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1920 (Aug 10) Melbourne-Hamilton #48 cover carried by Capt EW Leggatt of Aviation Ltd for "Herald & Weekly Times" with KGV 1½d brown and fine example of brown "Herald/Air Mail" label (Frommer #3a) affixed alongside both tied by 'HAMILTON/2/11AU20/VIC' arrival datestamp, a storm having forced the plane down at Willaura with flight completed the next day, Cat $1800. [Eustis states approx 700 items flown but that "...only about 50 covers now exist"; it appears the number surviving is significantly less with many scrapped for the label; a postcard with label not tied sold at the Prestige Auction of 18 Nov 2006 for $2070]