1886 "POSTAGE." with "BRITISH-VICE CONSULATE" cachet in black, 1d and 2d unused, the 1d with tear at top and 2d with thin and hinge wrinkle (S.G. £375).
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1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 4 1/2d, used with crayon cancel, still with gum in the corner, light creasing otherwise fine (S.G. £325).
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1886 "British Vice-Consulate / Antananarivo" hs in violet on 3d, no stops after "POSTAGE" or value, unused pair, small tears at top and right on right stamp, till good appearance and a rarity as a pair (S.G. £2'600).
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1886 3d rose, POSTAGE 29 1/2mm and without stops, without handstamp, unused with intact corner gumming, minor thinning in hinge area and a slight corner bend mentioned for accuracy only. One of the rarest Consular adhesives, practically the only one that has come to the market in decades (S.G. £8'00
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1886 6d rose, POSTAGE 29 1/2mm and without stops, without handstamp, unused with intact corner gumming, slight wrinkling in hinge area which does not detract from this elusive adhesive. One of the rarest Consular adhesives, practically the only one that has come to the market in decades (S.G. £9'500
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1884 (Apr 25) Siege of Khartoum 5pi banknote signed in pen by Gordon Pasha with blue negative seal, affixed by a spot to brown paper, slightly toned but fine and scarce.
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1897 1m brown in mint blocks of 36 and 24 in rejoined block of 60 from the lower right corner of the left pane, no gum, fine and useful item for the specialist.
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1897-1900, cca., Assembly of 9 postal stationery cards, envelopes and 2 wrappers, all except one showing overprints on Egypt, mostly v.fine
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Stationery: 1pi ''SOUDAN'' overprinted postal stationery envelope, additionally overprinted ''EXPRESS'', with inverted watermark, scarce.
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1907 2m. on 3m. lilac, three examples overlapping one another and affixed to piece cancelled with strikes of the "postes et telegraphes/collection/de/berne/madagascar" handstamp in red.
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1908 1½p. G size envelope handstamped "specimen" twice in two different sizes, one across the stamp impression, together with 1908 2m. wrapper with large "specimen" handstamp, three examples of each overlapping one another and cancelled with strikes of the "postes et telegraphes/collection/de/berne/
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1908 1½p. G size envelope handstamped "specimen" twice in two different sizes, one across the stamp impression; very fine. Also 1906 5m. red Official envelope with typed "o.s.g.s." overprint on stamp impression, fresh unused; scarce with no examples recorded used.
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1910 4m. red, three examples overlapping one another and cancelled with strikes of the "postes et telegraphes/collection/de/berne/madagascar" handstamp in red, affixed to piece marked "3 cartes postales de 4 milliemes envoi du 13 december 1910"; unique
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1921-23 1m. to 15m. set of seven imperforate colour trials in issued colours on watermarked paper, the 4m. with camels white neck flaw, each handstamped "specimen" (DS2), mostly gummed. A fine and very rare set.
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1921-23 1m. to 15m. set of seven, 1927 2p. and Official punctured "sg" 1922 set of four and 1927 2p., all in strips of three (except 1m. which is a pair and a single), affixed to two pieces with each strip cancelled by fine "specimen/collection/mauritanie" handstamp in magenta; a few small stains in
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1921-23 5m. olive-brown and black double pane of 120 from the top of the sheet with pillar margins at foot, each overprinted "specimen" (D16) with a few minor type varieties; a few faults in places though an exceptional multiple, being the only known large multiple with stamps thus overprinted
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1927-41 wmk SG group of imperf. proofs of the initial 1927 values in the issued colours with "SPECIMEN" handstamps in blocks affixed to archive ledger pieces (each with reference number below), with low values 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 10m and 15m in blocks of six and 2pi, 5pi and 10pi in blocks of four,
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1927-41 2m., 3m., 4m., 5m., 10m., 2p., 4p., 5p., 6p., 8p., 10p. and 20p. each handstamped "specimen" in black or violet by the Bechuanaland Receiving Authority, a few with traces of gum or without gum as usual. A unique group; also 1927-41 20p. in blue and black on watermarked ungummed paper and 195
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1927-41 wmk SG 10pi group of seven different imperf. colour trials on ungummed paper in top right corner marginals with plate number, very fine and attractive.
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1931 Flight from Khartoum to Birmingham, England, franked Airmail 5m pair & 2pi tied KARTOUM cds, with red 1/2d PAID SUTTON COLDFIELD BIRMINGHAM cds in red alongside, very fine
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1931 First Flight Malakal to London, franked Airmail 10m & 2pi tied MALAKA/8.III.31 cds, showing First Flight cachet alongside, very fine
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1931 First Flight England to Africa, franked Airmail 2pi tied KHARTOUM/12.III.31 cds, showing ASWAN/14.MR.31 cds alongside, very fine.
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1931 First Flight Khartoum to Cape Town, franked Airmail 5m, 10m and 2pi tied KHARTOUM/12.XII.31 cds, showing First Flight cachet alongside, very fine.
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1931 First Flight Halfa to Cape Town, franked Airmail 5m block of four, 5m and 2pi tied WADI-HALFA/12.XII.31 cds, showing First Flight cachet alongside, very fine example of the Special Xmas flight.
