Lot 141
1926 London imperforate Plate Proof blocks and pairs ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1926 imperforate Plate Proofs. Blocks of the ½d and 1d in red and black, the upper right stamp in the ½d block with a surface thin; the 1d block lower marginal, with a tear in the margin and creased, nonetheless of considerable interest because it bears the Waterlow reference number E489 in manuscript, which was applied to the top sheet on despatch. Also pairs of the ½d in red and black, 1d in green and orange and 6d in dark green and red, and marginal pairs of the 1d in green and red and 6d in dark green and red, the latter two with partial handstamps identified as originating with G.R. Banes, Director of Stores and Shipping at the Office of the High Commissioner in London, which enables identification as London prints despite the poor definition. All on card stock save the 1d green and orange pair, which is on thin wove paper, the left stamp thinned. SG 30-2
