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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2866

x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 The Arabi Rebellion 1882 Indian Army Post Office 1882 (9 Sept.) Officer´s envelope to Umballa, India, bearing India 1/2a. blue vertical pair and 2a. orange (top right corner torn away), all tied by large part strike of rare "field force p.o. egypt/no.1/b" duplex, thought to have been used at Ismailia, and showing Sea Post Office and arrival datestamps on reverse. Very rare, the earliest of the four known outgoing covers from this campaign bearing Indian adhesives. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 Note: The writer, Lt. Col. Turner von Straubenzee commanded the Royal Artillery of the Indian Contingent in Egypt and was present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir which took place only four days after this letter was posted. provenance: John Firebrace, May 2001

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