Cachet Maker NorthBay Stamp Club

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.

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NORTH BAY STAMP CLUB (1932-36)
Similar to a Type 3 postmark, but distinctively different. Manufactured from a rubber gasket by Roy H. Sherman, secretary of the North Bay Stamp Club in Vallejo, Calif. It had slots at the bottom into which rubber letters could be inserted to spell the name of a ship. Used on sixteen different ships, mostly in 1932 and 1933, but occasionally up until 1936.
There are two slightly different varieties of this cancel: (CD-1) letters spaced far from the circle of the dial; and (CD-1a) letters spaced close to the dial. Killer bar location is frequently Mare Island, California, although commemorative wording is also used. A small open star is often found in the killers.
Sherman and the North Bay Stamp Club also gave several unique design Type F cancels to ships. See CHICAGO (C-41), MONTGOMERY (M-46), TALBOT (T-5), and V-6 (V-2).
(USCS CATALOG of UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTMARKS, Fifth Edition, 1997)

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N/A		N/A	1931-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "MARE ISLAND / CALIF" USS Montgomery DM-17
			Club Marking

Close-up view of the North Bay Stamp Club marking on the back of this cover.

 

N/A			1930-07-01 Locy Type FDC F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USCS Catalog Illus. V-2 USS V-6 SC-2
			Commissioning of USS V-6 SC-2

Postmark Illustration courtesy of the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1930-12-19 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illus. T-5 USS Talbot DD-114
			N/A

"Contemporary reports claim that this device was carved from an art gum eraser. The soft material proved to be unsuitable, and poor impressions were frequent."
Postmark Illustration and text courtesy of the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-03-09 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USCS Catalog Illus. C-41 USS Chicago CL-29
			N/A

Postmark Illustration courtesy of the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-09-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN SERVICE" USCS Catalog Illus. M-46 USS Montgomery DD-121
			N/A

Postmark Illustration courtesy of the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A			1932-09-21 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			N/A

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N/A			1932-10-10 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Gannet AM-41
			N/A

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			1932-10-12 Locy Type F "COLUMBUS / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Columbus Day

Cachet by Harry Ioor, New discovery as of 08/21/2007.

 

			1932-10-12 Locy Type F "COLUMBUS / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Gannet AM-41
			Columbus Day

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

			1932-10-12 Locy Type F "COLUMBUS / D+A+Y" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Hale DD-133
			Columbus Day

Notice the Maltese Crosses between the letters DAY.
Cachet by Harry Ioor, new discovery as of 04/08/2006.

 

N/A			1932-10-20 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA *" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Williamson DD-244
			N/A

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			1932-10-27 Locy Type F "NAVY DAY / MARE ISLAND" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Navy Day

Unknown Cachetmaker

 

			1932-10-28 Locy Type F "NAVY DAY / MARE ISLAND" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Navy Day

Cover by Conrath Printery. Signed by NMC.

 

N/A			1932-11-07 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Hulbert DD-342
			N/A

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N/A			1932-11-07 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Hulbert DD-342
			N/A

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N/A			1932-11-08 Locy Type F "*NATIONAL* / ELECTION DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Noa DD-343
			National Election Day FDR beats Hoover!

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N/A			1932-11-08 Locy Type F "*NATIONAL* / ELECTION DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Noa DD-343
			National Election Day FDR beats Hoover!

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N/A			1932-11-11 Locy Type F "ARMISTICE / *DAY*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Armistice Day

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

N/A			1932-11-11 Locy Type F "ARMISTICE / *DAY*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Hulbert DD-342
			Armistice Day

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N/A			1932-11-18 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1 USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			N/A

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

N/A			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Thanksgiving Day

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N/A			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Hale DD-133
			Thanksgiving Day

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N/A			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Hulbert DD-342
			Thanksgiving Day

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			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Kane DD-235
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet by Harry Ioor, new discovery as of 04/08/2006.

 

			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS King DD-242
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

N/A			1932-11-24 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Preble DD-345
			Thanksgiving Day

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N/A			1932-12-08 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA *" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Milwaukee CL-5
			N/A

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			1933-01-01 Locy Type F "NEW YEAR / *DAY*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Relief AH-1
			New Year's Day

Cachet by Harry Ioor, New Discovery as of 08/21/2007.

 

N/A			1933-02-14 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / *CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Waters DD-115
			Valentines Day

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N/A			1933-03-23 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / *CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Koka AT-31
			N/A

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N/A			1933-05-08 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / *CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Hovey DD-208
			N/A

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N/A			1933-05-12 Locy Type F "MARE ISLAND / *CALIFORNIA*" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Talbot DD-114
			N/A

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N/A			1934-02-10 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS San Francisco CA-38
			First Day of Commissioning

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N/A			1935-05-10 Locy Type F "LAST DAY / IN SERVICE" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS McFarland DD-237
			Last Day of Commissioning

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N/A			1936-10-27 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION *" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Preston DD-379
			First Day of Commissioning

Navy Day cachet sponsored by J. P. Clark and Eric L. Wardman
Cover also bears a postmark from USS Bridge AF-1 to commemorate the Keel Laying of USS Sturgeon SS-187. On the back is a USPO Machine postmark from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA dated the same day.
Note: The mast majority of FDC postmarks for PRESTON are in this condition.

 

N/A			1936-10-27 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION *" USCS Catalog Illus. CD-1a USS Preston DD-379
			First Day of Commissioning

Commissioning cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1936
			NBSC Newsletter

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

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