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<tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cachet Close-Up Image
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</th><th valign="center">Primary Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19361209_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19361209_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1936-12-09<br/>Locy Type 3ty (BBT)<br/>"USS HELENA / KEEL LAYING"<br/>
1936-12-09<br/>Locy Type 3ty (BBT)<br/>"USS HELENA / KEEL LAYING"<br/>[[US_RECEIVING_SHIP_NEW_YORK_NY | US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY]]
[[US_RECEIVING_SHIP_BROOKLYN_NY_ | US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY]]
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Keel Laying - USS Helena CL-50<br/>
Keel Laying - USS Helena CL-50  
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace_ | Lloyd A. Nace]], ANCS 54.
[[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace_ | Lloyd A. Nace]], ANCS 54<br/>
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[[Image:Bunter_Honolulu_CL_48_19380827_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Honolulu_CL_48_19380827_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1938-08-27<br/>
1938-08-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)<br/>"NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"<br/>[[HONOLULU_CL_48 | USS Honolulu CL-48]]
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)<br/>
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NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching| Launching]] - USS Helena CL-50
[[HONOLULU_CL_48 | USS Honolulu CL-48]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_Horton|Frederick Horton]] and [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard|Loring W. Stannard]]
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1938-08-27<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"<br/>[[J_FRED_TALBOTT_AG_81 | USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching|Ship Launching]] - USS Helena CL-50<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching| Launching]] - USS Helena CL-50
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Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_Horton|Frederick Horton]] and  
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]] and sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_13_USS_Brooklyn | USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS]]. From the John Young collection.
[[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard|Loring W Stannard]]<br/>
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1939-09-18<br/>
1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r<br/>"BROOKLYN / NY"
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / NY"
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First Day in Commission
First Day in Commission
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[[Cachet_Maker_Unknown|Unknown]] Cachet<br/>Back pencil notation L.W.S.
Rubber stamp cachet, cachetmaker is [[Cachet_Maker_Unknown| Unknown]]. Cachet Back pencil notation L.W.S.
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1939-09-18<br/>
1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r<br/>"BROOKLYN / NY"
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / NY"
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First Day in Commission
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann_ | George Neumann]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_Horton_ | Frederick Horton]]
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1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / NY"
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First Day in Commission
First Day in Commission
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[[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_Horton_ | Frederick Horton]] Cachet<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]] collection
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann_ | George Neumann]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_Horton_ | Frederick Horton]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1939-09-18<br/>
1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>
"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]  
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_13_USS_Brooklyn | USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS]]
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N/A
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1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / N Y"
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning | Commissioning]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_13_USS_Brooklyn | USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS]]. Contributed by Tom Kean.
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1939-09-18<br/>Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>(No Killer Bar Text)
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning | Commissioning]]
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Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_13_USS_Brooklyn|ANCS Crew 13 USS Brooklyn]] and
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_13_USS_Brooklyn | USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS]]. From the John Young collection.
[[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth|George V Sadworth]]<br/>
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1939-09-18<br/>
1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>
"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]  
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Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Gordon_A_Shaw|Gordon A Shaw]] and  
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Gordon_A_Shaw|Gordon A Shaw]] and  
[[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace|Lloyd A Nace]].<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
[[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace|Lloyd A Nace]]. Cachet is thermographed.
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"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
"BROOKLYN / N Y"<br/>
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]  
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Louis_C_&_Mae_Weigand | Mae Weigand]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19390918_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1939-09-18<br/>
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / N Y"
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning | Commissioning]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19391220_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1939-12-20<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / N Y"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19391222_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1939-12-22<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"ANNAPOLIS / MARYLAND"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19391228_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1939-12-28<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19391228_1Y_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1939-12-28<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young collection.
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1940-01-07<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400127_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-01-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BUENOS ARIES / ARGENTINA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Louis_C_&_Mae_Weigand|Louis C & Mae Weigand]]<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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1940-01-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BUENOS ARIES / ARGENTINA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young collection.
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1940-02-02<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"MONTEVIDEO / URUGUAY"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400210_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1940-02-10<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"SANTOS / BRAZIL"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400222_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-02-22<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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1940-02-22<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young 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">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400227_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1940-02-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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<!--  1940-02-27  -->
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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="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400227_1Y_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1940-02-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young collection.
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<!--  1940-03-02  -->
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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="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400302_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1940-03-02<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
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<!--  1940-03-09  -->
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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="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400309_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1940-03-09<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Lunching of [[PLUNKETT_DD_431_ | USS Plunkett DD-431]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_Czubay_ | Walter Czubay]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19400918 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19400918 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1940-09-18<br/>
1940-09-18<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23a
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>
Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration H-23
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
1st Anniversary Commissioning
1st Anniversary Commissioning
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Maker_M Fay Muridge|Muridge]] Cachet  
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
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<!--  1940-09-18  -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/> <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="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400918_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1940-09-18<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23b
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
1st Anniversary of Commissioning
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young collection.
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!--  1940-09-18  -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/> <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="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Helena_CL50_19400918_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski Helena CL50 19400918 1 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1940-09-18<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23c
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
1st Anniversary of Commissioning
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_C_Von_Losberg_| John C. Von Losberg]]. From the John Young collection.
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</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Army Navy YMCA stationary
Army Navy YMCA stationary
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<!-- 1941-04-06 -->
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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410406 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410406.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410406 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1941-07-22<br/>
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Montana
</td></tr></table>
Hand painted cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Mae_Weigand_ | Mae Weigand]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_6641_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_6641_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941-06-06<br/>
1941-06-06<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Category
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth|Sadworth]] / [[Cachet_Maker_Wayne_M_Garrett|Garrett]] Cachet<br/>Back black pen return address to USS Helena Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]] & [[Cachet_Maker_Wayne_M_Garrett | Wayne M. Garrett]]. Back black pen return address to USS Helena Pearl Harbor Hawaii
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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410722.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410722.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Business Reply
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Business reply envelope
Note:
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[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410827 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett_helena_cl50_19410827 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941-08-27<br/>
1941-08-27<br/>Locy Type '''FAKE'''<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
Locy Type Fake<br/>
USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Category
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet Maker Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop|Hobby Shop]] Cachet
Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop| Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)]]
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Category
Category
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Censored wartime (WWII) use  
Censored WWII use  
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Category
Category
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Censored wartime (WWII) use<br/>
Censored, WWII use. Back MACDILL FIELD FLA machine 1943-05-24...Pencil notation "CL-50"
Back MACDILL FIELD FLA machine 1943-05-24...Pencil notation "CL-50"
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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
---------
Category


