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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2876

x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 Gordon Relief Expedition - Nile River Column 1884-85 1884 (19 Feb.) Egypt 20pa. stationery card to Des Moines, Iowa cancelled by Louxor c.d.s. and showing Assiout, Alexandrie and arrival datestamps. The message, written the day after Gordon arrived at Khartoum on his ill-fated venture, ends "We hear lots of talk about el Mahdi. It is believed by some if the English do not act promptly he will march into Lower Egypt however things there are very quiet & the natives do not believe in him.". With transcript Estimate £ 60-80

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