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<tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image
<tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="220">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark or Back Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark or Back Image
</th><th valign="center">Primary Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th valign="center">Postmark Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
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1938-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"<br/>[[PHILADELPHIA_CL_41_ | USS Philadelphia CL-41]]
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Keel Laying
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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1938-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>" / PHILA PA"<br/>[[BROOKS_APD_10_ | USS Brooks DD-232]]
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Keel Laying
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace_ | Lloyd A. Nace]], ANCS 54 and [[Cachet_Maker_T_M_Holcombe_ | T. M. Holcombe]] ANCS 15
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Buck_DD420_19400601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-06-01<br/>Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)<br/>"NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"<br/>[[BUCK_DD_420_ | USS Buck DD-420]]
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Launching
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Cacheted
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[[Image:JonBurdett_rhind_dd404_19400601.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_rhind_dd404_19400601 letter.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1940-06-01<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"WASHINGTON / LAUNCHED"<br/>[[RHIND DD 404 | USS Rhind DD-404]]
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Richard Buchwald| Richard Buchwald]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_4_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-06-01<br/>USPO Slogan Machine Cancel<br/>Philadelphia PA
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Richard Buchwald| Richard Buchwald]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-06-01<br/>USPO Slogan Machine Cancel<br/>Philadelphia PA
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace_ | Lloyd A. Nace]] and [[Cachet_Maker_T_M_Holcombe_ | T. M. Holcombe]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski USNH PhilaPA 19400601 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski USNH PhilaPA 19400601 1 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1940-06-01<br/>Locy Type 3 ([[OtherUS Naval Hospital League Island Pennsylvania_ | Navy Hospital League Island]])<br/>Locy Type 9 (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Locy Type 9v (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Locy Type 9x (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Philadelphia PA
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]. From the Bill Wladyka collection.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_5_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_5_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1940-06-01<br/>USPO Slogan Machine Cancel<br/>Philadelphia PA
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Al_Cohen_ | Al Cohen]]. From the Bill Wladyka collection.
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[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19410515_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19410515_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19410515_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19410515_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1941-05-15<br/>
1941-05-15<br/>Locy Type FDC 3<br/>"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
Locy Type FDC 3<br/>
FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION<br/>
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Category</td></tr></table>
Commissioning
Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Art_Craft_Company|Art Craft Company]].<br/>
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Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_Art_Craft_Company_ | Art Craft Company]]  
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First Day in Commission</td></tr></table>
First Day in Commission</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
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[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19410531_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
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Notes: Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.
Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
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Notes: Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.
Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.
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Locy Type 3z (TTB)<br/>
Locy Type 3z (TTB)<br/>
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Official Business
Official Business
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Category</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
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[[Image:Bunter_Washington_BB_56_19411207_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Category</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and  
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
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1942-04-16<br/>
Locy Type 7qtz(2)<br/>
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Category</td></tr></table>
Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1943-06-23<br/>
Locy Type Fz<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
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Official Business
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[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430726 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430726.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1943-07-26<br/>
Locy Type 7qtz(2)
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Category
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430727.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430727 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1943-07-27<br/>
Locy Type 9ruz<br/>
U.S. Navy 128<br/><br/>
1943-08-11<br/>
Washington D.C. Registered<br/>
Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
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Official Business
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Note:
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430814 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1943-08-14<br/>
Locy Type 7qtz(2)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Official Business
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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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">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430816 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430816.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19430816 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1943-08-16<br/>
Locy Type 9ruz<br/><br/>
1943-08-17<br/>
New York NY Navy 156 Br.<br/><br/>
1943-08-28<br/>
Washington D.C. (Reg. Sec.)<br/>
Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Official Business
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19450815 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1945-08-15<br/>
1945-08-15<br/>
Locy Type Fz<br/>USCS Catalog Illustration CD-Z4
Locy Type Fz<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category</td></tr></table>
Official Business
Official Business
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228.jpeg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228.jpeg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19451228 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1945-12-28<br/>
1945-12-28<br/>
Locy Type 7qt(1)<br/>
Locy Type 7qt(1)<br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Official Business
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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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">
No Image
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:KArmstrong_Washington_BB_56_19460131_1_Front.jpg.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
</td><td valign="center">
1946-01-31<br/>
Locy Type 2(n) <br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category</td></tr></table>
Category</td></tr></table>
Official Business
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
No Image
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460318.jpeg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460318.jpeg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460318 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460318 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Battleship</td></tr></table>
Battleship</td></tr></table>
Notes:
Note:
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460515 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460515 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460515.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19460515.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
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Ship Birthday</td></tr></table>
Ship Birthday</td></tr></table>
Notes:
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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
---------
Cachet Category


 

N/A

N/A

1938-06-14
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
USS Philadelphia CL-41

Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

N/A

1938-06-14
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
" / PHILA PA"
USS Brooks DD-232

Keel Laying

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace, ANCS 54 and T. M. Holcombe ANCS 15


 

N/A

N/A

1940-06-01
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
USS Buck DD-420

Launching

Cacheted


 

N/A

1940-06-01
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"WASHINGTON / LAUNCHED"
USS Rhind DD-404

Launching

Cachet by Richard Buchwald


 

N/A

N/A

1940-06-01
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by Richard Buchwald


 

N/A

N/A

1940-06-01
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace and T. M. Holcombe


 

N/A

1940-06-01
Locy Type 3 ( Navy Hospital League Island)
Locy Type 9 (Navy Hospital League Island)
Locy Type 9v (Navy Hospital League Island)
Locy Type 9x (Navy Hospital League Island)
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Bill Wladyka collection.


 

N/A

1940-06-01
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by Al Cohen. From the Bill Wladyka collection.


 

1941-05-15
Locy Type FDC 3
"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

Commissioning

Cachet by the Art Craft Company


 

1941-05-15
Locy Type FDC 3
"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

First Day in Commission

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.


 

1941-05-31
Locy Type 9fw

Ship Commissioning

Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.


 

1941-05-31
Locy Type 9fw

Ship Commissioning

Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.


 

1941-09-22
Locy Type 3z (TTB)

Category

Shaw Cachet


 

1941-10-12
Locy Type 3z (TTB)

Official Business

Note:


 

1941-12-02
Locy Type 3z (TTB)

Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.


 

1941-12-07
Locy Type 3z (TTB)

Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.


 

1942-04-16
Locy Type 7qtz(2)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1943-06-23
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4

Official Business

Note:


 

1943-07-26
Locy Type 7qtz(2)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1943-07-27
Locy Type 9ruz
U.S. Navy 128

1943-08-11
Washington D.C. Registered
Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office

Official Business

Note:


 

1943-08-14
Locy Type 7qtz(2)

Official Business

Note:


 

1943-08-16
Locy Type 9ruz

1943-08-17
New York NY Navy 156 Br.

1943-08-28
Washington D.C. (Reg. Sec.)
Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office

Official Business

Note:


 

1945-08-15
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4

Official Business

Note:


 

1945-12-28
Locy Type 7qt(1)

Official Business

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1946-01-31
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

No Image

1946-03-18
Locy Type 2(n)

Battleship

Note:


 

1946-05-15
Locy Type 7qt(1)

Ship Birthday

Note:

 


 

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