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Commissioning Detail  
Commissioning Detail  
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1944-12-02<br/>Locy Type 2z
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Officer's Mail via Polar Air Mail
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Censored, WWII use. From the Steve Shay collection.
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1946-02-15<br/>
Locy Type 2(n) (CV) <br/>
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Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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1963-05-15<br/>Locy Type 7tnu (small letters)
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Back-up Recovery Ship
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Add-on Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]]
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GEMINI Recovery Force
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Cachet furnished by [[Cachet Maker Morris W Beck| Morris W. Beck]]. From the Jon Howard collection.  
Cachet furnished by [[Cachet Maker Morris W Beck| Morris W. Beck]]. From the Jon Howard collection.<br/>Background History - This cover is postmarked for what space collectors call the Gemini-6 Scrub. Gemini-6 was supposed to be launched on this day to rendezvous with an earlier launched Agena target vehicle. The Atlas booster carrying the Agena failed and went in the water. NASA scrubbed the Gemini-6 launch as there was no target to preform a rendezvous with. USS Wasp was to be the prime recovery ship for the mission. Many ships in the recovery fleet held their covers until the rescheduled flight took place in December. However, a number of ships did postmark covers on the scrub date and send them to collectors. Scrub covers from the prime ship USS Wasp are extremely scarce. That, along with both the Beck RSC and ship’s RSC and the ship’s return address all combine to make a very desirable cover!
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Cachet furnished by [[Cachet Maker Morris W Beck| Morris W. Beck]]  
Cachet furnished by [[Cachet Maker Morris W Beck| Morris W. Beck]]  
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1968-09-27<br/>Locy Type 2t(n+u)<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-12c
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European Deployment
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Add-on Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]]
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 6 January 2024



 
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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
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Category


 

1943-10-22
Boston MA Registered

1943-10-23
Boston MA (North Postal Annex) Registered

Official Business

Commissioning Detail


 

N/A

N/A

1944-12-02
Locy Type 2z

Officer's Mail via Polar Air Mail

Censored, WWII use. From the Steve Shay collection.


 

1944-12-29
Locy Type 2z

Category

Censored, WWII use


 

1945-09-15
Locy Type 2rtz

Category

Note:


 

1945-09-30
Locy Type 2rtz

Category

Note:


 

1945-10-27
Locy Type P
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-12

Navy Day 1945

Note:


 

No Image

1946-01-28
Locy Type 2(n) (CV)

Category

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1946-02-15
Locy Type 2(n) (CV)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

1946-11-19
Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
Bayonne N.J Naval Supply Depot Sta.

Last Day in Commission

Note:


 

1951-10-09
Locy Type 2r

First Day Postal Service
(Posted a month late)

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

1952-05-15
Locy Type 2pr
Locy Type 9efu

Category

Note:


 

1961-05-08
Locy Type 7tnu (Large Letters)

Category

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1963-05-15
Locy Type 7tnu (small letters)

Back-up Recovery Ship

Add-on Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler


 

No Image

1964-05-16
Locy Type 2t(n+u)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-12c

Recovery Force

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher


 

No Image

1965-03-15
Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

Category

Note:


 

1965-06-07
Locy Type 7tnu (Large Letters)

Gemini 4 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck


 

N/A

N/A

1965-10-25
Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,"CVS")

GEMINI Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck. From the Jon Howard collection.
Background History - This cover is postmarked for what space collectors call the Gemini-6 Scrub. Gemini-6 was supposed to be launched on this day to rendezvous with an earlier launched Agena target vehicle. The Atlas booster carrying the Agena failed and went in the water. NASA scrubbed the Gemini-6 launch as there was no target to preform a rendezvous with. USS Wasp was to be the prime recovery ship for the mission. Many ships in the recovery fleet held their covers until the rescheduled flight took place in December. However, a number of ships did postmark covers on the scrub date and send them to collectors. Scrub covers from the prime ship USS Wasp are extremely scarce. That, along with both the Beck RSC and ship’s RSC and the ship’s return address all combine to make a very desirable cover!


 

1965-12-18
Locy Type 7tnu (Large Letters)

Gemini 7 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck


 

No Image

1966-06-06
Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

Gemini 9 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck


 

No Image

1966-06-06
Locy Type 7tnu (Small letters)

Gemini 9 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck


 

No Image

1966-06-06
Locy Type 7tnu (Small letters)

Gemini 9 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck, additional typed text by addressee W. E. Pegg


 

No Image

1966-06-06
Locy Type 7tnu (Small letters)

Gemini 9 Recovery Force

Cachet furnished by Morris W. Beck


 

N/A

N/A

1968-09-27
Locy Type 2t(n+u)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-12c

European Deployment

Add-on Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler


 

No Image

1970-11-25
Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

Category

Note:


 

1972-01-26
Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

Official Business

Note:


 

1972-02-23
Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

Ship's Crest

Note:

 

 

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