Lot #62 1930 (Sep 14) Japan-United States Attempt by the Australian Harold Charles Gatty & the Canadian Harold Bromley in the "City of Tacoma", Japanese 6sn Postal Card uprated with 20sn

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1930 (Sep 14) Japan-United States Attempt by the Australian Harold Charles Gatty & the Canadian Harold Bromley in the "City of Tacoma", Japanese 6sn Postal Card uprated with 20sn tied by 'YOKOHAMA/25.8.30/JAPAN' cds in violet, endorsed "#4 of 10 cards carried" & signed "Harold Gatty/Navigator". After 2000km, problems with the aircraft caused them to return to Japan. Gatty's "Australian Dictionary of Biography" entry states "...using only dead-reckoning techniques, Gatty navigated Bromley back to their starting point on Honshu Island - perhaps one of the greatest air navigational feats". Bromley was foiled several times in his quest to become "the Lindbergh of the Pacific".