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Lot# 2706 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 2706 Sudan

    1897: 5 m. rose-carmine (16 examples incl a block of four and a strip of six), 2 pi. orange-brown (16, incl. two blocks of four) and 5 pi. slate (8) all used on registered/AR cover to Surgeon Lt. Colonel Slogett at the Military Hospital in Alexandria, all tied by crisp strikes of the bilingual "WADI-HALFA" cds in black (15.IX.97). Reverse with Alexandria arrival, a stunning and famous cover.rnProvenance: Collection Freschi, Harmers, London, 11 March 1993.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF