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  • Lot# : 5875 Sudan

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    1909 (Feb 25): Provisional 4 Milliemes on Egypt 5 m. carmine stationery card, written to Louvain, Belgium by Captain Léon Preud'homme from 'Gite Lebago' in the Lado Enclave, tied by fair WHITE NILE TPO datestamp (March) with Louvain arrival cds at left (March 24).

    Note: Léon Preud'homme was posted to the Maridi Zone in November 1905. He was posted to the Enclave in May, 1907 and took command of the Enclave in November. He was later the Officer in charge of the hand-over of the Enclave to Sudan in 1910. See Maselis 'Postal History of the Lado Enclave', page 388.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF