Lot 115
1913-24 2/6d to £1 high values display collection balance ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1913-24 high values on display pages. 2/6d four mint singles, shades, one with minor vignette shift; all four Plate pairs (upper left pair with one stamp having a bend, upper right pair creased) and used minor varieties. 5/- mint example, used with a fine array of shades including three blocks and a pretty good ‘New Moon’, also a partial frame offset example (blunt corner). 10/- two large part o.g. examples and a toned third; used including a minor vignette shift, and a pretty fiscally-used block of six. £1 green and red mint, the gum a little toned, which is not mentioned on Sismondo Certificate (2002); used examples at Oudtshoorn and Cape Town (two, one with scratch above right value tablet), another used with frame affected; SWA single SPECIMEN with damaged upper left corner, and a bizarre horizontal pair with Johannesburg Parcel cancels, rebacked with parts of ½d and 1d stamps and then further provided with inverted watermarks. Some faults as noted but a useful group. SG 14-17, SAH 12-14
