Cachet Category Lincoln's Birthday

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

			1934-02-12 Locy Type 5hks (C) A.LINCOLN'S ANNIVERSARY USS Texas BB-35
			E J Birdsall E O Tauer John C Kane

Notes: Cachet is signed by John C. Kane, the ship's mail clerk.
Contributed by Ken Franke.

 

			1934-02-12 Locy Type F  (USCS Illustration N-18c) WITH MALICE / TOWARD NONE USS Northampton CA-26
			Walter G Crosby

Notes: Back of cover has a postmark from US Naval Station San Pedro California.

 

			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) USS Algorma AT-34
			Byrd L. Powell

Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,AT SEA) FLEET / FLAGHIP USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Ted Harrington Karl E Parshall

Notes: Notice the misspelling of flagship in the killer bars. Not sure what role, if any, R. S. Ewing had in creating this cachet.

 

			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,AT SEA) FLEET / FLAGHIP USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			R S Ewing Norman K Mary

Notes: Notice the misspelling of flagship in the killer bars.

 

No Image			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,AT SEA) FLEET / FLAGSHIP USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Deane C Bartley

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			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) NAVY YARD / BREMERTON USS California BB-44
			Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN

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			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "IN HIS / MEMORY" USS Beaver AS-5
			James Chun ANCS #76 Elsie Lee ANCS #219

Note: Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

No Image			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ABE LINCOLN / BIRTHDAY" USS Chester CA-27
			Myron F. McCamley

Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1937-02-12 Locy Type 5hks (C) LOS ANGELES / HARBOR USS Texas BB-35
			Ted DeNyse Byrd L Powell

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			1937-02-12 Locy Type SLP5 (48x3) USS Undaunted ATO-58
			Cachet Maker

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			1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Melton M. Parker Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Walter G. Crosby

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) USS Saratoga CV-3
			Leslie S. Merrell

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			1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) LINCOLNS / BIRTHDAY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Clyde Welch

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			1938-02-12 Locy Type 9x (C) Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9x (C) USS Cachalot SS-170
			ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts Frank Kuss

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			1940-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) USS Babbitt AG-102
			Marshall R Hall International Cover Guild

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1963-02-12 Locy Type 2 USS Long Beach CGN-9
			M. Fay Muridge Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

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