Sudapost
Who We Are
A Sudanese establishment with legal entity, Sudapost was chosen as a key national operator of postal services in the Sudan to succeed the National Post and Telegraph Corporation. Sudapost represents Sudan in the membership of UNIPF, within which Sudan assumes important positions in its galleries, we also represent Sudan in the membership of the Arab Permanent Postal Commission of the League of the Arab States and the African Postal Union. In addition to posing itself as a national operator and provider of professional postal services in the Sudan that is concerned with providing and promoting the postal service industry. Accordingly, the mandates and purposes of Sudapost vary and extend for all types and levels of postal service whether it be postal, government, financial, logistical, technical, social, cultural, investment, economical, traditional or innovative. Sudapost is owned by the Sudanese Social Security Association through the Social Security Investment Organ.
SUDAN POST HISTORY
1867
The first post offices to be opened in Sudan were in 1867 at Suakin and Wadi Halfa; in 1873 at Dongola, Berber and Khartoum; and in 1877 at Sennar, Karkouk, Fazoglu, Elkedaref, El Obeid, Al-Fasher. The Mahdist revolt, which began in 1881, resulted in all Egyptian post offices being closed by 1884. It culminated in the fall of Khartoum and the death of the British governor General Gordon (Gordon of Khartoum) in 1885. The Egyptians and British withdrew their forces from Sudan and the country was left with no postal service until the reconquest of Sudan began in 1896. When the campaign started in March 1896, postal service was made available to the troops but no stamps were used.
Read MoreFirst stamps used
1897
Until the issue of Sudan stamps in 1897 the available stamps were Egyptian stamps. The amount of mail was small and only a few stamps were used. Between March and July 1885 2½d and 5d British postage stamps were used in Suakin. Indian stamps are also known to have been used in the same area, postmarked Sawakin or Souakin, between 1884 and 1899.
Read MoreThe Camel issue
1898
On 1 March 1898 the so-called “Camel” or “Desert Postman” stamps, printed by Thos De La Rue & Co were issued. The design of the stamps is based on an original sketch by Colonel E S Stanton C M G who produced it at the request of Sir Herbert Kitchener. This design continued to be used by Sudan for its definitive stamps until 1948.
Read MorePostal stationery
1908
The first items of postal stationery to be issued for the Sudan were postcards, post paid envelopes and letter sheets in 1887 and newspaper wrappers in 1898. These were produced by overprinting Egyptian postal stationery. Registration envelopes were first issued in 1908 and aerogrammes were first issued in 1951.
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