Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2882
x Sudan British Military Forces in Egypt and Sudan, 1801 to 1913 Gordon Relief Expedition - Nile River Column 1884-85 The Canadian Contingent of Voyageurs 1884 (12 Dec.) Egypt 20pa. stationery card from Lieut. Col. Denison (commanding officer of the Contingent) at Dal (some 100 miles upstream from Wadi-Halfa) to Toronto, cancelled by poor "wadi-halfa" c.d.s. with another part strike alongside. A very rare outgoing item of mail. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: John Firebrace, May 2001
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