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Auction: 14025 - The Philatelic Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1422

(x) Sudan
1898 (26 July) 5m. carmine envelope "From No 3364 Sergt G R Simms 1/R War R" at Darmali to England, marked "Nile Expeditionary Force" at foot and "Army of Occupation Soudan", cancelled by "darmali/s.p.s." c.d.s. (Stagg Type 28, rare, having a short life as a Base Camp during the build-up of troops for the final assault on Omdurman) and showing Wadi Halfa, Alexandria and Birmingham (10.8) c.d.s. on reverse; some light foxing though a rare item from the Nile Expeditionary Force. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). Photo

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£230