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1932 (Jan.) Field Imperial Airways flight envelopes (4), one from Juba to Mbeya, Tanganyika and three from Malakal to Mbeya, Johannesburg and Victoria West, two with manuscript "Unknown return to sender", and 1935 Africa Orientale envelope from Khartoum to Berbera, Somaliland; a scarce group; also a
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1935 Airmail Proofs of the Surcharge in black 7½p. on 4½p. red-brown and grey irregular block of twenty-six, [3-4, 8-9, 11-14, 16-33 and 36-47], stamps [9], [11], [16] and [21] variety Arabic "1/3" instead of "½", [32] with "7¼" for "7½" and [36] with Arabic letter inverted, large part original gum.
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1935 50th Anniversary of the Death of General Gordon group of five die proofs, incl. three head proofs of Gordon as used for the low values in grey-blue, black and dark green, and proof of the vignette as used for the 20pi and 50pi in grey-blue and blue-black, all on thin glazed card, two with "zkus
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1935 Airmail Proofs of the Surcharge in red 15m. on 10m. black and carmine marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, fine unmounted mint. Cert B.P.A. (2011).
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1935 Airmail Proofs of the Surcharge in red, 15m. on 10m. black and carmine marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, fine unmounted mint. Cert B.P.A. (2011).
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1935 Airmail Proofs of the Surcharge in red, 7½p. on 4½p. red-brown and grey, marginal from the right of the sheet, lightly mounted mint; also proof of the surcharge in green on 2½p. on 3m., mint and apparently unmounted
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1935 Airmail, mint collection (98) including 2½p. on 3m. mint plate block of four and a used pair, both with one showing second Arabic letter missing from surcharge, 2½p. on 3m. and 2½p. on 5m. imprint strips from the foot of the sheet, both showing small "½" and second Arabic letter missing from su
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1935 Airmail 15m. on 10m. black and carmine block of twenty (4x5), being the lower four rows of the sheet with full margins and imprint, variety surcharge grossly misplaced, resulting in some stamps having little of the surcharge and portions appearing in the lower margin, fresh mint and largely unm
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1935 Airmail 2½p. on 5m. black and green horizontal strip of five from the top of the sheet with full sheet margins, variety surcharge inverted, [46] showing variety small ½ and [49] variety missing Arabic "wow", fresh mint. A wonderful showpiece from the sole sheet of fifty stamps with this variety
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1935 General Gordon set of 9 to 50pi on cover tied by "KHARTOUM 26 JA 35" first day cancels, a fine and attractive cover, very scarce, being one of only two recorded.
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1936-46 2p. to 50p. with additional 4p. on ordinary paper and 1948 1m. to 15m., all in blocks of four, mostly marginal or corner with some low values showing double plate numbers, fine unmounted. A scarce group.
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1938 Airmail surcharged set of 4 mint h.r. overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine.
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1938 5p on 2½p magenta and blue trial printing, mint with gum a little toned; two tiny gum thins; cert. BPA (1947).
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1941 Tuli Island 1m. to 20p. set of fifteen, all in strips of three with each cancelled by one or more strikes of the "specimen/collection/mauritanie" handstamp in magenta and affixed to large piece; minor imperfections as usual for these though generally of fine appearance. A colourful and unique g
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1948 Jubilee and Legislative Assembly issues mint o.g., overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine (3).
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1948 Postman set of 16 to 50pi mint h.r. overprinted "SPECIMEN", very fine.
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1948 Postage Due mint o.g. set of four overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine.
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1950 Airmail mint set of 8 to 20pi overprinted "SPECIMEN", very fine.
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1951 part set of 16 (excluding 3m) to 50pi mint o.g. overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine.
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1954 Self-Government mint o.g. set overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine.
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Officials 1901 wmk Quatrefoil 1m brown & pink with "S.G." perfins in mint (mostly n.h.) left half-pane of 30 (reduced margin at left), with second and fourth rows showing variety perfin inverted and reversed, very fine and rare multiple (S.G. £1'650).
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1897-1950s, accumulation in a small stockbook of mint & used stamps incl. 1897 ovpt 5m and 1pi in mint blocks of 12, various camel issues, airmails with mint n.h. blocks of four, commemorative sets, Military Telegraphs and more than 120 postage due sets, high catalogue value.
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Army Service 1905 1m brown and pink with "OFF!CIAL" variety, neat Khartoum cds leaving variety clear, very fine and rare; cert. RPS (1951) (S.G. £4'000).
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Army Service 1906-11 1m brown and carmine with "Service" omitted variety on lower pair in lower marginal used block of four, paper adhesion on reverse, stained, very rare; cert. BPA (2004) (S.G. £9'500+).
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1906-11 5m scarlet & black with ovpt type A3 in mint n.h. top right corner marginal horiz. strip of three showing overprint double, one diagonal, variety on the left two stamps, with even the normal overprint showing signs of a doubling, the left stamp also shows the inverted V for A variety on the
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1936 Official "S.G." part set of 14 (missing 10m) to 20pi mint o.g. overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine.
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