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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2852

x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 The Arabi Rebellion 1882 1882 (20 July) mourning envelope from a naval Lieutenant serving on H.M.S. Northumberland addressed to Tunbridge Wells, bearing GB 1/2d. green and 1d. lilac (2), each cancelled by London diamond "28" vertical barred oval; the envelope endorsed "Written July 20th Alexandria". A scarce early cover from this campaign. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 provenance: John Firebrace, May 2001

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