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Auction: 6027 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1562

Sudan The Campaign for the Recapture of Khartoum 1898 (19 Mar.) 1pi. "enveloppe-lettre" to India, headed "Camp Kenur nr. Atbara" and cancelled by small part "berber" c.d.s. (21.3, Proud Type D1) with a further strike below, the reverse with Halfa (2.4), Cairo, Sea Post Office and Bangalore (24.4) c.d.s.; the contents include a reference to arrival at the camp and "we probably move off tomorrow with the hopes of meeting 10,000 dervishes under Mahmud on the Atbara"; some stains in places though unusual Estimate £ 100-120

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