1880s-1890s Sudan datestamps on Egyptian stamps mostly 'SUAKIN'/'SUAKIM'/'SAWAKIN'/'SOUAKIN' (one also with Italian 'Dopo la Portenz[a]'), plus 'DONGOLA', 'KHARTOUM', 'KORTI' and 'TEWFEKIA' on denominations to 10pi including a few Postage Dues, also 'MASSAWA' & 'MASSAWAH' (both Eritrea); plus Egyptian datestamps on Sudanese stamps including early 'CAIRE', 'GALLIANA' & 'CHALLA' and later 'DAMANHUR', 'FAGGALA', 'MAADI' and 'TUMA' etc; mostly part-strikes on single stamps with minor duplication. Scarce material.
(95 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2895
Symbol: PS
Mostly Arab Postman Postal Stationery issues selected for the all-different datestamps including 'AKOBO' (repaired opening-tears), 'ED-DAMER', 'ED-DUEM', 'EL GOLED', 'EL JEBELEIN', 'EL-OBEID', 'GALLABAT', 'GEBEIT', 'HALFAYA', 'JUBA', 'KAMLIN', 'KASSALA', 'KOSTI (WHITE NILE)', 'MEROWI', 'NAHUD', 'NASSER', 'REJAF', 'RUFA'A' (note that Proud does not illustrate the apostrophe), 'SHENDI', 'SINKAT', 'SINGA', 'TAUFIKIA', 'WAD MEDANI', etc, one with a retta cancel, one to England taxed and a superb used '5/MILLIEMES' on 1pi Envelope, both the stationery & the strikes are generally fine to very fine. A highly desirable commercially used group.
(42) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2896
Symbol: S=
Two large stockbooks crammed with a largely unsorted array of postmarks from early issues but with strength in the post-WWII period, a high percentage are on piece, numerous fine to superb strikes. Likely to be a little goldmine.
(1000+ ?) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2897
Symbol: C
1980s mostly unaddressed covers with an apparently all-different array of datestamps from the then-current post offices and postal agencies, also a good number of internal native usages from small offices, many of the datestamps are well-worn and some are illegible showing that not only Australia Post has disregard for its postal operations.
(many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2898
Symbol: CPS
'ABU HAMED' to 'ZEIDAB' all-different pre-Independence datestamps on mostly commercial covers with many better items including 1913 'ATBARA STATION' to Canada, 1951 'BOR (UPPER NILE)', 1899 'DONGOLA', 1902 'ED-DUEM' to Germany, 1918 'ERKOWIT' on PPC to Tasmania, 1932 'GALLABAT', 1907 'GEDARE ' ('F' at end lost), 1924 'GEDARIF' & 1940 'GEDAREF', 1930 'GENEINA FORT', 1927 'HAG ABDULLAH', 1942 'KAPOETA', 1905 'KODOK' (with enclosed letter in Arabic), 1909 'KOSTI', 1917 'NASSER', 1943 bridge 'NYALA', 1901 & 1906 'EL OBEID', 1936 'KURMUK' (philatelic), 1903 'SHENDI' on mixed franking Overprinted 3m Postal Card + Arab Postman 1m (philatelic), 1920 'SINGA', 1898 'SOUAKIN' & 1903 'SAWAKIN', 1913 'TALODI', 1913 'TAUFIKIA', 1902 'WAD-MEDANI' (with enclosed letter in Arabic), 1909 'WAU', 1931 'ZALINGEI' and rubber Postal Agency type for 'KATIRE' (philatelic), condition variable but the strikes are generally fine to very fine & some are superb. An excellent basis for development.
