U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #132 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1927-1931 two covers and one card, all addressed to Hungary, including First Airmail from Shore to Steamer U.S.S. Leviathan, 1930 Catapult cover via S.S. "Europa" to Debrecen, with Vienna and Berlin transits, Debrecen (24 Sep) arrival, plus 1931 "Justice for Hungary" flown card from Flint, Michigan, with pre-printed bilingual cachet `(in July, 1931, newspapers all over the world reported on the front page that two Hungarian pilots, Alexander Magyar and George Endresz crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Hungary in a Lockheed-Sirius airplane named "Justice for Hungary." The flight was intended to call attention to the dismemberment of Hungary after World War I. It was a spectacular success. On July 15, 1931, the trans-Oceanic flight left Harbor-Grace for Budapest on a non-stop flight of twenty-six hours. The historic flight took 26 hours and 20 minutes (Charles Lindbergh's flight in 1927 took six hours longer) and marked the first time that an airplane crossing the ocean had radio contact both  | Price Realized $300.00 |
