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In 1881: U.S. President Garfield and Tsar Alexander II assassinated, Mahdi leads pan-Islamic
rebellion, first pogroms in Russia, Barnam and Bailey Circus formed after merger.
At the PSL: Former President Sir Daniel Cooper unanimously elected as Honorary Member,
Vice President de Ysasi killed in Blackburn railway disaster, dealers admitted as full members
PSL President was Judge F. A. Philbrick. Membership stood at 35.
ONE OF ONLY TWO CONFIRMED COVERS FROM
THE EGYPTIAN POST OFFICE AT SENHIT
From the collection of Sherif El Kerdani.
Member since 2014. Lives in Egypt.
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In the sleepy bushland town of Senhit in Egyptian occupied Eritrea, stood a small Egyptian post office
that received neither stamps nor handstamps during its short life of 7 years; 1877-1883. This letter
had been posted there, the Arabic in the red oval reads "From Senhit near Massawa", it was
dispatched to the port of Massawa - how and when is anybody's guess - where it was taxed 2
piastres, then shipped to Suez and finally overland to Cairo. Backstamps indicate a date of 1881.
