There are currently eleven different official seal types known from Sudan. Covers with Sudanese seals are infrequently seen.
Catalog: Unlisted
Date issued: Unknown, EKU June 8, 1924
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "SUDAN / FOUND / OPEN. / OFFICIALLY / SEALED." with thick outer border and rectangle at center
Control Number: "Pmr. No. 29" inside frame line at upper right
Description: Registered 1924 cover from Khartoum, Sudan to Budva, Yugoslavia secured on reverse with single Sudanese officially sealed label. Seal tied by elliptical Khartoum 8 Jun 1924 registry datestamp.
The only recorded use of this uncataloged seal on cover.
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.
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by T. Hirn
E-mail:thirn@poseal.com
Updated February 9, 2013