(90 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2899
Symbol: S
Abu Zabad (1): undated double-ring 'ABU ZABAD/MARK[AZ]' very fine reconstructed strike in violet on 5m x2 & 'S.G.' Overprints 1pi. Office & marking both unrecorded by Proud. Abu Zabad (2) PA 1926; closed 1931. The discovery example is on piece with an El Obeid cds of 21.IV.901. (Image1)
Estimate AU$175
Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2900
Symbol: S
Dongola: '[star & crescent]/25DE84/DONGOLA/...' cds (ERD; Christmas Day) largely very fine large-part strike on Egyptian 1pi pink. Recorded only 25DE84 to 8JA85: not recorded on cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2901
Symbol: =
Gedaref: intaglio Arabic cancel (translated as Maktul Busta Khedive Misriyeh Gedaref) very fine strike tying Egyptian 1pi pink to small piece. PO 1877; closed 1883 when overrun by the Mahdists. Only about ten examples recorded. Superior to Peter Smith's example that sold for SFr840. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2902
Symbol: S
Cat No: 16
Ghobri: 'GHOBRI KHM/[star & crescent]/3 JL 99/...' superb virtually complete strike on 5pi SG 16. This is the strike illustrated by Proud (his only date; incorrectly stated to be a "reconstruction"). Note there is no 'Y' in the date. John Gibson states "Only one other example recorded". (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2903
Symbol: S
Cat No: T1
Kerma: large oval 'KERMA/1-JAN1899/...' bold strike on Overprints on Egypt 5m reinforced block of 4 with 'TEL'-in-oval handstamps SG T1. Unlisted by Ted Proud. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2904
Symbol: 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$200
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2905
Symbol: S
Wad Ramly: 'WAD RAMLY/[star & crescent]29NO99/...' very fine strike on 2m. PO 1899; closed circa 1901. John Gibson states only two other examples have been recorded. (Image1)
Estimate AU$175
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
External Territories
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2888
Symbol: C
FORT PORTAL: 1907 (soiled) and 1910 Belgian Congo PPCs to Belgium with East Africa & Uganda ½a x2 or 6c tied by largely very fine strikes of the 'FORT PORTAL/ + U.P. + ' cds, both with 'ENTEBBE' transit, the earlier also with 'MOMBASA/ E.A. ' transit, both with Belgian arrivals. Situated in the far south of Sudan's Equatoria Province, the area was abandoned in 1885 and was occupied by Uganda from 1893.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2889
Symbol: S=
GONDOKORO: 'GONDOKORO/ + U.P + ' cds four fine to very fine large-part strikes on East Africa & Uganda 4a, 3c and 6c x2 (one on small piece). Uganda PO -.8.1901; transferred to Sudan -.5.1914. Egyptian presence was established by General Charles Gordon in 1874 but all of Sudan was evacuated in 1885. The Ugandan goverment had been allowed to administer the area from the late-1890s until control was resumed by Sudan in 1914.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2890
Symbol: PS
GONDOKORO: 1910 (Dec 30) social usage of East Africa & Uganda KEVII 6c Envelope to England "Via Khartoum" with light but clear strike of the 'GONDOKORO/ + U.P + ' cds, 'KHARTOUM/12.1.911' transit backstamp, light diagonal crease at left. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2891
Symbol: S
LADO ENCLAVE: Belgian Congo adhesives x16 to 50c with various "Lado" or similar manuscript cancels, most also with the retta of Khartoum, plus 15c & 25c with manuscript cancel & undated eliptical markings, also two Sudan stamps with similar markings, Sudan 5m with manuscript "Lado/6 2 09", and Uganda ½a and 1a both with the retta. Scarce material. A dispute late in 1907 resulted in mail from the Congo being taxed as unpaid. This effectively ended the practice of Belgians sending mail through Sudan, although occasional later use is recorded and the route was reopened during WWI. John Gibson's group of 13 such items, all with Belgian Congo adhesives, sold at our auction of 12.12.2024 for $1950 (Sale 258 Lot 2990).
(21) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2892
Symbol: PS
NIMULI: 1903 commercial usage of British East Africa ½a Postal Card to "Nimuli/Nile" with double-ring 'ENTEBBE/NO 10/1903' cds and transits of 'KAMPALA/NO11/03/UGANDA' and 'HOIMA/NO18/03/U.P.' (ERD) on the reverse, message states "...Boots follow by post also letter...", light stain at upper-right and minor blemishes. Nimuli post office opened by mid-1903 (ERD 24.6.1903). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2893
Symbol: S
NIMULI: 'NIMULI/UGANDA' fine to very fine large-part strikes on Uganda 1a (stained on reverse) or East Africa & Uganda 1a 1c pair & 6c. PO circa 1903; closed -.5.1914. Border town, technically in Sudan. It was in the region administered by Uganda from 1894 until 1914, when control reverted to Sudan.
