Lot 50
1932-7 Imperial Airways small group ‡






The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1932 (Jan. 20th) London - Cape Town first regular Imperial Airways service cover from London with receiving backstamp, and a circular letter extolling the virtues of the new service; 1937 (Jun. 29th) England to South Africa use of the Post Office pamphlet explaining the Empire Air Mail scheme on the first flight under the scheme, bearing two GB 1½d Coronation stamps and a label, probably one of six; and a cover to Durban from the same flight, signed by the Pilot and First Officer. A good Imperial Airways group






