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Hi,

I have these nice british Sudan telegraph stamps to sell but I have absolutely no idea of their possible value.
I have only find them in Robson Lowe Encyclopedia, but it is a bit old.

The second one is watermarked "rosette" (the first print) while all the following others are watermarked with the star and crescent :





Thanks for having a look.

Matt

The very first stamp is not telegraph

It is an Egyptian stamp ... overprinted " Sudan" to be used in Sudan

the others are Telegraph stamp ... but I know little about ...

If you look well, the first stamp is overprinted TEL

I think the first stamp may be listed as No 6 in Hiscocks' catalogue. It was valued at £2, used, in 1980.
The remaining stamps were typo'd by de la Rue and issued in 1898. In March an issue with a rosette watermark (5 mil, 1,2,5 para) was followed by an issue with multiple star and crescent w/m in October (5 mil/1/2/5/10/25 para). Whole stamps are worth 4x half stamps and the price was between £1 and £3 for mint stamps, £2 - £10, used. There was also another single 10 para stamp issued in June with just 4 star and crescents as the w/m. This is by far the rarest stamp and cat was £30 mint, £40 used.

nb Your 5 mil with pale blue border should have the star and crescent w/m.

you are correct ... didn't see it the first time .. sorry

by the way : are there any Egyptian Telegraph Stamps ?

Nasr

I'm not aware of any.