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Auction: 4007 - Sudan & Virgin Islands - The Wm. Frazer Exhibition Collection
Lot: 36

SUDAN Egyptian Adhesives used in the Sudan Suakin 1897 (Nov.) 5m. stationery envelope registered to Vienna which contained a letter from Father Joseph Ohrwalder after his escape from the Dervish camp, addressed to a brother of Stain Pasha in Vienna, bearing 1884 1pi. (3) and 1884 5m. tied by bi-lingual "sawakin" c.d.s. and showing registration h.s. with, on reverse, Suez and Alexandria transit datestamps; the envelope with tear at top of face panel. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: Dr William Byam, 1961

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