George Endresz and Alexander Magyar "Justice for Hungary" Flight 1931 (15 July): Cover endorsed "Via Monoplane Justice for Hungary", with corresponding Hungarian cachet and Budapest (July 16) arrival pmk, franked with $1 Air Post, with three-line cachet applied in Hungary. Cover was refused at Harbour Grace and handed over by the crew in Budapest, where the various cachets were applied. In addition two specially prepared postcards from Flint, Michigan (May 14) with similar green cachets #AAMC FF-44. The non-stop flight did leave Harbour Grace July 25 and took 26 hours and 20 minutes covering 5770 kilometers in total. Due to unfavorable weather conditions, the fliers were forced to make a number of bypasses resulting in their fuel running out earlier than planned. As a consequence, they were unable to land as planned on the outskirts of Budapest where thousands were awaiting them. Instead, they were forced to touch down 25 kilometers short, in a cornfield close to Bicske in Feher County (Image)
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1862/1947: Assortment with 1862/64 2 d., 5 d. chocolate, 6 d., 6½ d. and 1 s. on hand-paper, unused examples with good margins (Gi = £ 585), 1919 $ 1 on 15 c. bright scarlet used on piece, 1932 unissued $ 1 deep blue unused (3), 1933 Airmail set unused, 1935 Silver Jubilee set of four perforated "SPECIMEN" large part og. (Gi = £ 200), and a useful range of First Flight or Airmail covers (15) and some interesting articles on same (Image)
