Lot 229
1930-4 1d Type I Issues 4-7a collection ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1930-4 1d Type I Issues 4-7a, mainly mint, on seventeen display pages, well written up. Issues 4-6 with Issue 4 multipositive varieties, a block apparently described by Hagger as a candidate for Issue 4b, an Issue 5 1d on torn paper used on commercial cover, Issue 5 corner blocks, Issue 6 plate and printing flaws including strong maroon shades, blurred frames and vignettes, staggered perforations, a corner block with heavy pink wash due to improper cleaning, and some revenue uses. Issue 7 top arrow pair, right arrow block and lower arrow block, the latter with faults; Issue 7a all four arrow blocks, very scarce, the right arrow block thinned; four corner blocks of nine (each 3 x 3), the upper right block with serial number 0005; range of constant and non-constant varieties, including blurred vignettes and frames. Also two Issue 7 vertical pairs with partial printing of frame, one affecting both stamps, the other an even more extreme state affecting the lower stamp and just the upper, which is badly torn, and an unused single with watermark upright missing vignette (some soiling, not guaranteed and offered on its limited merits). A very difficult group. SG 43, 43cwa, SAH 37Bv20
