Cachet Maker Walter G Crosby

 

Page 1  (1931-1935)
Page 1a  (June 1931-July 1932 w/ Robert Beazell)
Page 2  (1936)
Page 3  (1937)
Page 4  (1938)
Page 5  (1939-1940)
Page 6  (1941-)
Page 7a  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 7b  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 8  (First Day Covers)

 

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 Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

		N/A	1931-03-29 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Presidential Cruise Ship Commemorative

Cachet is thermographed. Center symbol is the U.S. Navy emblem with the words "Second To None" added. There are two cachets on this cover: the Presidential Cruise cachet from Harry Klotzbach and the photo cachet from Crosby. Since the Klotzbach cachet is normally seen by itself, did Crosby add his cachet later?

 

			1931-05-30 Locy Type 6 USS Tennessee BB-43
			Memorial Day

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		N/A	1931-09-15 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" hollow star at bottom of dial] USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15f "FIRST DAY / FLEET FLAG" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Person Commemorative - Admiral F. H. Schofield

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			1931-09-15 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" hollow star at bottom of dial] USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15f FIRST DAY / FLEET FLAG USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Other - The Original Crosby Cover Album

The cachet is actually a sticker

 

N/A		N/A	1931-09-15
			N/A

This is an advertising insert that Crosby included in the USS Pennsylvania cover immediately above.

 

			1931-09-15 Locy Type P [U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s] "LAST DAY / FLEET FLAG" USS Texas BB-35
			Admiral F H Schofield Ship Change Of Command

Postmark from Naval Station San Pedro California on back of cover.

 

			1931-11-11 Type 6 USS Texas BB-35
			Armistice Day

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			1931-11-11 Locy Type 5hks "GALVESTON / TEXAS" USS Wyoming AG-17
			Armistice Day

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			1932-01-12 Locy Type 5hks USS Bushnell AS-2
			Category

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		N/A	1932-02-22 Locy Type 6i USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			President George Washington

Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) USS Biddle AG-114
			Independence Day

Envelope contained an insert from Crosby.

 

			1932-07-04 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1932-07-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "FIRST DAY / OLYMPIC GAMES" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			10th Olympiad 1932 at Los Angeles

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		No Image	1932-08-10 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15f "CHANGE IN / COMMAND" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Person Commemorative: Admiral R. H. Leigh Person Commemorative: Admiral F. H. Schofield Ship Event - Change of Command

This cachet style is essentially the same as the one for 1932-07-30

 

		N/A	1932-11-11 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "ARMISTICE / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Armistice Day

This cachet style is essentially the same as the one for 1932-07-30

 

			1933-03-28 Locy Type LDPS 3 (B-BBT) "LAST DAY / MAIL SERVICE" USS Kittery AK-2
			Last Day of Postal Service

This cachet is attributed to Crosby from the USCS Cachet Makers Catalog

 

			1933-04-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "PRESIDENT'S / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

The letter provides information about a cachet for President's Day but it is for USS Medusa AR-1 and not the cachet on this cover. As such, it is not clear that Crosby is the maker of the cachet on this cover.

 

		N/A	1933-08-05 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15f "U.S.S. / PENNSY." USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Tacoma, Washington Person Commemorative - Admiral D. F. Sellers

This cachet style is essentially the same as the one for 1932-07-30

		N/A	1933-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "SANTA CLAUS / COMES AGAIN" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Christmas

Postmark in red ink.

 

			1933-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "PEACE / ON EARTH" USS Relief AH-1
			Christmas Day

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			1934-02-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-18c "WITH MALICE / TOWARD NONE" USS Northampton CA-26
			Lincoln's Birthday

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

 

			1934-02-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-18c "WITH MALICE / TOWARD NONE" USS Northampton CA-26
			Lincoln's Birthday

Back of cover has a postmark from US Naval Station San Pedro California. Same cover as above only showing second cachet and Crosby rubber stamp.

N/A		N/A	1934-02-20 Locy Type 5hks "COMMEMORATE / OLD IRONSIDES" USS Relief AH-1
			Saluting "Old Ironsides" on her victory against HMS Cyane & HMS Levant, Feb. 20, 1815

Cachet Artist Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by A. H. G. Voss, W. P. D'Amour and Walter G. Crosby. Signed by Voss and D'Amour, both Navy Mail Clerks aboard USS Relief.

N/A			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF" USS Medusa AR-1
			Navy Day at Mare Island Navy Yard Keel Laying of USS Smith DD-378 & USS Preston DD-379

Fly over by USS Macon ZRS-5.

N/A			1935-03-11 Locy Type F "MEMORIA IN / AETERNA" Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Grebe AM-34
			Remembering the loss of USS Macon ZRS-5

Cachet by Cecil Klark, sponsored by Walter G. Crosby. Signed by W. C. Lobdell, NMC

 

		N/A	1935-08-01 Locy Type 5hks "FLEET WEEK / SEATTLE WN" USS Nevada BB-36
			Fleet Week

Cachet is not thermographed.

 

		N/A	1935-08-02 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "FLEET WK / SEATTLE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Seattle

Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1935-08-03 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBB) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-7c "FLEET WEEK / SEATTLE, WN" USS Oklahoma BB-37
			Fleet Week

Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-07 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBB) "SANPEDRO / CALIFORNIA" USS Oklahoma BB-37
			Presidential Fleet Review

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Walter G. Crosby. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "FIRST TIME / CANCEL USED" USS Arizona BB-39
			Ship Commemorative

Cachet is thermographed. Center symbol is the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-11-10 Locy Type 3 (A-TBB) "150 ANNIV. / U.S.M.C." USS Mississippi BB-41
			USMC Birthday

Marine Detachment.

 

			1935-12-25 Locy Type 9 (C) USS Bobolink AM-20
			Christmas Day

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