- £275.00
Sudan. (East Africa Campaign - Egypt). 1941. Air Mail envelope written from 'On The Water - En Route For ?' addressed to 'Miss Evelyne Husseuet, Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo' endorsed 'On Active Service' bearing Sudan SG 41, 5m olive and black and SG 45, 15m ultramarine and chestnut (pair) tied by Shellala - Halfa/ T.P.O./ No 1' date stamp '21st JAN 41', carried by Air Mail with bilingual 'By Air Mail/ Par Avion' label with circular 'Deputy Chief Field Censor' in violet on face with Heliopolis receiver on reverse '23rd Jan'.
The East Africa Campaign was fought in East Africa by the British Empire against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa between June 1940 and November 1941.
Captain Maxwell Setton served in the Sudan and was part of East Africa Force advancing into Eritrea and Ethiopia. Later becoming Deputy Censor in Benghazi and Cyrenaica as part of the 'Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and later Chief Censor in Asmara, Eritrea.
Lovely cover and 4 page letter text in English and French from Maxwell Setton to his sweetheart in Egypt. After the war Captain Setton produced more than 15 hit films in Hollywood.