(4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Postal History
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2850
Symbol: C/CL
Consignment remainders comprising mostly commercial and official mail with several early Camel items, 1944 & 1945 from 'GAMBEILA' (Ethiopia) to Addis Ababa via Cairo or to USA (faults; with enclosure), numerous airmails with better destinations including Burma, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Greece, Kenya, Norway, Nyasaland, Palestine and Yugoslavia plus 1931 press photograph (212x138mm) of 'City of Arundel', WWII censored civilian mails including inwards airmail from Australia, etc, high postmark content including registered covers, attractive advertising covers, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Fantastic value at estimate.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 725.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2851
Symbol: =C/D
Autographs of notables "Leslie Rundle" (promoted in the field to Major-General for performance in the 1898 Khartoum Expedition), "FR Wingate" (Reginald, Governor-General of the Sudan 1899-1916), "Kitchener of Khartoum" (victor at Omdurman, toning), "Francis of Teck" (aide to General Sir Garnet Wolseley in the Sudan and father of Queen Mary), "WS Gordon" (toning), and "S Gordon/Cairo May 7th 1899" (Colonel Staveley "Monkey" Gordon who served on Kitchener's staff at Suakin, later at the War Office in Cairo); also 1901 mourning cover for Queen Victoria with 'THE PALACE/KHARTOUM' embossed on the flap to Staveley Gordon in the hand of General Wingate; and a spotty social note signed "CG Gordon/5 Oct 69" (between his exploits in China that gave rise to the nickname "Chinese" Gordon, and his appointment to the Danube Commission in 1871). Handy lot for the autograph buff.
(8 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2852
Symbol: CPS
Commercial registered mail with some early covers but strength in the post-WWII period mostly domestic covers addressed in Arabic and from numerous village post offices & agencies, many on Registration Envelopes, a few advertising covers, some interest also in the registration labels, generally fine to very fine. Another little goldmine.
(180 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2853
Symbol: C
Commercial airmail covers 1930s-1950s to an array of overseas destinations including Aden, Australia, Brazil, Burma, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, French India, French West Africa, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy (one a commercial samples envelope at concessional rate), Jersey, Libya, Malta with unframed 'A.V.2', Mauritius with 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID...', New Zealand, Palestine, Roumania with boxed 'O.A.T.', Saudi Arabia, Scilly Isles (!), Singapore, South West Africa, Syria, Tangayika, Turkey, Uganda, United States by trans-Pacific Clipper & by diplomatic pouch, Yugoslavia with Yugoslav triangular flight datestamp in blue, etc, many are registered, several censored, good postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. A marvellous origin/destination group that could be developed into an exceptional collection. See also Lots 2873 and 2875.
(58) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2854
Symbol: C/CL
Commercial inwards airmail covers 1930s-1950s including from Aden redirected to Lebanon, Australia, Bahrain 1950 with Overprints on GB 1a x6, via Damascus, Indian Forces in Burma, Canada with 'O.A.T.' cachet, Canary Islands via Germany with huge KLM label on the reverse, Eritrea when an Italian Colony and under British Occupation with 'MEF' or 'BMA/ERITREA' Overprints, Ethiopia, French West Africa, Gold Coast, Greece, Iraq 1927, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Peru, Trinidad, Tunisia from British Consulate, etc, also from GB x10 at different rates including 1½d Empire Air Mail Scheme and 16.1.1941 crash cover with 'DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER' cachet, a few missionary items, several censored, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. An excellent companion group to the previous lot, or for separate development.
(56) (Image1)
Estimate AU$850
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2855
Symbol: C/CL
Commercial airmail covers 1930s-1950s that all transited through Sudan including Basutoland 1940 to Forces in Nigeria, Brazil-Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia to GB USA and Southern Rhodesia, Gold Coast to Austria Portugal and Switzerland, Jamaica-Tanganyika, Nigeria-Kenya, Italian Somalia-Zanzibar, South Africa to Forces in Nigeria and a remarkable 1936 cover to the Philippines with 5-line jusqu'a handstamp, etc, many registered &/or censored, condition rather variable. A very interesting lot.
