Lot 58
1937 (Jul. 4th) Empire Air Mail Scheme covers ‡

The Moody Tidwell Collection of South Africa, with Important Pioneer Airmails | S26032
Auction: 17 December 2026, 10:00 GMT
Description
1937 (Jul. 4th) Empire Air Mail Scheme. Cover to England with 1½d Coronation (the new rate) with Durban machine cancel, aircraft R.M.A. Corsair, signed by the pilot H.W.C. Alger; and a Zanzibar cover with 20c Jubilee (equivalent to 1½d) to Dar-es-Salaam, with boxed POST OFFICE, ZANZIBAR/ EMPIRE AIRMAIL/ (SOUTH BOUND)/ FIRST FLIGHT COVER/ 3rd July, 1937. Fold and faint foxing affecting a few perfs

