Lot 134
1924 ½d and 1d De La Rue essays ‡




The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1924 ½d and 1d De La Rue essays, each stamp-sized on surfaced card with surrounds 3-8mm. Close to the finished designs; usually described as photographic but believed to be lithographed. A very rare pair, with one other of each in Government archives. Eichele Certificate (2014), ‘highly interesting and important’
Footnote
Ex Robson Lowe 1976 Africana auction and Hagger




