Cachet Maker Richard F Hoffner Page 9

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.

See Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS for more of Rich Hoffner's work. He has been the Cachet Director of Chapter No. 4 since 1980.

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Rich Hoffner Add-On Cachets

 

N/A			1930-01-23 Locy Type FDPS 3s USS Salt Lake City CL-25
			First Day of Postal Service

Add-On Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A			1931-08-18 Locy Type 5s "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Rizal DM-14
			In Port

Add-On Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A			1932-03-17 Locy Type 3s "ST PATRICKS / DAY" USS Gamble DM-15
			St. Patrick's Day

Add-On Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A			1932-04-10 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Argonaut SM-1
			Collectors request

Air Mail envelope printed by the Cover Mount Co. with Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-30 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-11 USS Peary DD-226
			Shanghai China

Add-On Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A			1934-03-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "AT / SEA" USS San Francisco CA-38
			Shakedown Cruise

Add-On Cachets (Eagle) by Mike Brock, (ship and text) by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-11 Locy Type 3 (BTT) (Type 3 dial "U.S. / FLEET") (Killer text "LONG BEACH / SAN PEDRO") USS New Mexico BB-40
			Armistice Day

Add-On Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "FIRING SRBP / OFF TSINGTAO" USS Augusta CA 31
			SRBP = Short Range Battle Practices

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N/A		N/A	1935-08-31 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SOUTHAMPTON / ENGLAND" USS Dale DD 353
			Shakedown Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "STOCKHOLM / NAVY DAY" USS Porter DD 356
			Shakedown Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1937-03-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "MANILA / P.I." USS Barker DD 213
			Asiatic Duty

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N/A		N/A	1937-04-07 Locy Type LDC 3r (A-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Lea DD 118
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1937-04-07 Locy Type LDC 3r (A-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Lea DD 118
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A			1937-12-21 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "COM / SUB RON" USS Richmond CL-9
			Flagship, Submarine Force

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N/A		N/A	1939-02-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "CULEBRA / P.R." USS Gridley DD 380
			Port Visit to Culebra Puerto Rico

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N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Searaven SS 196
			First Day In Commission

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N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Seawolf SS 197
			First Day In Commission

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N/A		N/A	1940-02-12 Locy Type 6 "BASE FORCE / U.S. FLEET"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. USS Argonne AS-10 was the flagship of Base Force.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-04-10 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Seminole AT-65
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1940-04-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "PORTSMOUTH. / N.H." USS Sealion SS 195
			Homeport

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-27 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Thresher SS 200
			First Day In Commission

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N/A		N/A	1940-10-19 Locy Type LD 3 (A-TBT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USS Bushnell AGS-32
			Last Day as USS BUSHNELL

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N/A			1940-11-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Howard DMS-7
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1941-01-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR-T H" USS Minneapolis CA 36
			Homeport

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N/A		N/A	1941-02-16 Locy Type 3 (BTT) Submarine Squadron 3
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1941-03-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 (BTT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" Submarine Division 42
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1941-03-20 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Grayling SS 209
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1941-05-16 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Gudgeon SS 211
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1941-07-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) USS Tambor SS 198
			Independence Day

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N/A		N/A	1941-11-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL" USS Drum SS 228
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-01-21 Locy Type FDC 3z (BBT) USS Greenling SS 213
			First Day In Commission

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N/A			1943-01-12 Locy Type 9x USS Kitty Hawk APV-1
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1943-07-24 Locy Type FDC 9efu USS Cabot CVL-28
			Commissioning

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N/A			1944-08-13 USPO Duplex Cancel Bath ME USS Tolman DM-28
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1945-08-06 Locy Type 2# USS Dorchester APB-46
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1945-08-06 Locy Type 9# USS Dorchester APB-46
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1945-08-21 Locy Type FDC 2# USS Ernest G. Small DD-838
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-15 Locy Type 2(n) USS Monterey CVL-26
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1945-12-26 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9efu USS Cabot CVL-28
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-01-24 Locy Type Fz Locy Type 9vz Locy Type 9xz USS Fitch DMS-25
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-01-30 Locy Type 2z + SLKts(n) USS Jeffers DMS-27
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-02-03 Locy Type 2z Locy Type 9ruz USS Jeffers DMS-27
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1946-02-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x USS Griffin AS-13
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-03-11 Locy Type 2z+SLbs ("USS H. F. BAUER") USS Harry F. Bauer DM-26
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-04-09 Locy Type 3z (BBT) USS Doran DMS-41
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-06-01 Locy Type 2 Locy Type 9efu USS APL-58
			Collectors request

