with GB adhesives (a few are fronts only), a few with British FPO cancels & five posted at civilian POs but with British regimental cachets (one a front only), condition variable. See also Lot 3467 under India above.
(34) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4048
Symbol: C
1941 (Feb 3) merchant's advertising cover airmail to New York with Camel Postman 5pi x2 & 10pi tied by Khartoum machine cancel, green/green censor '9' label tied to both sides by very fine triangular '9' cachet, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 13MR/41) where 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' & 'A.V.2'-in-circle handstamps both struck in violet, then per PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, minor imperfections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4049
Symbol: C
1941 (Apr 03) cover airmail to New York "Via Hongkong-San Francisco" with Camel Postman '5 Mills' on 15m and Tuli Island 15m 3pi pair & 4pi tied by 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/3.IV.41/KHARTOUM' cds, green/green censor '9' label tied to both sides by very fine triangular '9' cachet, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' per CNAC via China to Hong Kong with '24AP/41' backstamp where 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' & 'A.V.2'-in-circle cachets both in violet applied, then PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, very minor wrinkles. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4050
Symbol: C
1941 (Sep 29) missionary's cover (endorsed on flap) airmail to Colorado USA with Camel Postman 2pi and Tuli Island 3pi pair & 4pi tied by very fine 'KHARTOUM NORTH/...' cds, green/green censor '1' label tied by triangular '3' cachet in violet, flown BOAC to Singapore, Qantas to Sydney, TEAL to Auckland & PanAm FAM19 to San Francisco, minor repaired flap-fault. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4051
Symbol: C
1941 (Aug 10) triple-rate cover airmail to Oregon USA with Camel Postman 6pi 10pi & 20pi tied by very fine 'PORT SUDAN/MAILS/...' cds, green/green censor '12' label tied by triangular '37' cachet in violet, flown BOAC to Singapore, Qantas to Sydney, TEAL to Auckland & PanAm FAM19 to San Francisco, a little aged. Very high wartime rate. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4052
Symbol: C
1942 (Mar 21) Barclay's Bank cover airmail to their branch in New York, USA with scarce franking of Tuli Island 2pi 10pi & 20pi tied by oval 'REGISTERED/21-MR-42/KHARTOUM' datestamp, blue/white R label, 'CENSOR'-in-semi- circle handstamp of Lagos Nigeria in violet, very minor blemishes. Delightful. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4053
Symbol: C
1942 (Oct) Horseshoe Route airmail cover with imprint '.../Netherlands Trading Society/Agency DJEDDAH' (Saudi Arabia) to the company's office in London with rare franking of Camel Postman 6pi 10pi & 20pi tied by light 'PORT SUDAN/MAILS/8OC39/...' cds, Cairo transit backstamp of 22OC42, resealed with Egyptian blue/white censor tape across the flap tied by censor '2' cachet & a different censor cachet in violet on the face, minor blemishes. The rate was 4½pi per ½oz x8. A remarkable cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4054
Symbol: C
1943 (Oct 2) social use of Sudan PPC to "Leopoldville/Belgian Congo" with 2pi tied by 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/ 3.X.43/KHARTOUM' cds & double-octagon '[crown]/PASSED/MM 21' cachet in violet (ERD), message in French. Airmail postcards are very scarce. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4055
Symbol: CO
1953 black/cream 'DESPATCH NOTE/(BULLETIN D'EXPEDITION)' (222x165mm) to Italy with Arab Postman 50pi + Pictorials 5m Warrior tied by 'KHARTOUM/ P /...' cds with a superior strike tying small '801/KHARTOUM' parcel label, light 'NAPOLI PORTO/27.5.53/...' transit cds & on the reverse Italian 'PACCHI POSTALI' 10L block of 4 & 50L pair tied by 'PRATO /10.6.53/FIRENZE' arrival cds, minor faults. Very scarce parcel item. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4056
Symbol: CO
1967 black/white 'BULLETIN D'EXPEDITION' (210x200mm) with Pictorials 4pi Game & 50pi Sennar Dam tied by superb '.../16APR1967/KHARTOUM/ P.A. ' cds, to Jordan with very fine '.../21MAY67/ 2 / JERUSALEM' transit & '.../27MAY1967/PARCELS/BETHLEHEM' arrival cds, Jordanian 10m Tomb pair tied to the reverse by another superb strike of 1JUN1967, minor peripheral tears. The extended transit period was probably due to regional tensions leading up to the Six Day War 5-10.6.1967. Very scarce parcel item. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4057
Symbol: CL
OFFICIAL MAIL: Army Service 'AS' Punctures three long 'OHHS' covers from Khartoum to Cairo 1) 1916 to "Director of Supplies" with 5m, vertical fold at left; 2) 1917 to "1st Echelon GHQ EEF" with 1pi, two vertical folds; and 3) registered to the "Recruiting Department" with 5m x2 1pi & 2pi tied by oval datestamp, clipped corner at upper-left. Scarce trio.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4058
Symbol: C/CL
OFFICIAL MAIL: 'O.S.G.S.' Overprints covers with 5m to "Department of Public Health/Cairo" (1910; light blemishes); with 5m to "Department of Agriculture/Washington DC" (1912; very fine); with 1pi to "Secretary of Agriculture/ Washington DC" (1906; blemishes on the reverse); or with 2pi x2 to GB with superb 'S.G.R./SUAKIN' (= Sudan Government Railways), 'ATBARA/26 V 906/...' cancel & superb boxed bi-lingual 'SUDAN/ R /No' handstamp (vertical folds clear of the stamps & postal markings on the face).
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 4059
Symbol: C/CO
OFFICIAL MAIL: 'SG' Punctures covers with Large Format 5m to GB with 'PORT SUDAN QUAYS/12FEB16/...' cds & censor '6' cachet and on entire lettersheet to Cairo with 'ATBARA/20 III 919/...' cds & 'INSPECTOR OF IRRIGATION/MAIN NILE DIVISION' cachet, and 1pi to Germany (1924) & France (1925), Small Format 5m + 10m to Australia (1930) & California (1928), 5m + 10m pair to Tanganyika with 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/12 XI 38/KHARTOUM' cds, 3m on OHEMS Ministry of Public Works envelope with 'MALAKAL/17DEC38/...' cds and a large 'S. R.' cover (266x190mm) registered to Kent with Large Format 2pi pair + Small Format 3m pair 5m & 10m tied by 'ATBARA/10DE35/...' cds, fine to very fine. Very scarce group.
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