Lotto 51 Sudan

Egypt Stationery 1879/97: Group of five postal stationery examples used in Wadi Halfa, Sudan. Includes rare 20 p. light-brown postal card sent 28 November 1898 by Colonel Ironside to the Editor of the Royal Engineer Journal (has faults/damaged) to Chatham, Brompton Barracks. Also, 1893 5 m. envelope to Egypt during the Mahdist occupation period; a 2 m. green envelope used to Cairo; a 3 m. violet-brown postal card sent also to Cairo and a 1897 1 p. gray green letter sheet with "SOUDAN" overprint in Arabic and French sent to Italy 27 April 1898. Has interesting content regarding a battle which states "My regiment suffered very severely as we had nearly half the casualties of the whole brigade. We have had an awfully rough time of it." Additionally, comes with three 1897 5 m. carmine envelopes overprinted "SOUDAN" (H&G B3) uprated with various combinations of the 1898 Large Camel postage and also a 1898 1 m. brown used wrapper sent to Alexandria (H&G E1). Very mixed condition but a scarce and interesting selection (9).