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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2870

x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 The Arabi Rebellion 1882 Indian Army Post Office 1882 (26 Sept.) Egypt 20pa. stationery card from Cairo to England, cancelled by "british army post office/egypt" c.d.s. with code "a" for 28th September and showing, in opposite corner, fine strike of rare "field force p.o. egypt/no2" c.d.s. Possibly the only known Egyptian postcard used in the campaign bearing both the Indian and British Army datestamps. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800

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