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Although not a HMS, the RMS Queen Mary was used as a troop ship during WWII.
Although not a HMS, the RMS Queen Mary was used as a troop ship during WWII.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_AMEER_19460110_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_AMEER_19460110_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_AMEER_19460110_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1946-01-10<br/>Signal Distributing Office Marking<br/>HMS AMEER (D01)
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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See [[BAFFINS_CVE_35_ | USS Baffins CVE-35]] for US Navy information.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_Amphion_19610616_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_Amphion_19610616_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_Amphion_19610616_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1961-06-16<br/>CO's Marking<br/>HMS AMPHION P439
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Joachim_Dill_ | Joachim Dill]]
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KL 14 November 1943 - Lau 31 August 1944 - FDC 27 March 1945 - LDC 24 June 1971, Sold to be broken up for scrap.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19360917_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19360917_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19360917_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-09-17<br/>Mail Office Marking<br/>HMS APOLLO
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N/A
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KL 08/15/33 - Lau 10/09/34 - FDC 01/13/36 - LDC 09/28/38 To Royal Australian Navy, renamed HMAS Hobart.
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N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19380214_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19360917_2_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19360917_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-09-17<br/>Master-At-Arms Marking<br/>HMS APOLLO
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N/A
N/A
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KL 08/15/33 - Lau 10/09/34 - FDC 01/13/36 - LDC 09/28/38 To Royal Australian Navy, renamed HMAS Hobart.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19380214_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Apollo_19380214_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1938-02-14<br/>Main Office Ship's Marking<br/>HMS APOLLO
1938-02-14<br/>Mail Office Marking<br/>HMS APOLLO
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N/A
N/A
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Welcome to Norfolk VA  
Welcome to Norfolk VA  
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Belfast_C35_19511214_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Belfast_C35_19511214_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Belfast_C35_19511214_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1951-12-14<br/>HMS BELFAST C35
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N/A
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Courtesy of the Liam McGovern collection.
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1978-08-21<br/>HMS CHARYBDIS F75<br/><br/>[[COMTE_DE_GRASSE_DD_974_ | USS Comte De Grasse DD-974]]
1978-08-21<br/>HMS CHARYBDIS F75<br/><br/>[[COMTE_DE_GRASSE_DD_974_ | USS Comte De Grasse DD-974]]
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[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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Welcome to Norfolk VA
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Cleopatra_F28_19840216_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Cleopatra_F28_19840216_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yellowstone_AD41_19840216_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1984-02-16<br/>HMS CLEOPATRA F28<br/><br/>[[YELLOWSTONE_AD_41_ | USS Yellowstone AD-41]]
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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N/A
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19341001_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19341001_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19341001_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19341001_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Welcome to Long Beach CA   
Welcome to Long Beach CA   
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19350805_1_Mark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19350805_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19350805_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1935-08-05<br/>HMS DANAE D-44
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Vancouver welcomes HMS Danae D-44
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Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_30_Capt_Vancouver_ | Capt. Vancouver Chapter No. 30, USCS]]. From the Adam Francis collection. 
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Danae_D44_19350830_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
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1935-08-30<br/>HMS DANAE D-44
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N/A
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Welcome to Santa Barbara CA 
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[[Cachet_Category_Fleet_Week_ | Fleet Week]], Serviced by Deane C. (DC) Bartley.
[[Cachet_Category_Fleet_Week_ | Fleet Week]], Serviced by Deane C. (DC) Bartley.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:LFerrell_Dragon_19330905_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:LFerrell_Dragon_19330905_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:LFerrell_Dragon_19330905_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1933-09-05<br/>Regulating Office Ship's Marking<br/>HMS Dragon at Portland, Oregon<br/>
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[[Cachet_Maker_Myron_F_McCamley_ | Myron F. McCamley]] Cachet<br/>
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Serviced by Myron McCamley and Louis Diesing
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_L_Erle_White_ | L. Erle White]]  
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_L_Erle_White_ | L. Erle White]]  
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Dragon_19350625_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1935-06-25<br/>Locy Type 3(B-BTT)<br/>"GOOD BYE / HMS DRAGON"<br/>[[STURTEVANT_DD_240_ | USS Sturtevant DD-240]]<br/>HMS Dragon D46
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Farewell to HMS Dragon
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Note:
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Cachet by Fred C. Barnes (?)  
Cachet by Fred C. Barnes (?)  
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_Dragon_19370221_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1937-02-21<br/>HMS Dragon D46
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Welcome to Pensacola FL
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Cacheted. From the Karl Schweinfurth collection.
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Unsure what the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_USS_Cleveland_ | USS Cleveland Crew, ANCS]] marking on the back is for. Perhaps sender?
Unsure what the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_USS_Cleveland_ | USS Cleveland Crew, ANCS]] marking on the back is for. Perhaps sender?
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_EMPEROR_19460212_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_EMPEROR_19460212_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_EMPEROR_19460212_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1946-02-12<br/>W/T (Wireless Telegraphy) Office Marking<br/>HMS EMPEROR (D98)<br/>Originally to be named "HMS STINGER"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
</td></tr></table>
See [[PYBUS_CVE_34_ | USS Pybus CVE-34]] for US Navy information.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_EMPEROR_19890411_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1989-04-11<br/>Commemorative Postmark<br/>HMS EMPEROR (D98)
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Cachet by R. N. Marriott, RNCC Group
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44th Anniversary of "OPERATION SUNFISH" on April 11 1945.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_FENCER_19451120_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_FENCER_19451120_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMS_FENCER_19451120_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1945-11-20<br/>Ship's Marking<br/>HMS FENCER (D64)<br/>Pacific Service Pennant # R308
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
</td></tr></table>
See [[CROATAN_CVE_14_ | USS Croatan CVE-14]] for US Navy information.
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Category</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto|William S Linto]].<br/>
Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto|William S Linto]].<br/>
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMSHermes_R12_19770930_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HMSHermes_R12_19770930_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1977-09-30<br/>HMS Hermes R-12<br/><br/>Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS)<br/>[[TEXAS_CGN_39_ | USS Texas CGN-39]]
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"Welcome To Norfolk"
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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Cachet by<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
Cachet by<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
</td></tr></table>
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NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron
NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron. Contributed by Tom Kean.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lyness_19750421_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lyness_19750421_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Sumter_LST1181_19750421_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lyness_19750421_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Sumter_LST1181_19750421_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Sumter_LST1181_19750421_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1975-04-21<br/>Purser's Marking<br/>RFA LYNESS<br/><br/>[[SUMTER_LST_1181_ | USS Sumter LST-1181]]
1975-04-21<br/>Purser's Marking<br/>RFA LYNESS<br/><br/>[[SUMTER_LST_1181_ | USS Sumter LST-1181]]

