airmail flight cover: first airmail flight, CAM-27, South Bend, Indiana - Chicago route

Date:07/17/1926
Medium:Paper, ink, graphite
Credit Line: Collection of SFO Museum
Accession Number:1999.023.060
Dimensions:4 x 6 1/2 inches (10.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
Description

Airmail flight cover, first airmail flight, CAM-27, Bay City - Chicago route; purple cachet at left with route map; signed by Geo. W. Hill, pilot; postmarked July 17, 1928 in South Bend, Indiana with wavy cancellation mark over 10-cent stamp; backstamp: July 17, 1928, Chicago.

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