Cachet Maker Walter Czubay

 
Page 1  (1937 - 1939)
Page 2  (1940 - 1956)
Page 3  (Land Based Units / USMC)

 

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

 

			1937-06-12 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "COMM'ING / N. NAVY YARD" USS Bagley DD-386
			Ship Commissioning

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

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the National Cachet Society and Walter Czubay.

 

			1937-09-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA" USS Yorktown CV-5
			Ship Commissioning - USS Yorktown CV-5

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N/A		N/A	1938-02-09 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SER." USS Warrington DD-383
			Commissioning

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1938-05-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK,VA." USS Enterprise CV-6
			Commissioning - USS Enterprise CV-6

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

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay. Cover contained an insert with Walter Czubay's USCS rubberstamp.

 

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

Cachet by Ted Rauterberg and sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

		No Image	1938-09-08 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

			1938-09-17 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "PEARL / HARBOR T H" USS Avocet AVP-4
			Ship Birthday

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and Raymond A. Aiken and sponsored by Walter Czubay. Notation on the back indicates that 44 covers with this cachet were canceled.

 

			1938-09-20 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "CROSSING 0 / MERIDIAN" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay and theNational Cachet Society.

 

No Image			1938-09-21 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / ENGLAND" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

			1938-10-03 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "COMMISSION / DATE" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Walter Czubay and National Cachet Society

 

			1938-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Whitney AD-4
			Armistice Day

Cachet by Leonard Rogers, sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

			1938-11-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) USS Sacramento PG-19
			Armistice Day

Cachet by Leonard Rogers, sponsored by Walter Czubay. This cachet is slightly different than the one above it. At the bottom, this cachet says "SPONSOR WALTER CZUBAY R.C.D. 134" whereas the one above says "Sponsored by Walt. Czubay".

 

N/A			1938-12-12 Locy Type 3rt (C-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			1st Anniversary of the Decommissioning of - USS Panay PR-5

Asiatic Fleet postmark. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

No Image			1939-01-03 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BUENOS AIRES / ARGENTINA" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet sponsored by National Cachet Society

 

			1939-02-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "GONAIVES / HAITI" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

			1939-02-02 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK" USS Benham DD-397
			First Day of Postal Service

Joint effort with Ted Rauterberg

 

			1939-02-06 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "GONAIVES, / HAITI" USS Raleigh CL-7
			Ship Birthday

Cachet by Raymond A. Aiken, sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

No Image			1939-03-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by Walter Czubay.

 

			1939-04-03 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Saury SS-189
			First Day in Commission

Joint effort with M. Fay Muridge (her name is at the 9:00 position in the cachet). Walter Czubay's name is in the 3:00 position.

 

			1939-06-13 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "WORLDS FAIR / NEW YORK" USS Wichita CA-45
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1939-06-16 Locy Type 6ep Scouting Force U.S. Fleet
			Category

Cachet sponsored by Walter Czubay and the National Cachet Society

 

		No Image	1939-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by Walter Czubay and the National Cachet Society.

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3t "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." Enterprise (CV-6) Torpedo Squadron Six
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by Walter Czubay and the National Cachet Society.

 

			1939-11-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Bernadou DD-153
			Recommissioning / First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1947 NCS Ad Card
			N/A

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