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Auction: 13027 - The Collector's series sale
Lot: 1745

Sudan
Army Service Stamps
1905 (Nov.) "ARMY" Reading Up, Watermark Quatrefoil
1m. brown and pink, variety "!" for "1", Row 5/4, lightly cancelled and tied by Khartoum c.d.s. on 1905 (23 Nov.) large OHMS envelope to the War Office in Cairo showing, on reverse, transit c.d.s. and arrival War Office Post Room datestamp; the stamp with tiny imperfection at centre right, the envelope with gum marks, some creases and slightly reduced at top. A very rare stamp and almost certainly unique on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). S.G. A4a. Photo

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, April 1977

Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000