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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 858

Sudan
Early Campaigns
1885 Dongola Expedition
1885 (16 Dec.) Anley correspondence envelope (complete with contents) from Firket to his father, General Anley in Cheltenham, marked "Active Service No Stamps" and with Wadi Halfa datestamp at upper right, boxed "t" at foot and London "2½d" tax mark, all on face; the letter headed Firket, with full transcript, includes "Everyone congratulates me in taking part in defence of Ambigol", "We had only 65 men (for 2½ hours I was in Command with only 32) and between 500 and 600 attacked us for 2½ days... had some very narrow chase in Ambigol but got through it alright and feel confident about this business", and two further letters from Anley dated 22 June from Firket and 4 July from "The Desert", both with equally interesting content. Photo

provenance:
Norton Collier, Sale 2, September 2005

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210