Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Sudan

Monday, March 1, 1897.


Sudan Scott #1
Watermark 119, cresent and star
Watermark 119, cresent & star

Perforated 14, watermark 119 (cresent & star), typographed.


Printed by De La Rue & Co., London.
Egyptian stamps of 1884 - 93 overprinted in black.
Description # printed # issued Scott # S.G. #
1 millieme brown ? ? 1 1
2 milliemes green ? ? 2 3
3 milliemes orange ? ? 3 4
5 milliemes carmine rose ? ? 4 5
1 piaster ultra ? ? 5 1
2 piasters orange brown ? ? 6 7
5 piasters gray ? ? 7 8
10 piasters violet ? ? 8 9

All issue quantities are approximate.
Counterfeits are plentiful.

Information researched and collected by Nick Blackburn.

Sources:
Leon Balian, Stamps of Egypt, 1998, Heliopolis, Egypt
Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, 1976
Stanley Gibbons, Stamps of the World, 1998

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