sudan - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5850 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011901: Stampless cover mailed from Teh-El-Baroud, Egypt to a Soldier serving at Omdurman struck with cds of despatch and framed 'T' marking, charged on arrival at double the Military concession rate of 3 m., with Sudan 1897 Postage Due 4 m. maroon and vertically bisected example alongside tied by OMDURMAN cds. Reverse with 'Teh-El-Baroud / Caire' TPO cds (Aug 20), Wadi Halfa Camp cds (23/8), Omdurman cds and thence to the 'Dead Letter Office / Sudan' with cachet in blue (Oct 31). Extraordinary cover and extremely rare, just two examples on letter are reported Gi = unpriced/Nile Post = unpriced.rnrnProvenance: Collection William C. Hinde (Oct 1957), lot 560 Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5866 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011897: Collection on leaves with TEL handstamped surcharges on first issue adhesives, with blocks of four 5 m. cancelled by Kerma oval and another used at Debbeh cancelled by 'Army Telegraphs DB', also a block used at Merowi with 'MR' cancel, 1 pi. blocks used with 'Army Telegraphs HL' and 'BB' at Halfa and Berber, 2 pi. block used with 'DG' of Dongola, part Telegraph form with 5 m. strip of five and single tied 'KR' of Kerma, four colour piece with 'EC' cancel (Egpytian Corps), also two halved forms with 3 pi. and 7 pi. 15 m. frankings - these were kept by the Office and the other half used as the sender's receipt. A fine lot (45 items). Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5836 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011903: 5 m. scarlet & black, block of ten and a block of eight, used on reverse of 1904 Sudan Postal Service form for collection of Postage Due for 4 items of unpaid correspondence totalling 90 milliemes; all neatly tied by 'Khartoum' datestamps (14.V) in black. One stamp with minor fault but a scarce and attractive usage. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5844 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011900/1991: The collection on leaves, with first Official 5 m. rose-carmine punctured 'SG' mint (3) and used (2), Jan 1901 1 m. brown & pink with mint pair (cert.) and used singles (3), 1903 OSGS 1 m. in mint pane of 30 types, 5 m. on 1903 cover, 1 pi. used on 1912 cover to USA, malformed 'O' varieties, 1906 OSGS overprinted 5 m. red postal stationery envelopes unused (2), 1903 set of eight used, 1913 issue with punctured 'SG' 1 m. block of ten used on document from Gedaref, 1916 large part cover with punctured 5 m., 1 pi. and 2 pi.; 1922 set of five mint and used, 1927/30 mint set of seven with all excl. 4 m. in mint blocks, 1936 set used and mint set on Wartime ordinary paper, 1948 set mint and used, 1951 set mint etc. Generally fine, a scarce group (331 stamps + 47 covers). Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5861 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011931 (Feb): Cover to Gedaref franked by 5 m. brown & black tied by 'Khartoum-El Obeid' T.P.O. cds, backstamped with faint 'Kassala-Sennar' T.P.O. cds and front with framed 'T / LATE FEE / NOT PAID' handstamp in black with framed 'T' marking below, charged on arrival with Posstage Due 10 m. green & mauve tied by 'Gedaref' cds (Feb 22). Slight aging but scarce. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5829 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011906: 2 p. black & blue, 5 p. brown & green and 10 p. black & mauve; watermarked Quatrefoil, a fine used set of three values. Scarce Gi = £ 650. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5832 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011900: Cover with 1897 5 m. carmine punctured 'SG' (Sudan Government) by hand, used on 1900 cover to Cairo tied by HALFA datestamp (19.VIII) in black with large circular SOUDAN MILITARY RAILWAYS cachet in blue alongside. Cairo arrival cds (23.VIII) on reverse of a scarce cover. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5856 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011912 (Aug 21): Cover from France to Khartoum under-franked by single Sower 25 c. blue, taxed on despatch with triangular 'T' marking and manuscript '0.30' centimes; taxed on arrival with 1901 Postage Due 10 m. green & mauve tied by 'Khartoum' cds (Sept 2). Cover crease away from adhesives, scarce. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5872 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011903: Sudan 1 pi. blue postal stationery envelope used to India cancelled by two strikes of ARMY / TELEGRAPHS / M.T. datestamps of MELUT (10/1). Reverse with 'Wadi Halfa Camp' cds (11/1), 'Suez / Ambulant' cds, 'Sea Post Office / B' datestamp and Roorkee arrival cds (Jan 25). Rare cover, a Post Office was not opened at Melut until 1906. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
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 Lot 5851 - brit. colonies sudan - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-2011897: Postage Due 2 pi. orange, diagonally bisected example tied to 1901 cover from Khartoum by WADI HALFA CAMP cds (Feb 15) in black, alongside Khartoum cds (Feb 12) and framed 'T' mark of despatch. The cover, addressed in arabic, was sent to a gentleman called Al-Khalifiya, 'may this find him well at Halfa Prison' and is struck on reverse with framed UNCLAIMED and 'Dead Letter Office / Sudan' datestamp (April 30) in blue. Rare and very appealing cover Gi = £ 1'400/Nile Post SPD4a = unpriced. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 196-201brit. colonies sudan |
