NICOTINE

Ship Name and Designation History

Note: The USS/HPS NICOTINE is a creation of an unknown person or persons and was reported weekly in the "Western Stamp Collector" newspaper by Desmond Jagyi in his "About Naval Covers" column. Reading the old papers, there are more NICOTINE covers created but they have not been located yet. These covers were shown in an article by Greg Ciesielski in the September 2009 edition of the "Universal Ship Cancellation Society LOG". The search continues for more information on who created these postmarks and covers. Enjoy!
 

1. USS NICOTINE (Fake)
2. HPS NICOTINE (Fake)

 

Naval Covers

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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

N/A			1935-01-12 Imitation Type 3 "PITTSBURGH PA / NAVAL YARD"
			"USS Nicotine"

From the Donald De Witt collection. Notice the cigarette tax stamp used as postage.

 

N/A			1935-01-12 Imitation Type 3 "PITTSBURGH PA / NAVAL YARD"
			"USS Nicotine"

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N/A			1935-01-15 Imitation Type 3 "LAT 16 47S / LONG 115 34E" Cigarette Killer Bars
			"HPS Nicotine"

Note: Signed by "Gustav Windt, Mail Clerk"

 

			1935-01-24 Imitation Type 3 "BON / VOYAGE"
			"USS Nicotine"

Enclosed letter from "Wings", the Assistant Cook, to DC Bartley. Also postmarked from Anchor Kentucky on January 26 1935.

 

			1935-01-30 Imitation Type 3 "PORT / GALLINAS" "PORT OF / SPAIN"
			"USS Nicotine"

"Crew" list is on the back of this postcard. Also postmarked from Riddle Oregon on February 5 1935.
Riddle OR is about 50mi from the coast. Point Gallinas, Colombia, is the northernmost point of South America. Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad, at that time the British West Indies. Point Gallinas and Port of Spain are about as far apart as New York and Chicago. "Cacoethes scribendi" is Latin for "an insatiable urge to write." {BDL}

 

N/A			1935-02-22 Imitation Type 3 "GEORGIE / BORN" Inverted Cigarette Killer Bars
			"HPS Nicotine"

Note: Signed by "Gustav Windt, Mail Clerk"

 

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