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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 first woman to do so. Although not widely acclaimed in Australia she received an MBE for this feat in 1934. In 1937 she flew a Klemm 32, named "My Little Ship II", overland from Australia to South Africa, where she was presented with pilot's wings by their Air Force command. Lores Bonney's stopped flying in 1939. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 1991)
Estimate: $500