Lot 27
1925 Experimental Airmail Service group ‡








The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1925 Experimental Airmail Service. 12 Feb from England, failed to connect with the service; 5 Mar with full Airmail set from Mossel Bay; 5 Mar Cape Town - Durban; 5 Mar England to Graaf Reinet, flown Cape Town to Port Elizabeth via Oudtshoorn; 5 Mar Malvern to East London; 7 Mar Oudtshoorn to England, signed by pilot W.H. Burger; 9 Mar East London to Pretoria, the franking not including the required Union definitive stamp, but untaxed; May 23 Cape Town to East London; June 11 Durban to Sussex; June 11 Durban to Cape Town. Only the first and the last without the special airmail cachet; a good group








