Lot 170
1927 Pretoria 6d vignette shift and variety blocks mint ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1927 Pretoria 6d mint blocks. Upper marginal block of three pairs, showing a good shift of the green vignette to the right, partially superimposed on the frame and leaving white oranges, large part o.g., fine save perforations between the lower pair splitting and reinforced. Also marginal blocks, each with one pair large part o.g. and the other unmounted; lower left corner block showing two instances of missing perf holes (listed as vertical pairs in the Handbook); upper right corner block with extra perf holes in the right selvedge, watermark inverted; and marginal block of four, lower right stamp with R4/12 white ‘ball’ in spandrel. SG 32, w, SAH 35 v1, v5, v7

