Sudan

Sudan is the country south of Egypt, formerly a British colony.

 File:Sudan 2m ovpt.jpg|1898 2 millieme first issue File:Sudan 1m rider first.jpg|1898 1m camel and rider File:Sudan 5m AIR MAIL.jpg|1931 5m AIR MAIL overprint File:Sudan Gordon 10pi.jpg|1935 10pi Gen Gordon File:Sudan 3pi bicolor.jpg|1940 3pi value 
 * Beginning in 1867, British post offices were opened using Egyptian stamps.
 * In 1897, contemporary Egyptian stamps were overprinted bilingually with SOUDAN. There are six different varieties of the overprint, enabling identification of forged overprints.
 * In 1898, the camel and rider stamps were first issued on rosette watermarked paper.
 * In 1902-21, the camel and rider design was issued in new colors on multiple star and crescent watermarked paper.
 * In 1903, the 5 piaster value was surcharged 5 Milliemes.
 * In 1921-23, small versions of the previous design were issued.
 * In 1927-41, the camel and rider design was reissued on multiple SG watermarked paper. To low values to 15m are in the small size.
 * In 1931, three contemporary definitives were overprinted AIR MAIL.

 File:Sudan 4.5m airmail.jpg|1931 4½pi airmail File:Sudan 5pi on10pi air.jpg|1935 5pi on 10pi surcharged airmail File:Sudan 5m on 10m.jpg|1940 5m on 5pi surcharge; there are varieites of the arabic inscription File:Sudan 10m oasis.jpg|1941 definitive. File:Sudan 3m 1948.jpg|1948 3m value; note inscription and frame shading File:Sudan 10mm legis.jpg|1948 10m legislative assemby File:Sudan 3pi waterwheel air.jpg|1950 3pi airmail File:Sudan 3m giraffe.jpg|1951 3m giraffe definitive File:Sudan 5pi farmers.jpg|1951 5pi farmers definitive 
 * In 1931-35, new airmails were issued, showing the statue of C.G. Gordon with an airplane in the background. These are perf 14. In 1936-37, most of the 1931-35 airmails were reissued in perf 11½x12½.
 * In 1932, a 2½m on 2p surcharge with 'AIR MAIL was issued.
 * In 1935, a Gen. C.G. Gordon commemorative set was released.
 * In 1935, airmails were surcharged in new values, bilingually.
 * 1940 saw three surcharges issued.
 * In 1941, definitives showing anoasis were issued, once again with values up to the 15 value in a small size.
 * In 1948, the camel and rider designs was once again used. Again, the low values to 15m were in a small sie. Inscriptions are different and the lines in the frame sides are widely spaced.
 * In 1950, pictorial airmails were issued.
 * In 1951 a pictorial series of definitives was issued.

Independent nation
Sudan became independent in January 1956.  File:Sudan 4p medicine.jpg|1974 4pi Faculty of Medicine 
 * Its first stamps depicted a map and arms, issued in Spetember 1956.
 * Various commemoratives followed including Arab League omnibus issues.
 * In 1962, a pictorial definitive series was issued on watermarked paper. most values were reissued in 1975-79 on unwatermarked paper.
 * In mid-1973, inscriptions were changed to D.R. SUDAN (Democratic Republic of Sudan).
 * In October 1977, inscriptions returned to just SUDAN.