Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon

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Historical Data

Organized: July 30, 1934 (Bulletins No. 44 & 45) as Oregon Chapter with 16 charter members. Meetings were actually held on board the old battleship, now a museum ship at Portland, Oregon. Myron McCamley was the original "commander" and driving force of the chapter. Organizing members: Myron McCamley (#179), President; Joseph C. Formick (#357), Vice Pres; Ross B. Hare (#432), Secty; Elbert I. Hannaford, Treasurer; Edward A. Peake (#646), Arthur Delmore (#314), Louis R. Diesing (#645), Ernest W. Jenkins (#183), Reginald E. Linto (#599).
     Cachet directors: 1934-36 Louis R. Diesing, 1937 Myron McCamley (and also Raymond Van Tress). The Chapter ceased operations after 1938, and was officially defunct per the 1940 USCS Yearbook.

Note: The May 1965 USCS Log (page 2) mentions an attempt to organize a new USS Oregon Chapter, but it wasn't until 1977 that USS OREGON Chapter #79 was formed.
    

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			Close-up of the Chapter marking from the back of the May 30 1935 cover

Note: This "Berthed at Portland" rubber stamp appears on most chapter covers, usually on the back. It was used on the first chapter cachet, Navy Day, Oct. 27, 1934. The early version of the rubber stamp had a "179" (Myron McCamley's USCS number) extending out from the dial, but that was removed sometime in early 1935.

 

			1934-12-25 Pursers Office Stamp used for Cancel SS GENERAL PERSHING
			States Line

Cachet by Elbert I. Hannaford and sponsored by the USCS Battleship Oregon Chapter. The design by Hannaford is conformed per Oregonian newspaper,26 Nov 1934, p12. It depicts "an Oregon turkey" and was the first seapost cachet the chapter did. Covers were taken on board PERSHING when she left Portland and cancelled 500 miles out at sea. When the ship arrived at Yokohama, they were transferred to another ship returning to the west coast.

 

			1934-12-25 Locy Type 5hks "MARE ISLAND / CAL."
			Christmas Day 1934

Sponsored by USCS Battleship Oregon Chapter. The design is probably by member Elbert I. Hannaford, who did the 1934 Thanksgiving cachet for the chapter. This example is addressed to Edward A. Peake, the original exchange manager for the chapter. Notice the back has the "Berthed in Portland" rubber stamp on the back, done in red ink.

 

No Image		No Image	1935-01-01 Locy Type 3 "NORFK NAVYD / PORTS VA" USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156
			New Year's Day

Note: The cachet artist was again Elbert Hannaford. Variations of this cachet were used by the chapter on New Year cachets over the next several years.

 

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Worden DD-352
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "RADIO / CONTROLLED" USS Lamberton AG-21
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. Postmarked on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "RADIO / CONTROLLED" USS Lamberton AG-21
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. Postmarked on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Raleigh CL-7
			Independence Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-08-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Cincinnati CL-6
			Reservist Cruise

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

N/A			1935-08-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Cincinnati CL-6
			Reservist Cruise

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

N/A			1936-01-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HANKOW / CHINA" USS Panay PR-5
			New Years Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. From the Robert Cramer collection.

 

			1936-01-20 Undated Portland OR Machine Cancel Cruiser EMDEN Keel Laid December 1921 Launched January 6 1935 Commissioned October 15 1925 Decommissioned April 26 1945
			Portland Rose Festival

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1936-05-30 Locy Type 3s  (USCS Illustration U-5d) MEMORIAL / DAY USS Utah AG-16
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1936-08-06 Locy Type 6erp USS Detroit CL-8
			Fleet Week Portland Rose Festival.

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 "4th Regiment U.S.M.C." "Shanghai China"
			Christmas Day

Note: they are reusing the artwork from the chapter's 1934 Christmas cachet.

 

			1937-01-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA" USS Sacramento PG-19
			New Year's Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. John N. Lawrence probably serviced this cover from Shanghai.
This cachet is essentially the same as the one for January 1, 1935. The only difference is the addition of a border.

 

			1937-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NYD.MARE / ID.CALIF." USS Dent DD-116
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1937-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Reuben James DD-245
			Portland OR

Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller

 

			1937-07-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Salt Lake City CA 25
			Portland, OR

Note:

 

			1937-09-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Saratoga CV-3
			Labor Day

Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1938-07-23 Locy Type 5hks "PORTLAND / ORE."
			Port Visit

Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS Cachet

 

N/A			1938-09-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) USS Portland CA-33
			USS Oregon is permanently placed.

Cachet by Raymond Van Tress

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-22 Locy Type 2(n) USS Massachusetts BB-59
			Thanksgiving

Note: This cachet was originally used by the Battleship Oregon Chapter in 1934. The chapter no longer sponsored cachets after 1938, and was defunct sometime in 1939. However, McCamley used this old cachet, deleted the year, but left the wording about the old chapter. He also converted the image to a rubber stamp, so it lacks much of the original detail. Cancels are usually seen on USS COLORADO, but it was also used on other ships.

 

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