Cachet Maker James Chun

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.

 

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

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USS Breese DM-18
			Navy Day

Cachet by Matt Murphey and James Chun

 

			1935-11-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "ARMISTICE / DAY -- 1935" USS Oglala ARG-1
			Armistice Day

Cachet by James Chun and C. Wright Richell. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1935-12-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) "RECOMMIS / 31 OCTOBER" USS Thrush AVP-3
			Recommissioning

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			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "IN HIS / MEMORY" USS Beaver AS-5
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by Elsie Lee ANCS #219

 

N/A			1937-01-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "WELCOME TO / HAWAII" USS Chaumont AP-5
			Transpacific Flight

Cachet by James Chun and sponsored by the Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1937-08-26 Locy Type 3 (TBB) "ALOHA USS / HONOLULU" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Ship Launching - USS Honolulu CL-48

Cachet by James Chun and Elsie Lee. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-10-10 Locy Type LDPS 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-46b USS Montgomery DM-17
			Last Day of Postal Service

Cachet sponsor - Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS

 

			1937-10-10 Locy Type LDPS 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-46b USS Montgomery DM-17
			Last Day of Postal Service

Back of the Oct 10 1937 cover showing R/S marking of James Chun, ANCS #76.

 

			1937-11-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Breese DM-18
			Last Day of Postal Service

Sponsored by Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS

 

			1938-06-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Commissioning

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			1939-07-09 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Port Visit - Hawaii

Cachet is thermographed. You can make out Chun's name at the far left (Jas Chun '39). His ANCS number (ANCS 76) is barely visible within the bottom-most border of the box at the bottom of the cachet.

 

			1939-11-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." USS Turkey ATO-143
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet Makers: James Chun and Jimmie Allen

 

			1940-07-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "SIXTEEN / YEARS OLD" USS Dobbins AD-3
			16th Anniversary of Commissioning

James Chun, Jimmie Allen, Louis C. Minkler and James E. Slater colaborated together.

 

			1940-07-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "SIXTEEN / YEARS OLD" USS Dobbin AD-3
			Birthday

Cachet by Louis C Minkler, James E. Slater, Jimmie Allen and James Chun.

 

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