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Covers are listed in chronological order within ship name.

 

Great Britain Ships Page 2 (M - Z)
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N/A

c 1930's

RMS Queen Mary Stationary

Although not a HMS, the RMS Queen Mary was used as a troop ship during WWII.


 

1946-01-10
Signal Distributing Office Marking
HMS AMEER (D01)

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

See USS Baffins CVE-35 for US Navy information.


 

1961-06-16
CO's Marking
HMS AMPHION P439

Cachet by Joachim Dill

KL 14 November 1943 - Lau 31 August 1944 - FDC 27 March 1945 - LDC 24 June 1971, Sold to be broken up for scrap.


 

1936-09-17
Mail Office Marking
HMS APOLLO

N/A

KL 08/15/33 - Lau 10/09/34 - FDC 01/13/36 - LDC 09/28/38 To Royal Australian Navy, renamed HMAS Hobart.


 

N/A

1936-09-17
Master-At-Arms Marking
HMS APOLLO

N/A

KL 08/15/33 - Lau 10/09/34 - FDC 01/13/36 - LDC 09/28/38 To Royal Australian Navy, renamed HMAS Hobart.


 

N/A

1938-02-14
Mail Office Marking
HMS APOLLO

N/A

Nice R/S marking from the Postman, Cpl. J. Riley, RN


 

N/A

N/A

1942-04-20
"Received From H.M. Ship" Postmark

N/A

Censored Sailor's Mail


 

1978-12-04
HMS ARK ROYAL R09

N/A

Final Disembarkation of Air Group from the HMS ARK ROYAL


 

1970-07-06
HMS BACCHANTE F69

USS Fred T. Berry DD-858

Tazewell G. Nicholson

Welcome to Norfolk VA


 

1951-12-14
HMS BELFAST C35

N/A

Courtesy of the Liam McGovern collection.