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N/A			1946-06-22 Locy Type LDC 2(n) USS Anderson DD-411
			Decommissioning

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N/A			1946-07-16 Locy Type 2z Locy Type 9efu USS Adams DM-27
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1946-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-10 USS Leonard F. Mason DD-852
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1948-12-01 Locy Type FDPS 2t(nu) USS Cabot CVL-28
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1949-03-28 Locy Type 2t(nu) Locy Type 9ef(nu) USS Cabot CVL-28
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1949-04-15 Locy Type LDPS 2# USS Providence CL-82
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1949-07-01 Locy Type 2(n) USS Alfred A. Cunningham DD-752
			"The 2(n) may have been used only on July 1, 1949" USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th edition.

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N/A			1949-10-15 Locy Type FDPS 2(n) USS Hobson DMS-26
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1950-05-20 Locy Type CD-R2 USS Diachenko APD-123
			Unreported PAID marking

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N/A			1952-01-01 Locy Type FDPS 9efu USS Firedrake AE-14
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A			1952-06-15 Locy Type 2r USS Tweedy DE-532
			Collectors Request

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N/A		N/A	1952-07-28 USPO Machine Cancel "Naval Sta." Key West FL USS Bluefish SS-222
			Serving w/ Sub Division 41

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N/A			1953-08-22 Locy Type 3r USS Yosemite AD-19
			Damaged postmark

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N/A		N/A	1954-03-04 Locy Type 2r USS Nicholas DD-449
			Collectors request

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N/A			1956-04-06 Locy Type 2(n) USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42
			FDPS & FDR

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N/A		N/A	1956-12-03 Locy Type 2(n) USS Skywatcher YAGR 3
			On Duty

Postmarked on the back with a USPO Machine Cancel dated Dec 3 1956, East Greenwich, RI

 

N/A		N/A	1956-12-15 USN Slogan Machine Cancel "U.S. Navy / Operation / Deep Freeze" Pole Station Antarctica USCGC Northwind WAGB-282
			Operation Deep Freeze II, Task Force 43

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N/A			1956-12-27 USPO Type 9 FAKE Camden NJ USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			FAKE Postmark

Postmark created by Ronald Reeves

 

N/A			1957-01-05 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Brownson DD-868
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1962-05-07 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Samuel B. Roberts DD-823
			Collectors request

Cachet is for the search for USS Thresher SSN-593 but this was a year too early.

 

N/A			1962-06-22 Locy Type 2(n+) (A,USS) Locy Type 9eft(n+)y ("USPO") USS Kearsarge CVS-33
			Collectors request

Postage Due 4c. See the back.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-08-04 USPO FDOI Cancel Newburyport MA
			175th Birthday and First Day of Issue

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N/A			1966-09-19 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Procyon AF-61
			On Duty

Postmarked on the back with a Locy Type 9ef(nu)(USS)

 

N/A		N/A	1969-05-05 Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS) USS Bushnell AS-15
			Collectors request

Cover & Cachet for USS Atule SS-403

 

N/A			1969-05-15 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DD,USS) USS Fechteler DD-870
			On Duty

Postmarked on the back with Cheltenham PA "Received" marking applied by Richard Hoffner in 1969 when he worked for the post office.

 

N/A		N/A	1969-07-05 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Satyr ARL-23
			Vietnam Duty

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N/A		N/A	1969-09-22 Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS) USS Bushnell AS-15
			Collectors request

Cover & Cachet for USS Tirante SS-420

 

N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y ("96601") USS New Jersey BB-62
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y ("96601") USS New Jersey BB-62
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y ("96601") USS New Jersey BB-62
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1977-09-03 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-50 USCGC Firebush WLB-393
			Collectors request

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