Lot 159
1927 Pretoria 1d perforation varieties and misperforated blocks ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1927 Pretoria 1d perforation varieties, mint. Marginal block of four with a second and third strike of the perforation head in the selvedge, resulting in a single extra column of oval perf holes; block of six (3 x 2) displaying broken perf pins; lower marginal block of (about!) three and a half pairs, grossly misperforated through the centre of the stamps; corner block of twelve pairs with diagonal misperforation in the selvedge at upper right, with considerable splitting. Also five misperfed blocks and two pairs with double strikes, misplacements, diagonal perfs due to paper folds and in one case not due to a paper fold, including a marginal block of twenty (2 x 10) with a double strike of the comb at right. Mixed condition but a good group. SG 31
