Large Camel 1917: 3 m. reddish purple postal card, uprated with
1921 2 m. green & brown and 5 m. scarlet & black (faults), used
from
Large Camel 1917: 3 m. reddish purple postal card, uprated with
1921 2 m. green & brown and 5 m. scarlet & black (faults), used
from Western Darfur to North Wales, England, redirected to Devon,
dated 17 October 1921 (location & date on reverse note), cancelled
by a retta diamond dumb mark in black, with a "EL FASHER" circular
transit mark in black dated 28 October 1921, as well as a "MAERDY"
Welsh cds dated 1 December 1921.Creasing in lower portion and a
mild bend between the two adhesives, otherwise fine. An uncommon
card sent at the 10 m. foreign rate for postcards. Scarce card and
rare used. Note: It has been speculated that this card comes from
not overprinted remainders of the overprinted 3 m. cards issued in
1907. However, the colour and shade are very different from this
issue and from the De La Rue printing records we know that
printings of 3 m. cards were invoiced in November 1916, December
1917, November 1918 (2) and finally December 1919, but the colour
is not mentioned. It is most likely that this was issued in 1917