(28) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2856
Symbol: CPS
Belgian Congo commercial mail transiting Sudan including 1919 'ABA' to Italy with late usage of Sudan Censor No 1 cachet, 1920 'NIANGARA' to Belgium "Via Kartoum" [sic], then mostly airmails including 1932 'AKETI' to Belgium with boxed 'Par Avion, via Juba' cachet, 1934 to Madagascar with 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/JUBA' transit, 1936 to Tanganyika with 'JUBA' cds, 1938 to USA with 'PAR AVION/DE "Juba"/A "Londres" ' cachet, 1930s from "Niangara" to USA with 'ABA' cds & 'UTILISER L'AVION' cachet, 1943 & 1944 trio to Switzerland with Sudan Censor 13 label & cachet, or censored in Sudan & Egypt, 1934 to Madagascar with 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/JUBA' transit, 1936 to Tanganyika with 'JUBA' cds, 1940 'POKO' to GB "via Aba" with very fine 'T' handstamp (per Sabena to Juba & south per Imperial to Durban), 1940 from a British missionary at "Juaibor, Wath Kec UNP Sudan" to GB via Elisabethville with 'CENSURE CONGO BELGE' cachet & superb British-pattern 'PASSED/ PP 15' cachet, 1945 to Louisiana USA with boxed 'O.A.T.' cachet in red, 1946 'DUNGU' to Egypt with superb boxed 'Par AVION - Via JUBA' cachet in purple, and a couple more, condition variable but all presentable to very fine. A fascinating lot.
(16) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2857
Symbol: D
1878 4pp 8vo holograph letter headed "Kartum [sic]/23 Decr 1878" and signed "CG Gordon", writing to Edward Thomas Rogers, Britain's chief diplomat in Cairo, minor blemishes. An exceptional historical letter from Gordon's time as Governor of Equatoria, which states "...I hope you...will keep HH [His Highness] as independent as you can. I think he has been very shabbily treated by the Commission in their report...About the Nile, it was Cairo's own fault, for they had daily telegrams of the extraordinary rise here...long before the crisis...certainly the telegraph was broken for some time, yet it was cut at the critical moment...This place and the Soudan generally have been exceedingly sickly far worse than was ever known before, and now we are savaged with small pox. We have one revolt which I think has lasted 8 months...of the Gibar's [?] family of slave dealers...& they must give in soon..."
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). He left for England in 1880 but was required to return in 1884 to evacuate Khartoum, which was threatened by the Islamic fundamentalist Mahdist Uprising. Largely successful in evacuating civilians, Gordon then staunchly held-out during a siege of Khartoum that lasted almost 12 months. The 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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2858
Symbol: D
1884 wall map (420x590mm) 'To Illustrate Obstacles to Navigation of the Nile' with imprint 'Lithod at the Intelligence Branch War Office Feb 1884' at lower-right, covering the region south from Cairo to 250 miles (400km+) south of Khartoum and west as far as El Fasher, printed in black with numerous navigation comments in red, such as "Impassable at Low Nile and difficult even at High Nile", "Nuggers can pass with their cargoes", etc, also includes the extensive network of telegraph lines, characteristic folds but quite fine overall. A marvellous item of ephemera to aid appreciation of the vast distances and topographical challenges during the military campaigns. Fun fact: nuggers are Egyptian transport vessels with square sails. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2859
Symbol: C/D
1884-85 Lieutenant later Captain JT ('Frank') Burn-Murdoch original correspondence to his "dear Mamma" or "dear Papa" at various addresses, beginning with the transcript of a telegram advising "You have been selected for Egypt", a few before departure, 7.10.1884 from Alexandria, then OAS covers the first of 12.10 from Cairo "...in my tent under the shade of the Pyramids...crowds of the British soldiery climbing up the Pyramids..."; 14.10 headed "Steamboat between Siout & Assaouan" with cds of 'SORAC' & 'ASSIOUT' "..I hear that a mail boat is to catch us up today..."; 6.11 from 'ASSOUAN' "...we are still here and getting very tired of it...We get two posts from Cairo here, on Sunday & on Wednesday but English letters only come by the Wednesday post..."; 20.11 "...[camels] are awfully awkward brutes to get on to a boat..."; 6.1.1885 from Korti with part-cds probably of Dongola "...[I have] command of a transport company, 330 camels, not a change for the better...The enemy have been very quiet today and we have only exchanged a few shots..."; 12.2 from Metemneh with no postal markings "...the enemy say our [gun] fire was like rain and they don't very much like facing it again..."; cover with light but obvious 'KORTI/[star & crescent)/...' cds but no letter; 9.3 similar envelope and a letter whinging he hasn't yet been promoted; 15.3 with illegible cds "...it is always a comfort to be as near the front as possible..."; 26.4 describing a difficult Nile trip between Aswan & Assouat "...we have stuck on sandbank after sandbank...time is simply no object to the natives here...", with cover from 'ESNEH'; 20.05 from the French ship 'Siam' at Marseilles, advising he will soon be home; etc.
