Lexington CV 2 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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

No Image			1928-03-15 Locy Type 6
			Category

Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.

No Image			1928-06-07 Locy Type 6 1928-06-12 Buffalo, New York Duplex
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1928-06-08 Locy Type 8
			On Piece

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N/A			1928-09-01 Locy Type 6
			Sailor's mail

From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1932-02-22 Locy Type 3s (A) "WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"
			Washingtons Bicentennial and the US Battleship Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet by the Hawaii Philatelic Association

			1933-02-22 Locy Type 3s (A) "CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH"
			Category

Signed by NMC

No Image		No Image	1933-03-10 Locy Type 3s (A) "CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

No Image		No Image	1933-06-12 Locy Type 6
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

			1933-11-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11 ARMISTICE DAY 1933. / BREMERTON, WASH.
			Armistice Day 1933

Cachet was probably serviced by Deane C. Bartley. Back of cover has signature of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith but not sure what role he had in making / servicing the cachet.

No Image			1933-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11a
			Navy Day 1933

Hand painted cachet

			1933-12-25 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b "SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / CHRISTMAS 1933"
			Christmas Day 1933

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N/A		N/A	1934-01-01 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b "SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / NEW YEARS DAY 1934"
			New Year's Day

From the Tom Kean collection.

			1934-02-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b "SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, 1934"
			Lincoln's Birthday

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			1934-03-16 Locy Type 3s (A) "ADM.SELLERS / AIR-REVIEW"
			Category

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		No Image	1934-04-06 Locy Type 3s "NORTH POLE / DISCOVERED"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1934-04-07 Locy Type 3s (A) "LEX. CAPTURES / EDWARDS"
			Category

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith

No Image			1934-04-07 Locy Type 9 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS"
			Category

Rubber stamp of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith is on the back of the cover.

			1934-04-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11 "SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / EAST COAST CRUISE / DEPARTURE DAY"
			Category

Note:

			1934-04-11 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo

			1934-04-11 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111" Locy Type 9
			USS MACON

Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Cachet

			1934-04-12 Locy Type SLO "NAVY CAPTURES / FORT PULASKI" Locy Type 9
			Category

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			1934-04-19 Locy Type 9 Locy Type SLO BATTLE / LEXINGTON / CONCORD
			American History Commemorative

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry

			1934-04-23 Locy Type SLO "LEX LEADS FLEET / RAPID TRANSIT / PANAMA CANAL" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet

			1934-05-08 Locy Type SLO "ENROUTE MIAMI / MACON ATTACKS / LEXINGTON" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo

No Image			1934-05-12 Locy Type SLO "LINDBERGS FLIGHT / SEVENTH / ANNIVERSARY" Locy Type 9
			Category

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			1934-05-09 Locy Type 3s "MACON / ENROUTE"
			East Coast Cruise

Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.

N/A		N/A	1934-05-14 Locy Type SLO "ARRIVE / GONAIVES / HAITI" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise - Port visit

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith

No Image			1934-05-24 Locy Type 3s (A) "ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"
			East Coast Cruise

Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number for Robert L. Manley but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.

N/A		N/A	1934-05-24 Locy Type 3s (A) "ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"
			East Coast Cruise

Courtesy of the William J. Wladyka Collection.

			1934-05-24 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / GUANTANAMO"
			East Coast Cruise

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No Image		No Image	1934-05-31 Locy Type 3s "PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW"
			Category

Note:

			1934-05-31 Locy Type 3s PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW
			East Coast Cruise

Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.

N/A		N/A	1934-05-31 Locy Type 7qt
			NY Welcomes the Fleet

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / NEW YORK"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / NEW YORK"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1934-06-23 Locy Type 3s ARRIVE / NORFOLK, VA
			Category

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			1935-05-28 Locy Type 3s "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Patriotic - U.S. Navy

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and Bishop National Bank of Hawaii

		No Image	1935-05-28 Locy Type 3s "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Post Visit - Hawaiian Islands

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers.

			1935-07-29 Locy Type 3s (A) "FIRST / FLIGHT"
			Flight Cover

Back black rubberstamp Clyde Welch Aiglon return

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3s (A) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			Ship Launching - USS Yorktown CV-5

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		No Image	1936-07-04 Locy Type 3s "OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY"
			Independence Day President George Washington Benjamin Franklin Captain John Paul Jones General Marquis de La Fayette

Cachet Maker: H S Groat

N/A		N/A	1936-07-04 Locy Type 3s "OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY"
			Independence Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Norman K. Mary. From the Tom Kean collection.

		No Image	1937-01-01 Locy Type 3s
			Category

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		No Image	1937-04-25 Locy Type 6
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

		No Image	1937-05-09 Locy Type 7qt
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1937-05-20 Locy Type 3s
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. The back of the cover has a postmark from the Lexington's VB Squadron 3B.

No Image		No Image	1937-11-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

			1937-12-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton

			1937-12-17 Locy Type SLKo (35x4)
			Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109 Ship Commemorative - USS Falcon ASR-2

Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and Hal W Dierst.
Cachet is thermographed. Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.

			1938-02-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Valentine's Day

Cachet Maker: Arthur A Christensen

N/A			1938-09-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Labor Day 1938

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby, sponsored by the Freebooters Crew, ANCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1938-11-11 Locy Type 3bs
			Armistice Day 1938

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N/A			1938-11-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Thanksgiving

Cachet by William S. Linto. From the Tom Kean collection.

		No Image	1939-04-03
			Category

Postmark is from Cuba

N/A			1939-05-15 Locy Type 7
			US Fleet Visits the NY Exposition

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Enclosed letter also. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1939-11-30 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d On the Back - Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Thanksgiving

Unknown Cachetmaker. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1939-12-14 Locy Type F "OUR / TWELFTH / BIRTHDAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c On the Back - Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			12th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1940-04-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LAHAINA / T.H."
			Category

Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald and Cleveland Cover Club

			1940-04-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LAHAINA / T.H."
			Fleet Problem XXI

Cachet Makers: Jimmy James and Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder
Cachet is thermographed.

			1940-08-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASH."
			Coast Guard Birthday

Cachet Maker: George Neumann

N/A		N/A	1940-09-06 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Keel Laying of USS Humboldt AV-21

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

		No Image	1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASH."
			Navy Day

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and M Fay Muridge.
Postmark in purple ink.

			1940-12-25 Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9v Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d Locy Type 9x Locy Type 9
			Category

Note:

			1941-05-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Category

Bund / Stoner Cachet

			1941-09-22 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11e
			Category

Cachet Makers: M Fay Muridge, Deane C Bartley and William R Welch
Muridge is the cachet artist. Bartley probably serviced the cover. Not certain what role, if any, Welch had in making the cachet.

			1941-10-03 Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b "Star"
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

			1941-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) Locy Type 9 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d
			Category

Cachet Maker: Richard Buchwald.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1941-11-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Category

Muridge Cachet

			1942-02-22 Locy Type 3z (TBT)
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

			1942-03-05 Locy Type 7qtz
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

		No Image	1945-09-02
			Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Lexington.

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

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