U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 7-8, 2019
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2736 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1925 (13 May) Flying Boat (Sesto Calende-Australia-Philippines-China-Japan-Rome), Calcutta to Melbourne leg, right half of the envelope franked with 2x1a brown, with red "Italian Consul General's (Melbourne) letter of 12-11-25 / No. 750/11 Calcutta to Melbourne by Seaplane, 13/5/25" cachet, violet "Italian World Air Flight" cachet on back, v.f. Commander Francesco de Pinedo and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli left Rome in a S.I.A.I. Savoia flying boat "Gennarielio". A private mail of 51 letters to Melbourne, was prepared by his sponsors, the Calcutta Philatelic Club. Due to a disagreement (the Stamp Club of Calcutta refused to pay to De Pinedo 20 rupees per bag for charity for orphans of the aviators), de Pinedo cut off the section of each cover that showed his signature. The envelopes were delivered to the Italian consulate in Melbourne who affixed a stamp on each envelope in red on three lines. A fine aviation item, with 1992 Diena and 1998 Longhi certificates (Sass.GP7, cat. Euro 2,750)  | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #2737 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1936 "City of Khartoum" crash cover from Great Britain to Calcutta, franked with Great Britain 6p, the plane was in Delhi and about to leave for Calcutta when it burst into flames, fine | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #2738 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian and Queensland adhesives, Delhi leg, where Indian stamps were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings on back, also signed by Mrs. Bonney, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine and scarce (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) | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2739 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian and Queensland adhesives, Delhi leg, where Indian stamps were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings on back, also signed by Mrs. Bonney, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine and scarce | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2740 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers 1937 First Solo flight from Brisbane to Capetown by Mrs. H.B. Bonney, cover franked with Australian and Queensland adhesives, Karachi leg, where Indian stamps were added and cancelled by cds, appropriate cachet and additional markings on back, also signed by Mrs. Bonney, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine and scarce | Price Realized $350.00 |