The Godden De Luxe album also includes typed transcripts of all the letters plus of others previously offered in our sale of 12.12.2024, two batches of his tiny diary pages and small sketches by him of barges on the Nile, of his tent at Aswan, and of the route of the Nile near Kosko. Condition variable but most of the covers are good to fine and most of the letters are fine to very fine. A fascinating all-too-human archive from a participant in Britain's first great military debacle in Africa, offered largely intact.
(23 + 23 letters etc) (Image1)
Estimate AU$5,000
Opening AU$ 4,000.00
Sold...AU$ 4,000.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2860
Symbol: CPS
1885-97 social covers including with 'SOUAKIN/5FE85/...' cds tying Egyptian 1pi, with 25mm 'WADI-HALFA/2 JU 90/...' cds (with hyphen) tying 1pi, with 24mm 'WADI HALFA/9 JA 93/...' cds (no hyphen) on 5m Envelope addressed in Arabic, with 'SAWAKIN/6 I 96/...' cds on 2m Envelope to Alexandria, with 'WADI-HALFA/CAMP/8OC96/...' cds on 5m & 1pi, with 29mm 'WADI HALFA/7 IV 96/...' cds on 1pi, and a few others, most with only minor blemishes.
(11 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2861
Symbol: CPS
1890-97 aged cover to Herefordshire GB with Egyptian 1pi blue & very fine 'SOUAKIN' cds, and Egyptian Envelopes 5m native usage to Cairo with 'SAWAKIN' cds & 1pi x2 to GB from 'WADI-HALFA/CAMP' (central fold) or 'SAWAKIN' (light toning). After the British abandoned Sudan in 1885 and until the Dongola Campaign of 1896, Suakin - on the Red Sea - was the only Sudanese settlement maintained under Anglo-Egyptian control.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2862
Symbol: C/D
1896 two stampless On Active Service envelopes to London with 'WADI-HALFA/CAMP' cds of '31OC96' or '8NO96' and boxed 'T' handstamp, on arrival the first taxed '1D/FB' and the other '5D/FB', both split in transit caused by bulky contents and repaired with multiple 'FOUND/OPEN AND - OFFICIALLY/SEALED' labels tied by London cds, light overall soiling. With the letters headed "Merowe/Sudan/19th Oct 1896" or ".../23rd Oct 96", to his mother, full of interesting comment about Army life and operations. The sender was Captain (later Major-General) Frederick Gore Anley. The first was incorrectly treated as a soldier's letter and under-charged. The other was correctly charged for a double-rate officer's letter.
(4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2863
Symbol: C
1897 (Jan 5) cover to London with Egypt 5m x2 tied by 'WADI-HALFA/CAMP' cds, Cairo transit & 'SOUTH KENSINGTON SO/JA 18 97/SW' arrival backstamp, light stain on the reverse. The sender, Major [later Major-General] Sir Charles Fergusson, had a distinguished military & civil administration career in the Sudan & Egypt, before becoming a Corps Commander during WWI. After the war he was Miltary Governor of Cologne and served six years as Governor-General of New Zealand 1924-30. The addressee, his father Sir James Ferguson served in the Crimean War. He was Governor-General of South Australia (1868-73), of New Zealand (1873-75) and of Bombay (1880-85). (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2864
Symbol: C
1898 (Sep 14) native cover to Egypt with 5m tied by one of two largely very fine strikes of the scarce 'DEBBEH' cds (void at the base; recorded 15 months only), very fine 'CAIRE/28IX98 IX/...' transit & small-part Alexandria arrival, flap removed, very minor blemishes. PO 1897; closed 1902. Debba PO circa 1904; renamed Ed Debba late-1920s. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2865
Symbol: C
1898 (Oct 11) cover from Northern Ireland to "Col Jackson/1th Soudanese Battalion/Fashoda/Egypt" with Jubilee 2½d tied by 'ARMAGH/ 1 ' cds, the reverse with transits of Alexandria and Cairo where endorsed "Halfa" with 'WADI HALFA/SPS/28X98/...' backstamp, from where it was sent south to Fashoda via Khartoum with transit of '5NO98' Ex John Firebrace. One of only two inwards covers to Fashoda recorded during the Fashoda Incident. In September 1898, a small French garrison occupied Fashoda (modern-day Kodok), with grand ambitions to consolidate a French corridor from Senegal to the Nile. A superior British force was sent to the town where the situation was defused by diplomatic means, with the French withdrawing on 11.12.1898. This kept alive Cecil Rhodes' dream of a British corridor from Cape Town to Cairo. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 1,000.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2866
