Lot 120
1922 De La Rue competition essay for 1/- value ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1922 competition De La Rue photographic essay for a 1/- value (28 x 21½mm) mounted on card (110 x 80mm). The frame in brown, the vignette in sepia with a ‘charcoal’ effect, depicting a scene from the Drakensbergs. Lettered ‘G’ in upper left corner and dated 6th Sept 22 in upper right corner. The card with some creasing and light toned spots, not affecting the proof, one of two in private hands
Footnote
Ex De Villiers and Penmaen

