STATEN ISLAND WAGB 278 Covers Page 1
Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also
the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything
of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the
classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.
| Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image | Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image | Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image | Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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No Image |
1953-1966 |
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Picture postcard |
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1953-01-15 |
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First Day of Postal Service |
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1953-01-22 |
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No Image |
Tazewell G. Nicholson Commissioning cachet. This is not a Commissioning cover.
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N/A |
1953-08-12 |
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Operation Nanook '53 |
From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1953-08-16 |
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Operation Nanook '53 |
Letter Enclosed
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1953-08-16 |
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Operation Nanook '53 |
Enclosed Letter
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N/A |
1953-09-02 |
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Operation Nanook '53 |
From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1954-05-06 |
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No Image |
1955-03-07 |
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Official Business |
Cover made from cut pieces dated over a year apart
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1956-11-29 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II 1956-1957 |
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1956-12-20 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II 1956-1957 |
Also postmarked with a USN Slogan Machine Cancel dated May 1 1956
Interesting note on back - "Filler card from Staten Island cover 12/20/56". Where's the cover now?
The mail clerk, Lisle A. Rose, later wrote "Assault on Eternity", the story of Admiral Byrd's Operation Highjump 1946-47.
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1957-01-01 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II 1956-1957 |
Picture postcard of the USS Staten Island AGB-5
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1957-01-01 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II 1956-1957 |
Picture postcard of the USS Staten Island AGB-5
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1957-01-11 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II 1956-1957 |
United Nations Airletter
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1957-02-11 |
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Operation Deep Freeze II |
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1957-08-16 |
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Arctic Operations 1957 |
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1958-11-24 |
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Operation Deep Freeze IV |
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1958-12-22 |
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Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43 |
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1959-01-15 |
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Operation Deep Freeze IV |
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1959-02-11 |
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International Geophysical Year / Wilkes Station |
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1959-09-05 |
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Ice Island T-3 / Arctic Ocean / IGY (International Geophysical Year) |
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1959-09-05 |
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Ice Island T-3 / Arctic Ocean |
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1960-02-27 |
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Arctic Operations with |
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1961-02-23 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
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1961-02-23 |
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Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43 |
Cover created by Harvey Dolin
Note: The "1961 Amundsen Sea Cruise" straight-line marking was added by Richard Mayerson.
It is a FAKE marking having never been aboard the ship.
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1961-02-23 |
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Real-Photo Cachet |
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1961-02-23 |
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Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43 |
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1961-02-23 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
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1962-09-29 |
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Pre-printed ship's cachet and return address
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1962-12-10 |
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Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43 |
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1963-10-25 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
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1964-11-03 |
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Operation Deep Freeze X 1964-1965 |
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1965-02-01 |
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1965-02-09 |
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Operation Deep Freeze 1965 |
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