SUDAN

Ref: 13256
  • £275.00

1918 5m stationery envelope addressed to London cancelled 'KHARTOUM' c.d.s. '24 MR 18' Boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER' struck in violet. Carried on the S.S. Kingstonian which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-68 on 11th April. She was towed into Sardinia. After leaving Sardinia she was torpedoed again by the U-48 and was sunk.