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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 882

Sudan
Early Campaigns
1897-98 Reconquest of Sudan, Nile Expedition
1898 (20 Aug.) 5m. letter sheet, uprated with 5m., from "Nile gun boat "Akesheh" En route to Shabluka" to Ireland and redirected to London, lightly cancelled and with two Irish transit datestamps on face; contents comment on the writers journey from Cairo via trains, steamers and barges to Atbara and now en route to Wady Habiheh and then their proposed advance on Omdurman. Toned though an unusual item. Photo

provenance:
Norton Collier, Sale 2, September 2005

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Estimate
£200 to £250

Starting price
£140