Petite Treasures – May 2026.

1924, Special postmark honoring the world fliers arrival in USA: Around the World Flight of 4 US Army Douglas World Cruisers 1924. Postal Stationery to Seattle cancelled "Boston Mass. Airport Station Sep 5 1924" and tied by boxed cachet "Boston first landing in U.S. of World flyers", very fine

1931 "Justice for Hungary" flown card from Flint, Michigan, with pre-printed bilingual cachet, 1 c. franking, with Budapest arrival pmk, v.f. (in July, 1931, newspapers all over the world reported on the front page that two Hungarian pilots, Alexander Magyar and George Endress 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 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 with the starting and landing aerodromes. It was also the first time such a flight was used for political purposes. The pilots were received as heroes in Budapest),

1935, Attempted flight New York - Rome by George and Alfred de Monteverde in their plane „Francesco de Pinedo“, crashed at Floyd Bennett field shortly after the Start: Envelope from New York „City Hall Annex June 14“ bearing two stamps 6 c. orange and 2 c. red, cancelled by machine cds. "City Hall Annex Jun 14 1935 1030 PM“, showing boxed three-line cachet „this is one of 500 letters placed aboard the "Francesco Pinedo"-CS-AAK-/ at Floyd Bennett Field June 1935“ as well as green label on reverse „Transatlantic  Jun 22 1935 Crash Cover of George and Alfred de Monteverde“ and violet “New York JUN/14/1935”, fine and scarce

1936, New York to Frankfurt, Hindenburg First Flight cover with appropriate cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, fine