SOUTH AFRICA 1926 SGO3 Official digital-edition 1953 (4 Aug) OHMS airmail

1953 (4 Aug) OHMS airmail cover from Pretoria to Amsterdam

Very rare in unused condition

Very fine used horizontal strip of three

1841 and a London arrival datestamp for the following day

SOUTH AFRICA 1926 SGO3 Official digital-edition 1953 (4 Aug) OHMS airmailOfficial. 1926 (1 Dec) "Set 2" (= 1927 issue) 1d "grey black and carmine", SG type O1 opt on Pretoria ptg, group of four positional blocks of 4, respectively upper left, upper right, right marginal with arrow, and lower right corner ("control"), fresh o. g. Odd minor bends and blemishes (arrow block with trimmed margin), still a splendid group, very difficult to assemble as this issue was not on sale to collectors, with the "control" block especially