There are currently eight different official seal types known from Sudan. Covers with Sudanese seals are infrequently seen.
Catalog: Drummond OS2
Date issued: 1929, EKU April 4, 1929
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "SUDAN / FOUND / OPEN. / OFFICIALLY / SEALED." with thick outer border and rectangle at center
Control Number: "Pmr. No. 29 / 1929" inside upper right frame line
Description: Battered 1929 cover sent unpaid from Scarpanto, Greece (now called Kárpathos) and reclosed at right edge with a Sudan 1929 issue seal. A vertical strip of three violet and blue green 10 milliemes "Steamboat on Nile River" postage dues were applied at Khartoum.
Lone recorded use of this seal on cover.
Catalog: Drummond OS7
Date issued: Unknown, EKU 1957
Printing: Black
Perforation: Die cut
Inscription: Bilingual Arabic/English "SUDAN / FOUND / OPEN / OFFICIALLY / SECURED" with circle in center for postmark and thick outer frame line
Control Number: "Pmr. No. 29" at upper right inside frame line
Description: Mangled circa 1957 metered cover from Berlin, East Germany to Khartoum, repaired with five Sudanese official seals.
This is also the only reported use to date of this seal.
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by T. Hirn
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Updated April 27, 2008