Symbol: C
1898 (Nov) cover with embossed regimental badge of the 11th Soudanese Regiment in red on the flap, to the military tailors "Mortimer & Co/Wady Halfa" with 5m tied by 'KHARTOUM/26..XI.98/...' and 'WADI HALFA/6 XII 98/...' arrival backstamp. A rare cover from the forces at Fashoda during the Fashoda Incident. Note that Fashoda had no post office until 1902, and was renamed Kodok 1.12.1903. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2867
Symbol: CL
Cat No: O1
1900 (Apr 17) plain 'OHHS" cover with 'SOUDAN' Overprints 5m punctured 'SG' (Inverted and Reversed) SG O1 tied by very fine 'BERBER/SPS' cds (Proud D2; rated x20), to "Inspector Sudan Posts/Halfa" with large-part 'WADI-HALFA/CAMP/20AP00 TIII' arrival backstamp (Proud D3, recorded 13 months only; LRD by 3 months), minor blemishes & light central vertical fold. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2868
Symbol: C
1905 (Mar 11) social cover from Chad with 'TCHAD' Overprints 50c x3 tied by very fine 'ABECHER/OUBANGUI-CHARI-TCHAD' cds, to France "Via El Facher/Karthoum/Alexandrie", the reverse with 'AEF TCHAD/16/MARS/32/ADRE' plus Sudanese 'GENEINA FORT/17MAR32/...', 'FASHER/26MR32/...', 'SHELLAL-HALFA/ TPO /13AP32/...' and Cairo machine apparently of '11 APR' but that cannot be correct., repaired minor flap tear. With the enclosed letter in French, commencing "Ma chere Mamman". A marvellous cover that illustrates the complex political situation in French Central Africa and the vast Saharan distances involved. Abéché is in the far northern interior of Chad; Adre is about 150km ESE - or 5 days travel - on the border with Sudan; Geneina is only 30km (one day) into the Darfur Region of Sudan; El Fasher is 320km and 9 days almost due E; the Nile at Rabak is a further 800km & nine days to the east; Rabak is 280km S of Khartoum; and Cairo is 1800km N of Khartoum, along the Nile, taking at least a week via the riverine TPO. This cover travelled more than 3000km, in a bit over a month, simply to reach the Mediterranean and get out of Egypt.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2869
Symbol: C/D
1906 cover to London with 5m tied to the reverse by 'EL-OBEID/11.II.906/...' cds, Khartoum transit of '18.II.1906' and London arrival of 'MR1/06', repaired opening tear clear of the stamp & postmarks. With the enclosed 6pp letter with printed 'CAMEL CORPS/KARDOFAN' (corrected to 'KORDOFAN') and endorsed "Abu Jabbad/4.2.06" which states "...I am delighted at the penny postage between here & England...orders to return to El Obeid as soon as my camels had rested...very peaceful...only excitement being a few scares of night attacks when we had been fully encamped in the heart of an enemy's (!) stronghold..."
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2870
Symbol: C/D
1908 usage of 1d Envelope to London with two fine to very fine strikes of the scarce 'BARA/6.IX.908/...' cds, Khartoum transit of 'SP13/08' & London arrival of 'SEP23 08', forwarded to Herefordshire, minor blemishes & repaired flap-tear. With the enclosed letter with printed 'HD QRS/EL OBEID/KORDOFAN - CAMEL CORPS/SUDAN' header endorsed "Bara/Aug 9th 1908" and interesting comment "...I see very little chance...of getting 2nd in Command of the Camel Corps...I'm working hard at Arabic...I may have to go to Suakin & Berber...buying camels..."
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2871
Symbol: C
1912 (Feb 4) Italian official envelope with '[arms]/UFFICIO POSTELTELEGRAFICO/DI AGORDAT' imprint on the flap, to "Bari/Italy" with Camels 1m & 2m pair tied by two of three very fine strikes of the rare 'SABDERAT/4FE912/...' cds in blue, the reverse with transits of 'KASSALA/5FEB12/...' & 'WADI-HALFA...'., light central vertical fold and minor peripheral defects with a few tears repaired with archival tape. An extremely rare and desirable cover (Proud rated 6000pts).
