Sudan Army Officials

Good news, then: Gibbons does list the AS punctures these days.

The 2 Mil is SG A18, cat. 70p used; the 5 Mil is AG A20, cat. 50p used

Great info Plateflaw

The "SOUDAN' overprint: Gibbons cautions that 'Numerous forgeries exist ...', and that there are also unauthorised reprints.

Thanks Tony,

Guess forgers were around early on; but since these particular books were my grandfathers, and haven't seen the light of day since he last worked on them in the late 20's (based on stamp ages) possibly the 30s... I'll take a chance they'd be real. And, I guess some collect forgeries?

Barb

Barb, you can't take very much for granted in the world of stamps, and age is no guarantee that a stamp is genuine.

I was doing some digging around among the forgeries of the Bundi Sacred Cows



the other day. They were issued between 1914 and 1941. I found a note to the effect that some new issue supplies sent to Gibbons in 1920 from the Bundi Post Office itself contained forgeries of the then current issues.

It gets far worse, though. Supplies of these Jammu & Kashmir Circulars



again, from the State Post Office, in the 1880s were found to contain forgeries of recently superseded issues.

When you can't even trust the Post Office ...

I'll be happy to have you "expertise" my stamps any day. :)
(or at least tell me if I should get something expertised.
I stand in awe of the collective knowledge here.

Rummaging in my bookshelf, I found this summary of the six genuine types of SOUDAN overprint in my old 1980 Bridger & Kay Commonwealth Five Reigns Catalogue. It might help you to at least work out if your copy has a genuine overprint or not:



The catalogue also lists and prices the Sudan Military Telegraphs sets of 1897, 1898 and 1899-1901. Anyone interested in a scan?

That's impressive information Tony,

Yes, May I have a Scan please :)

Yes, absolutely. My only listing of the Sudan telegraphs is Byrum, so something else would be nice to have, either as confirmation or correction.

And now, for the first silly question of the new week, is a 1980 Bridger & Kay Commonwealth Five Reigns Catalogue worth seeking out? Sounds enticing...

Perfin? Puncture?
"... a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet."

Please do send me a scan too. Thanks.

Due to overwhelming demand, we present, ladies & gentlemen, the Bridge & Kay Commonwealth Five Reigns 1980 Catalogue Sudan Military Telegraphs listing:



V7/V13 are the 5 Mil to 10 Piastre SOUDAN overprints on Egypt.

Cjd, the 1980 was the last edition of the catalogue. Apparently, the publishers have no intention of updating it. The coverage is patchy: you don't get all five reigns for everywhere. India, for example starts with Edward VII, and doesn't include the Indian States at all That said, it is always handy to have someone else's view of things. I've no idea what they sell for these days, but as long as the price was fairly modest, I'd go for it.

Yes indeed
you can call them holes if you wish.