 

1978-08-21
HMS CHARYBDIS F75

USS Comte De Grasse DD-974

Tazewell G. Nicholson

Welcome to Norfolk VA


 

1984-02-16
HMS CLEOPATRA F28

USS Yellowstone AD-41

Tazewell G. Nicholson

Welcome to Norfolk VA


 

1934-10-01
HMS DANAE D-44

N/A

Welcome to Long Beach CA


 

1935-08-05
HMS DANAE D-44

Vancouver welcomes HMS Danae D-44

Cachet by the Capt. Vancouver Chapter No. 30, USCS. From the Adam Francis collection.


 

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1935-08-30
HMS DANAE D-44

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Welcome to Santa Barbara CA


 

1963-10-24
Mail Office Marking
HMS Devonshire D02

USS Arneb AKA-56

Tazewell G. Nicholson

Welcome to Norfolk


 

1933-07-19
Regulating Office Ship's Marking
HMS Dragon

USPO Machine Postmark (on back)
Seattle WA

John Paul Jones USCS Chapter 2

Fleet Week, Serviced by Deane C. (DC) Bartley.


 

1933-09-05
Regulating Office Ship's Marking
HMS Dragon at Portland, Oregon

Myron F. McCamley Cachet

Serviced by Myron McCamley and Louis Diesing


 

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1934-09-16
HMS Dragon

Category

Notes:


 

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1934-10-13
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Philadelphia PA

Cachet by Richard H. Green


 

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1935-06-21
USPO Duplex
"Hampton Roads Br."
Norfolk VA
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Norfolk VA

Cachet by L. Erle White


 

1935-06-21
USPO Duplex
"Hampton Roads Br."
Norfolk VA
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Norfolk VA

Cachet by L. Erle White


 

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1935-06-25
Locy Type 3(B-BTT)
"GOOD BYE / HMS DRAGON"
USS Sturtevant DD-240
HMS Dragon D46

Farewell to HMS Dragon

Note:


 

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1936-09-02
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to New London CT

Cachet by Rip Sousa


 

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1937-01-12
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Kingston Jamaica

Cachet by Fred C. Barnes (?)


 

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1937-02-21
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Pensacola FL

Cacheted. From the Karl Schweinfurth collection.


 

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1937-05-02
HMS Dragon D46
HMS Apollo
HMS York

Philatelic posting

Note:


 

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1937-05-12
HMS Dragon D46

Welcome to Antigua BWI

Note:


 

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1941-12-08
HMS Furious
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Philadelphia PA

Censored

Unsure what the USS Cleveland Crew, ANCS marking on the back is for. Perhaps sender?


 

1946-02-12
W/T (Wireless Telegraphy) Office Marking
HMS EMPEROR (D98)
Originally to be named "HMS STINGER"

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

See USS Pybus CVE-34 for US Navy information.


 

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1989-04-11
Commemorative Postmark
HMS EMPEROR (D98)

Cachet by R. N. Marriott, RNCC Group

44th Anniversary of "OPERATION SUNFISH" on April 11 1945.


 

1945-11-20
Ship's Marking
HMS FENCER (D64)
Pacific Service Pennant # R308

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

See USS Croatan CVE-14 for US Navy information.


 

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1939-05-18
HMS GLASGOW

Royal Visit

Cachet by Jack McLennan


 

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1945-03-14
HMS -------

Sailor's Mail

Censored


 

1948-11-15
Oval CO's ship marking

Tazewell G. Nicholson

Visit of HMS Duke of York to Norfolk, VA.


 

1941-11-07
HMS Furious

Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: William S Linto.


 

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1977-09-30
HMS Hermes R-12

Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS)
USS Texas CGN-39

"Welcome To Norfolk"

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

1941-11-14
HMS Illustrious

Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: William S Linto.


 

1941-11-14
HMS Illustrious

Category

Notes: Same cover as above but showing postmarks.


 

1965-07-16
Ships Office Marking
HMS LEANDER

USS Fiske DD-842

Cachet by
Tazewell G. Nicholson

NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron. Contributed by Tom Kean.


 

1975-04-21
Purser's Marking
RFA LYNESS

USS Sumter LST-1181

Cachet by
Tazewell G. Nicholson

"Operation SPRINGBOARD". See USNS Sirius T-AFS-8


 

1980-12-13
Senior Purser's Marking
RFA LYNESS

USS Trenton LPD-14

Cachet by
Tazewell G. Nicholson

"Welcome to Norfolk". See USNS Sirius T-AFS-8


 

1981-01-17
5-line Ships' Marking
RFA LYNESS

Cachet by
Tazewell G. Nicholson

See USNS Sirius T-AFS-8

 

 

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