 

N/A

N/A

1936-12-09
Locy Type 3ty (BBT)
"USS HELENA / KEEL LAYING"
US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

Keel Laying - USS Helena CL-50

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Lloyd A. Nace, ANCS 54.


 

1938-08-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"
USS Honolulu CL-48

Launching - USS Helena CL-50

Cachet by Frederick Horton and Loring W. Stannard


 

N/A

N/A

1938-08-27
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156

Launching - USS Helena CL-50

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg and sponsored by the USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS. From the John Young collection.



1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NY"

First Day in Commission

Rubber stamp cachet, cachetmaker is Unknown. Cachet Back pencil notation L.W.S.



1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NY"

First Day in Commission

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton



N/A

N/A

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NY"

First Day in Commission

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS


 

N/A

N/A

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Commissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS. Contributed by Tom Kean.


 

N/A

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
(No Killer Bar Text)

Commissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS. From the John Young collection.


 

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Gordon A Shaw and Lloyd A Nace. Cachet is thermographed.


 

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Mae Weigand


 

N/A

N/A

1939-09-18
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1939-12-20
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / N Y"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1939-12-22
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"ANNAPOLIS / MARYLAND"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1939-12-28
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1939-12-28
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-01-07
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-01-27
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BUENOS ARIES / ARGENTINA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-01-27
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BUENOS ARIES / ARGENTINA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-02
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"MONTEVIDEO / URUGUAY"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-10
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"SANTOS / BRAZIL"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-22
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-22
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-27
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-27
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-03-02
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg


 

N/A

N/A

1940-03-09
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"

Lunching of USS Plunkett DD-431

Cachet by Walter Czubay



1940-01-06
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

Category

Note:



1940-05-24
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"

Category

Advertising cover



1940-09-18
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23a

1st Anniversary Commissioning

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg



N/A

N/A

1940-09-18
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23b

1st Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.



N/A

1940-09-18
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-23c

1st Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.



1940-11-10
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)

Category

Army Navy YMCA stationary



1941-07-22
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

Montana

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand



1941-06-06
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)

Category

Cachet by George V. Sadworth & Wayne M. Garrett. Back black pen return address to USS Helena Pearl Harbor Hawaii



N/A

1941-07-22
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

Business Reply

Note:


 

No Image

1941-08-18
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

Category

Note:



1941-08-27
Locy Type FAKE
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

Category

Cachet by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)



1942-03-09
Locy Type 3z (BTB)

Official Business

Note:



1942-05-01
Locy Type 3z (BTB)

Category

Censored WWII use



1943-04-30
Locy Type 3z (BTB)

Category

Censored, WWII use. Back MACDILL FIELD FLA machine 1943-05-24...Pencil notation "CL-50"

 

 

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