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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1535

Sudan The Red Sea Littoral, 1884-85 1885 (7 May) soldier´s envelope to London, headed "From 6095 Pte A.L. Martin Medical Staff Corps", countersigned by Surgeon-Major C. Read, Coldstream Guards, Commanding Guards Field Hospital, Tambouk, bearing GB 1d. lilac clearly tied by "british army post office/egypt" c.d.s. with code "A" and showing arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope a little creased and torn along top through opening. Rare. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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