Lot 333
1947-8 ½d collection including the cross-hatched Issues 15, 15A and 16 ‡
The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1947-8 ½d collection on thirty-six display pages, fully written up. The cross-hatched issues with the scarce Issue 15 represented by a top arrow block of eight, this being poor, and a sheet number block, this also with faults; the even scarcer Issue 15A with the left arrow block and a marginal block of four pairs from R15-18/1-2, the former with trivial gum disturbance and the latter with two small, light foxed spots on reverse; Issue 16 with left and right arrow blocks, each no gum, and a lower arrow block with other pairs and multiples, including a blurry upper marginal pair claimed as a ‘double print’. Issues 16A to 18 with all arrow blocks of four, plus a number of larger arrow blocks, many other control pieces and plate varieties including ‘Bush tick and fly on nose’; includes a complete sheet of Issue 17 (selvedge damage, and a few bends but would break up nicely). Needs to be viewed to be fully appreciated. SG 114, SAH 44C, CA, CB
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