Lorres Bonney (1897-1994), a.k.a. Mrs. H.B. Bonney, wife of a wealthy Brisbane leather manufacturer, was the first Australian woman to gain a pilot’s licence in Australia and was issued with No.17. She took up flying in 1930 because, “I was a golf widow every weekend, and the aerodrome was right next to the golf course. After initial flying training at Eagle Farm, Queensland with Charles Matherson, she went on to
The On Public Service cover has the red 1d Tasmania pictorial of Mount Wellington stamp cancelled by a HOBART/ S/ AU 20/ 1902/ TASMANIA cancel. It is addressed to The Manager, New Sun Typewriter Co., 239 Broadway, New York (Figure 1). The first practical typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, and was marketed by the Remington Arms Company in 1873. Lee Burridge was an inventive genius and manufacturer, but still maybe
The cover was addressed to Josiah Wigglesworth Esq., Woolstapler, Near Railway Station, Halifax Yorkshire, England, and there were two other manuscripts: Via Australasian and ‘Paid’. The imperforate orange-yellow 6d ‘wood block’ Victoria stamp had an indistinct barred numeral ‘1′ of Melbourne (Figure 1). The reverse had two back-stamps, MELBOURNE/ JU 15/ 58 and a reception B/ HALIFAX/ AU 13/ (- – ) (Figure 2). The Australasian was one of the European & Australian Royal
An inwards piece of mail was addressed to John Drummond Esq, Naval Officer, Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land. There was a red PAID SHIP LETTER/ [Crown]/ 7 MR 7/ 1818/ LONDON postmark, as well as a manuscript ‘1/9′ in red paying the single rate to N.S.W. The entire’s letter was headed ‘Enfield Highway 5th 1818′. The vendor stated that it was the second earliest inwards mail to Tasmania, and an estimate
Three entires were found addressed to James Denham Pinnock over a period of 1847-1851, in his capacity as a public servant serving in two different roles in Melbourne. The first dated was addressed to him as the Deputy Registrar General, Supreme Court, Melbourne, Port Philip (sic) in July 1847. The front had a black rectangular boxed ‘JERRRYS PLAINS/ FREE’ and the ‘FREE’ was black-inked out with a wavy line and
Three covers sent to the above were found on eBay on the same day and in dated order they were as follows: The first cover was postmarked with a duplex GEELONG/ 3H/ JA 31/ 72 with a BN ‘2′ obliterator on the 2d lilac Victoria stamp, as well as an unframed reception postmark of ANAKIE/ JA 31/ 72/ VICTORIA (the same day delivery is not surprising as the 2 towns
An Uncommon Use of a Strip of Five KGV Redheads: The registered cover from Brisbane to the USA had the uncommon use of a strip of 5 KGV 1d redheads and a single ½d green KGV head (A.S.C. 56) to make up the 5½d rate. Although some of the stamps are partially obscured, it would appear that none have varieties and thus they could be plated from Plate 6 (56-60),
I always associated the name Carnegie with a very rich man who donated a lot of money to fund the Carnegie Hall in New York, where my wife and I sat in the top tier listening to wonderful classical music. There were times whilst climbing a mountain of steps to our seat, I felt that an oxygen cylinder would have been handy. The cover with the printed red oval 2½d
This Western Australian Post Card has the Postage One Penny blue ‘Swan’ stamp posmarked with the duplex TOWN HALL FREMANTLE/ 6/ SP 23/ 98/ W.A. with the obliterator P.O cancelling the stamp. It is addressed to H. Mucke (sic) Esq., “German” Imperial Consulate, Adelaide, S.A. (Figure 1). The reverse has two transit postmarks, FREMANTLE 3/ SP 23/ 98/ W.A. and SHIP MAIL ROOM/ 3/ SP 23/ PERTH/ W.A and a
This cover was sent from Victoria by air mail with a the 65 cents yellow faced whip snake (issued in 1982) to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, The Grand Palace, Na Phia Lan Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand, and the reverse was not seen (Figure 1). Bhumibol was born in Cambridge, Mass. on December 3, 1927, the only Thai monarch to be born overseas. After a short time