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Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) Closed

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Lot 276AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 30 July 1920 (AAMC.47) Melbourne - Traralgon cover, flown by Captain E.W. Leggett for "The Herald & Weekly Times"; with special purple of yellow "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette attractively tied on the front of the envelope which also bears a Victorian 1½d adhesive + Queensland ½d  tied on arrival at Traralgon. [Of 266 items reported to have been flown, very few appear to have survived]. Provenance: Tom Frommer  Air Mail Labels & Vingettes 1920 - 19

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$2,200 (3 bids)
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,000

Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) Closed

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  • AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 30 July 1920 (AAMC.47) Melbourne - Traralgon cover, flown by Captain E.W. Leggett for "The Herald & Weekly Times"; with special purple of yellow "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette attractively tied on the front