U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 17-18, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #488 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Flight Covers 1931 Scadta, registered and flown cover from Sydney, 14.9.31, mixed franking with Colombian stamps via San Francisco, Atlanta and Miami to Cali, Colombia, with 14.X. Barranquilla and 17.X. Cali arrival pmks, fine and very rare Scadta cover from Australia  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #489 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian 1p and Queensland 1p red, Cairo leg, where Egyptian stamps were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings on back, signed by Mrs. Bonney, fine (in the 1930s Lores Bonney created aviation history by being the first woman to fly around Australia, the first to fly from Australia to England and the first to fly from Australia to South Africa. Until recently her accomplishments have never received the recognition they deserve. In 1932 she set an Australian distance record for a woman by flying from Brisbane to her family's home in Wangaratta, Victoria. Later that year, she gained her "A" class commercial pilot's license and became the first airwoman to circumnavigate Australia. In 1933 Bonney flew her De Havilland DH 60 Moth, affectionately named "My Little Ship"', from Australia to England, becoming the first woman to do so. Although not widely acclaimed in Australia she received an M | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #490 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian 1p and Queensland 1p red, Akyab leg, where Burma adhesives were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings on back, signed by Mrs. Bonney, v.f. (in the 1930s Lores Bonney created aviation history by being the first woman to fly around Australia, the first to fly from Australia to England and the first to fly from Australia to South Africa. Until recently her accomplishments have never received the recognition they deserve. In 1932 she set an Australian distance record for a woman by flying from Brisbane to her family's home in Wangaratta, Victoria. Later that year, she gained her "A" class commercial pilot's license and became the first airwoman to circumnavigate Australia. In 1933 Bonney flew her De Havilland DH 60 Moth, affectionately named "My Little Ship"', from Australia to England, becoming the first woman to do so. Although not widely acclaimed in Australia she received an M | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #491 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian 1p and Queensland 1p red, Bushire leg, where Iranian stamps were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings (including Bangkok transits) on back, also signed by Mrs. Bonney, v.f., rare (in the 1930s Lores Bonney created aviation history by being the first woman to fly around Australia, the first to fly from Australia to England and the first to fly from Australia to South Africa. Until recently her accomplishments have never received the recognition they deserve. In 1932 she set an Australian distance record for a woman by flying from Brisbane to her family's home in Wangaratta, Victoria. Later that year, she gained her "A" class commercial pilot's license and became the first airwoman to circumnavigate Australia. In 1933 Bonney flew her De Havilland DH 60 Moth, affectionately named "My Little Ship"', from Australia to England, becoming the first woman to do so. Although not widely | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #492 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian 1/2p (2), 3p and Queensland 1p red, Delhi leg, where Indian adhesives were added and cancelled by 12 May 1935 datestamp, return flight to Australia, with appropriate cachet (on both sides) and additional markings on back, signed by Mrs. Bonney, v.f. (in the 1930s Lores Bonney created aviation history by being the first woman to fly around Australia, the first to fly from Australia to England and the first to fly from Australia to South Africa. Until recently her accomplishments have never received the recognition they deserve. In 1932 she set an Australian distance record for a woman by flying from Brisbane to her family's home in Wangaratta, Victoria. Later that year, she gained her "A" class commercial pilot's license and became the first airwoman to circumnavigate Australia. In 1933 Bonney flew her De Havilland DH 60 Moth, affectionately named "My Little Ship"', from Australia to England, becoming the firs | Price Realized $475.00 |
