The Hungarian Automobile Club, together with other affiliated associations and under the direction of the relevant federation, organised the Graf Zeppelin airship’s visit to Hungary and its circular flight over the country. The airship landed at the Csepel factory airfield on 29 March 1931.
For the occasion, the Hungarian Post issued the 1- and 2-pengő values of the 1927 airmail series in different colours and with the inscription “Zeppelin 1931”.
Airmail items could also be posted at the temporary post office at Csepel.
For its circular flight over Hungary, the airship carried 17,070 letters and 15,359 postcards. The listed drop-off locations were Debrecen, Kaposvár, Pécs, Szeged, Székesfehérvár and Szeged.
Quantity issued:
1 pengő – 60,906 examples; 2 pengő – 58,658 examples; in addition, 5,000 imperforate sets were produced.
Watermark: VIII
Perforation: comb 14 : 14¼
Major error: pairs without the overprint are known (proofs) – value: 500,000 Ft.
Market value:
Faultless mint never hinged or cancelled pairs have a market value of around 10,000–15,000 forints. Hinged pairs are worth about 50% of this amount.
Attractive postal covers may be worth considerably more.
Imperforate examples are worth around 60,000–80,000 forints
Source:
Monograph of Hungarian Stamps,