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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

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 USPO Duplex Groton, CT
			Launching

Cachet by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type 3 "USS SHARK / LAUNCHED" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "U.S.S. SHARK / LAUNCHED" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2 USS Falcon ASR-2
			Launching

Postmark and cover by John Gill

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "U.S.S. SHARK / LAUNCHED" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2 USS Falcon ASR-2
			Launching

Postmark by John Gill. Cachet by Robert V. Walton and Alex R. Hesse.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "U.S.S. SHARK / LAUNCHED" USS Semmes DD-189
			Launching

Cachet by Robert V. Walton and Alex R. Hesse. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "U.S.S. SHARK / LAUNCHED" USS Semmes DD-189
			Launching

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "U.S.S. SHARK / LAUNCHED" USS Mallard ASR-4
			Launching

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 USPO Duplex Cancel "US Submarine Base" New London CT
			Launching

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-01 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1935-12-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "PROVIDENCE- / TOWN MASS"
			Deep Dive Test

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

			1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Note:

 

No Image			1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Hand painted cachet

 

			1936-01-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION - / ED TODAY"
			Commissioning

Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Add-on cachet by - Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Robert V. Walton and Alex R. Hesse. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY" Locy Type SLKb (44x6)
			First Day in Commission

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Pre-printed envelope

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A			1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY" Locy Type FDC 9v
			First Day in Commission

Registered cover. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 USPO Type 6 Cancel New London CT
			First Day in Commission

Cacheted. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 USPO Type 6 Cancel "US Submarine Base" New London CT
			First Day in Commission

Cacheted. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-25 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "COMMISSION / ED TODAY"
			First Day in Commission

Signed by the CO, Lt. C. J. Carter, USN. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-03-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HAMILTON / BERMUDA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "KINGSTON / JAMAICA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "POINTE PITRE / GUADELOUPE"
			Shakedown Cruise

From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "GALVESTON / TEXAS"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "MEMORIAL / DAY"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "PORTSMOUTH / N. H."
			Navy Day

Hand painted cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "SAN DIEGO / CAL"
			Port Visit

Cachet by B. Saunders Bullard.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "SAN DIEGO / CAL"
			Port Visit

Autographed

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "MARE ISLAND / CAL"
			Port Visit

Cachet by Richard Dumonte

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Christmas Day

Cachet sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Memorial Day

Cachet by - William F. Schlechter

 

N/A		N/A	1942-12-07 USPO Machine Cancel Groton, CT
			Memorial cachet for the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. USS Perch SS-176, USS Sealion SS-195, USS Grunion SS-216 and USS Shark SS-174.

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1942-12-07 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "1ST YEAR OF / WORLD WAR2"
			Memorial cachet for the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. USS Perch SS-176, USS Sealion SS-195, USS Grunion SS-216 and USS Shark SS-174.

Electric Boat Submarine cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1983-02-11 USPS 4-bar Groton, CT
			On Eternal Patrol.

Cachet by - Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

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