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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2854

x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 The Arabi Rebellion 1882 Civil Post Office 1882 (25 July) Egypt 20pa. stationery card to Cheltenham, written by Lieutenant Gaitskell, Royal Marine Artillery serving on board HMS Agincourt, cancelled by Alexandrie c.d.s. The message is headed "Khedive´s Palace - Ras-el-Tin" and includes "Have been landed a week today and am quartered here in the Harem which was" and "The Forts are a wonderful sight: the destruction caused by our shot and shell is something too frightful to imagine, while the Egyptian guns did very little damage to our ships." Estimate £ 120-150

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