Lot 54
1934 (Mar. 8th, Apr. 10th) pair of covers ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1934 (Mar. 8th and Apr. 10th) pair of registered covers. The first a Wyndham Royal Tour cover to Blantyre with 1929 Air pair, Tour cancels of 7 III and registration cachet; straight-line FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL in violet and S. RHODESIA/ NYASALAND in black, signed by all three pilots. The second an ‘Accelerated Schedule’ cover from Cape Town to Hampshire, AN 162 to Croydon, signed Caspareuthus, delayed by engine trouble at Victoria West; flown to Brindisi, thence by rail to Paris and by surface to Hampshire via Croydon

