Lot 90065 – 1877 (27.10) Small neat envelope with Third issue 20pa gray-blue, vertical pair and a single, all tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / WADI HALFE cds
Lot 90065 – 1877 (27.10) Small neat envelope with Third issue 20pa gray-blue, vertical pair and a single, all tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / WADI HALFE cds
Egypt » Egyptian Post Offices Abroad » Territorial Offices » Wadi Halfa (Sudan)
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Unsold
Estimate
4’400 – 5’000 CHF
Auction date
Sat 31 May 2025 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1877 (27.10) Small neat envelope from Wadi Halfa to Brighton, England, paying the 1 1/2 piastre UPU rate to England with Third issue 20pa gray-blue, vertical pair and a single, all tied by POSTE EGIZIANE / WADI HALFE cds with Arabic date, plus similar alongside, with manuscript “via Brindisi” and an Arabic “To England”, with transit and arrival bs, cvr faults and stains, an attractive and an extremely rare usage of the Third issue from Sudanese town of Wadi Halfa, apparently unique.Provenance: Peter Smith
500.040.004: Egypt. The Classic Issues. 1866 First issues (SG 1-7)
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