Lot# 2718 - Auction 321-332
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Lot# : 2718 Sudan
1898: 5 m. rose-carmine postal stationery envelope up-rated with 1 m. brown & pink, 2 m. green & brown and 3 m. mauve & green, all cancelled "ATBARA / S.P.S." datestamps in black (8.IX.98) endorsed "Nile Expeditionary Force, Sudan" at lower leftt and mailed to Gibraltar with arrival on reverse (Sept 25). An unusual usage. Opinion Holcombe (1983).rnProvenance: DF, Zurich, Nov 1991, lot 10777.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 240 CHF