£220
NILE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, SOUDAN CONCESSION RATE - THE "SOUDAN" OVERPRINT EGYPT 5m RED ENVELOPE: 23 Feb. 1898 use of this scarce env. to Gibraltar cancelled by a fine strike of the "TRAVELLING POST OFFICE/S.P.S." cds. Endorsed at the bottom left "Nile Expeditionary Force, Soudan" and countersigned by Col. Thompson, for the Soldier's Concession Rate, for Private W Allum H Coy. 1st Camerons. Unusual destination. Ex Firebrace & illustrated in "19th Century Wars", p.178. Scarce thus. Cross Reference: EGYPT, GIBRALTAR, POSTAL STATIONERY, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES
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