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1932 (Oct 12) England-Australia #284 intermediate cover carried after arrival at Darwin endorsed 'ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA FLIGHT/BY COURTESY OF/JACQUES HEBERT ESQ' and 'Darwin..Brisbane' signed JR Hebert on face franked with Kingsford Smith 2d red tied 'BRISBANE/12DE32/QUEENSLAND' on arrival, Cat $750. [12 flown on this leg; Jacques Hebert was the first Canadian to fly from England to Australia; his DH60M Moth crashed at Cloncurry on Dec 10 and he carried these covers on a QANTAS flight to Brisbane where they were posted]