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CAM-24N2%u2014%u2014December 17, 1927%u2014%u2014Indianapolis to New York NY, via Chicago, IL.Embry-Riddle Co.%u2014%u2014S.C. Huffman & J.P. Riddle, pilots%u2014%u201468 pounds flown.Besides being a First Flight Cover, this is an Interrupted Flight Cover (often called a Crash Cover) because, after taking off from Indianapolis, pilot S.C. Huffman was forced down at Friends Woods (near Camby), and the mail was taken back to Indianapolis where pilot J.P. Riddle flew it to Chicago. Only a handful of covers fall into both categories. Signed by Robert H. Bryson, who was appointed Acting Postmaster of Indianapolis on January 16, 1922, and Postmaster on January 18, 1922. He served until 1932.
