USS MELVILLE AD-2 Covers Page 1: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:41, 13 November 2018

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

No Image			1918-03-25 Locy Type 9vz 1918-04-07 New York NY Reg'y. Div.
			Registered Mail

Note:

			1918-09-16 Locy Type 1z
			Sailor's Mail

Censored, World War I. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1918-09-16 Locy Type 1z
			Sailor's Mail

Censored, World War I. Enclosed Letter from the 1918 cover. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1919-03-24 Locy Type 2
			Category

Postcard use
"COMMANDER'S HILL - NAVAL STATION - GUANTANAMO BAY"

No Image			1928-04-16 Locy Type 3 (A) "&SQUADRON / ELEVEN"
			Category

Note:

No Image			1930-12-13 Locy Type P (9x with "Parcel Post" removed)
			Category

Note:

			1934-01-01 Locy Type 8
			Category

Note:

			1934-06-14 Locy Type 8 Locy Type 3 (B-TBB)
			Flag Day

Cachet Maker: R L Waeckerling.
Artist's first name is Harvey. Unable to make out his last name. Looks like Hoare or Neako?

			1934-06-14 Locy Type 8
			Flag Day 1934

"Teddy" Roosevelt Chapter No. 13, USCS Cachet

			1934-06-14 Locy Type 8
			Flag Day

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 13 Teddy Roosevelt.

No Image			1937-07-12 Locy Type 3 (B-TBB)
			Category

Note:

			1940-10-08 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Return to USS COLE DD-155

			1940-12-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "25 YEARS / OF SERVICE"
			Ship's Namesake

Weigand hand painted cachet

No Image			1941-01-02 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1941-02-28 Locy Type 7dr
			Official Business (Stricken) - Officer's Mail

Note:

No Image			1941-05-28 Locy Type 7drz
			Category

Manuscript ship's name on back of cover

			1941-08-14 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Note:

			1945-11-06 Locy Type 7drz
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1946-05-08 Locy Type 9efu Locy Type 9x
			First Anniversary V-E Day

Sadworth Cachet

			1946-05-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Add on cachet

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Ship Cover Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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-Return to [[MELVILLE AD 2| USS MELVILLE AD-2 Main Page]]
+Return to [[MELVILLE AD 2| USS Melville AD-2 Main Page]]
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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<br/>To<br/>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="350">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<br/>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<br/>
-<br/>---------<br/>Cachet Category</th></tr></table>
+Ship<br/>---------<br/>Category</th></tr></table>
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+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1918-03-25  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<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:JonBurdett melville ad2 19180325.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19180325 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-03-25<br/>
+Locy Type 9vz<br/><br/>
+-04-07<br/>
+New York NY Reg'y. Div.
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Registered Mail
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1918-09-16  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Censor.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-16<br/>Locy Type 1z
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Sailor's Mail
+</td></tr></table>
+Censored, World War I. From the Tom Kean collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1918-09-16  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Letter1a.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Letter2a.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19180916_1_Letter3a.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-16<br/>Locy Type 1z
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Sailor's Mail
+</td></tr></table>
+Censored, World War I. Enclosed Letter from the 1918 cover. From the Tom Kean collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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 <!--  1919-03-24  -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19190324 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19190324.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19190324.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19190324 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 Postcard use<br/>
 "COMMANDER'S HILL - NAVAL STATION - GUANTANAMO BAY"
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1928-04-16  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<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:JonBurdett melville ad2 19280416.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19280416 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-16<br/>
+Locy Type 3 (A)<br/>"&SQUADRON / ELEVEN"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category</td></tr></table>
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19301213.JPG|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19301213.JPG|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19301213 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
 -12-13<br/>
-Locy Type P<br/>
+Locy Type P (9x with "Parcel Post" removed)
-(9x with "Parcel Post" removed)
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Category</td></tr></table>
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 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340101_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340101_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340101_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340101_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Category</td></tr></table>
-Notes:
+Note:
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 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340604_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340604_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340604_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340604_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 [[Cachet_Category_Flag_Day|Flag Day]]<br/>
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_R_L_Waeckerling|R L Waeckerling]].<br/>Artist's first name is Harvey. Unable to make out his last name. Looks like Hoare or Neako?
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_R_L_Waeckerling|R L Waeckerling]].<br/>Artist's first name is Harvey. Unable to make out his last name. Looks like Hoare or Neako?
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19340614_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19340614_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19340614_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19340614_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340614_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340614_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340614_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Melville_AD_2_19340614_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 [[Cachet_Category_Flag_Day|Flag Day]]<br/>
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_13_Teddy_Roosevelt|USCS Chapter 13 Teddy Roosevelt]].<br/>
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_13_Teddy_Roosevelt|USCS Chapter 13 Teddy Roosevelt]].<br/>
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19370712_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19370712_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19370712_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 </td></tr></table>
 Note:
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1940-10-08  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401008 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401008.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401008 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-10-08<br/>
+Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category
+</td></tr></table>
+Return to [[COLE AG 116|USS COLE DD-155]]
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1940-12-03  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401203 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401203.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19401203 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-12-03<br/>
+Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)<br/>"25 YEARS / OF SERVICE"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Ship's Namesake
+</td></tr></table>
+Weigand hand painted cachet
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19410102.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19410102.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19410102 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410228_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410228_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410228_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410228_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 Locy Type 7dr
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Category
+Official Business (Stricken) - Officer's Mail
 </td></tr></table>
-Official Business (Stricken) - Officer's Mail
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410528_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410528_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410528_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410814_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410814_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410814_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Melville_AD2_19410814_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19451106 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19451106.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19451106.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19451106 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett sadworth veanniversary.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460528.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460528.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460528 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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 First Anniversary V-E Day
 </td></tr></table>
-[[Cachet Maker George V Sadworth|Sadworth]] Cachet<br/>Back is clean
+[[Cachet Maker George V Sadworth|Sadworth]] Cachet
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460513 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460513.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460513.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett melville ad2 19460513 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]

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