Sabderat is located in North-West Ethiopia, 28km from the Sudan border, which is east of Kassala. Ted Proud states that Sabderat (1) opened 9.3.1910 as a Telegraph Office only; upgrading to PO is not recorded. The office apparently closed in 1922. Agordat is situated in Eritrea which was colonised by Italy in 1889. It is a small inland town that was occupied by the Italians from 1893. Sabderat is 140km almost due west of Agordat. Today, both are within modern Eritrea. See also Lot 2877. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2872
Symbol: C
1925 (May 11) cover from French Equatorial Africa with 'TCHAD' Overprints tied by largely illegible cds, to "El Facher/Soudan Egyptienne" but forwarded several times with an array of overlapping transit datestamps on the reverse including 'GENEINA-SUDAN/...' (the initial border-crossing), 'EL FASHER' on several occasions, various 'SHELLAL-HALFA' TPOs in both directions including the 35½mm 'skeleton' cds, eventually forwarded to French Morocco but without an arrival, the superb 'MISSENT' handstamp was probably applied on the Riverine TPO. A fascinating cover that demands more research. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 110.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2873
Symbol: C/CL
1927-45 commercial airmails on annotated pages mostly pre-WWII including 1927 to Sussex GB with 'KENYA-SUDAN/ 1 ST /AIR MAIL' "skeleton" in red (toning), other items to Canada, Cyprus, Gibraltar (registered), Italy, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia and Uganda, many with 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/...' cds including '.../KOSTI WHITE NILE', several censored WWII items including trans-Pacific to Ohio USA with 'TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE' cachet, etc, and several inwards items, condition variable but all are presentable to very fine.
(50 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2874
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.
(5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2875
Symbol: L
1931-61 commercial airmails including 1930s to GB with 'BY AIR MIAL' label, three with boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/DESPATCH BY AIR MAIL' cachet, another underpaid to GB but flown & taxed with 3d & 4d Postage Dues, jusqu'a cachets on covers to USA x7 (one from a missionary in the Belgian Congo) or Canada, boxed 'O.A.T.' on formular aerogramme from Aden with Sudan stamps cancelled at Khartoum, larger type on cover to USA and 'O.A.T./ F.S. '-in-oval to Sweden and on postcard to Belgium, advertising cover from 'JEDDAH (Hejaz)' to Yugoslavia, 1961 consular cover with Sudan stamps cancelled in Washington DC, and 1934 cover with 'USE THE/AIR MAIL/TO/INDIA/...' label on the face (contrary to regulations), fine to very fine.
(20) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2876
Symbol: C
1936 commercial airmail cover from New Guinea with Undated 3d & 1/- (3d underpaid) tied by 'BRISBANE/ 6MAY/1936/QLD - PAQUEBOT' machine cancel & superb '("80")/CTMS/ T ' handstamp, the reverse with Alexandria transit of 22MA36 & light 'SHELLAL-HALFA/TPO/26MY36/No 1' arrival, surprisingly without Postage Dues affixed, small piece of the flap missing. Excellent origin/destination item. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2877
Symbol: C
1938 social cover to Kent UK with 15m tied by one of two largely fine to very fine strikes of the rare 'SABDERAT/30SP938' cds (Proud 5000pts on cover), 'KASSALA/3OC38' & 'KHARTOUM/ A / 4OC38' transit backstamps. A very rare cover: Sabderat is located in North-West Ethiopia, 28km from the Sudan border, which is east of Kassala. Ted Proud states that Sabderat opened 9.3.1910 as a Telegraph Office only; upgrading to PO is not recorded. The office apparently closed in 1922 but was operating again by early- 1924, using the same datestamp. John Gibson's example on a single stamp sold for $165. See also Lot 2871. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2878
Symbol: CPS
1939-45 World War II military mail from the various Forces in the Sudan comprising British x10 including with 'ORDERLY ROOM/30OCT1939/1st BN WORCESTERSHIRE REGT' cachet and to New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia & Palestine, East African x2, Indian x4 including jusqu'a to Canada & USA, South African and United States x6; inwards covers to the troops from GB x3, Aden, India x2, KUT x2 and Palestine; from Italy to Italian POWs in Sudan x5 and from POWs in Sudan to Italy x4; wide range of Forces censor cachets, condition variable. An instant one-frame exhibit or the basis for a serious WWII collection.
(41 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2879
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$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2880
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$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2881
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)
