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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

NOTE: "The commissioning cancel B-57 has been seen in mirror image form. The Mail Clerk was a collector and created many backdated covers during 1942-43 with apparent historic dates. Sunk by torpedo in Mediterranean." USCS Postmark Catalog 5th Ed.
This collection was received by Steve Shay, Secretary USCS, from a family member of Chief Lance.
 

 
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	1941-12-08 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "WE ARE / AT WAR"
			War is declared

WWII Patriotic cachet by William S. Linto

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-10 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "REPULSE / SUNK"
			HMS REPULSE is sunk by Japanese bombers.

WWII Patriotic cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-10 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "PRINCE OF / WALES SUNK"
			HMS PRINCE OF WALES is sunk by Japanese bombers.

WWII Patriotic cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-11 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "CAPT KELLY / OUR HERO"
			Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr., DFC.

WWII Patriotic cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-11 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "WAR / WITH AXIS"
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-12 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS SEIZE / P. I. BASES"
			World War II

WWII Patriotic cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-14 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "USMC WAKE IS / REPULSE JAPS"
			World War II

WWII Patriotic cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-14 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "M'THUR BEATS / 14 ATTACKS"
			World War II

WWII Patriotic cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-15 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "KNOX REPORTS / P.H. NOT ALERT"
			William F. Knox, 47th Secretary of the Navy

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-22 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "CHURCHILL IN / WASH. D. C."
			Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England

WWII Patriotic cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-23 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "WAKE ISLAND / FALLS"
			433 US personnel were captured.

WWII Patriotic cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-23 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS LAND ON / WAKE ISLAND"
			The Battle for Wake Island.

WWII Patriotic cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-23 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "M'THUR STOPS / 100000 JAPS"
			The Battle of the Bataan Peninsula and the island of Corregidor.

WWII Patriotic cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "USMC WAKE IS / SURRENDERS"
			The Battle for Wake Island.

WWII Patriotic cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "HONG KONG / FELL TO-DAY"
			British Crown colony of Hong Kong surrenders.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MERRY / CHRISTMAS"
			Christmas Day.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MERRY / CHRISTMAS"
			Christmas Day.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "NEW / YORK"
			New Year's Day.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "NEW / YORK"
			New Year's Day.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-02 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MANILA-CAVITE / FALLs"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-07 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "HE SERVED / AMERICA"
			President Millard Filmore.

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-14 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "ASIATIC FLEET / LEAVES P.I."
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-23 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "BATTLE OF / MACASSAR ST"
			Makassar Strait, Indonesia

Patriotic WWII cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-24 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "USS S-26 / SUNK TODAY"
			46 casualties, 3 survivors.

Patriotic WWII cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-26 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "A.E.F. LANDS / IN ICELAND"
			1st Provisional Marine Brigade

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-29 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "OUR LEADER / WAR 1898"
			President William McKinley

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-30 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "GREETINGS / F D R"
			President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-31 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "YORKTOWN / BOMB WOTJE"
			Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-31 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "US RAIDS / GILBERT IS"
			Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-31 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "CASCO / BAY ME"
			Port Visit

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-02 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS TAKE / MALAYA"
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-04 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "BOSTON / MASS"
			Port Visit

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-09 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "CASCO / BAY ME"
			Port Visit

Cachet by National Cachet Society and Walter Czubay.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-09 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "NORMANDIE / BURNS"
			SS Normandie (USS Lafayette AP-53) burns and capsizes at Pier 88, New York City.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-12 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "A NATION / UNITED"
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-15 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "SINGAPORE / SURRENDERED"
			Singapore Malay, British military base and economic port.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-16 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "U-BOAT SHELL / ARUBA W I"
			Aruba, British West Indies.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-18 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "POLLUX / GROUNDED"
			USS Pollux (AKS-2) grounded during a storm at Lawn Point off Newfoundland and was wrecked with 93 fatalities.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-18 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "TRUXTUN / GROUNDED"
			USS Truxtun (DD-229) grounded during a storm at Lawn Point off Newfoundland and was wrecked with 110 fatalities.

Cachet by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-18 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "SHARK / MISSING"
			USS Shark (SS-174), 59 crewmembers Still on Patrol.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-19 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "A.T. MEIGS / SUNK"
			USAT Meigs sunk in Darwin Harbour, Australia.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-19 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "PEARY / SUNK"
			USS Peary (DD-226) sunk in Darwin Harbour, Australia.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-19 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "CANAL ZONE / AREA"
			Port Visit

Cachet by National Cachet Society and Walter Czubay.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-22 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "A FREE / PEOPLE"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-22 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "TRINADAD / B W I"
			Trinadad, British West Indies.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-23 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS SHELL / CALIF."
			The Bombardment of Ellwood, CA.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-24 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "US RAIDS / WAKE ISLAND"
			Aircraft from the carrier USS Enterprise attacked the Japanese garrison on Wake Island.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-25 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MC’THR GAIN / 5 MILES"
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-27 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "LANGLEY / SUNK"
			USS Langley (CV-1)

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "USS HOUSTON / SUNK TODAY"
			USS Houston (CA-30), sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "KIMMEL-SHORT / ORDERED GCM"
			Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, USN, Lieutenant General Walter Short, USA, were found guilty of errors of judgment and dereliction of duty in the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JSCOB JONES / SUNK"
			USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), torpedoed and sunk by U-578 off Cape May, NJ.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "EDSALL / SUNK"
			USS Edsall (DD-219), sunk by a combined Japanese air and sea attack.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "PILLSBURY / SUNK"
			USS Pillsbury (DD-227), sunk by a combined Japanese air and sea attack.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS INVADE / JAVA"
			World War II

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "PECOS / SUNK"
			USS Pecos (AO–6), sunk by a Japanese air attack.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "POPE / SUNK"
			USS Pope (DD-225), sunk by a Japanese air attack.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-03 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "ASHVILLE / SUNK"
			USS Asheville (PG-21), sunk by a Japanese surface attack.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-03 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAPS REPORT / ASHVILLE SUNK"
			USS Asheville (PG-21), sunk by a Japanese surface attack.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-05 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "BRITISH TAKE / MADAGASCAR"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-05 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "BATAAN / FELL TO-DAY"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-08 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "RANGOON / FELL TO-DAY"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-10 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "JAVA / FALLS"
			World War II.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-11 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "STEWART / SUNK"
			USS Stewart (DD-224).

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-14 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "NECHES / SUNK"
			USS Neches (AO–5), torpedoed and sunk by I-72, 23 January 1942

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-14 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "A.E.F. ARRIVES / IN AUSTRALIA”
			World War II.

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-17 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MACARTHUR / IN AUSTRALIA”
			World War II.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-17 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "MC’THR TO / COMMAND PAC.”
			World War II.

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1942-04-02 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "FIRST DAY / COVER”
			Free Postage starts.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1942-04-04 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "ATTACKED / U-BOAT”
			World War II.

Cachet by

 

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