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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 870

Sudan
Early Campaigns
1896 Dongola Expedition
1896 (30 Aug.) Cator correspondence envelope to Penshurst, Kent and redirected to Maidstone, marked "Field Service. No stamps available" and showing Wadi Halfa Camp datestamp, boxed "t", "2½d/f.b." handstamp and Tonbridge Station Office datestamp (11.9), all on face, Cairo and two Tonbridge datestamps on reverse. Photo

Note: At both the Battles of Firket and Hafir Lieut Cator reverted from technical to military duty, being made a Special Service Officer "galloper" to brigade commander. Cator was later sent to Murrat Wells to explore south and set out to ride across the Dervish front, eventually arriving at the Nile at Birti in the Fourth Cataract. This long journey sapped his strength and he fell a victim to enteric fever and died at Wadi Halfa on 21 February

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140