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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	1933-10-27 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laying

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-20 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Sedley Bartlett USCS #19.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-20 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

N/A			1935-06-20 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-20 Locy Type 3 "U.S. Receiving Ship" Brooklyn NY "(Unreadable) / USS PORPOISE"
			Launching

Cacheted

 

N/A			1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Add-on cachet by Alton M (Budd) Arrington

 

No Image			1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Postmark by John E. Gill

 

No Image			1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Cover by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

			1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			First Day of Postal Service

Cacheted

 

			1935-10-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL"
			Category

R/S marking on back from John C. Von Losberg. This cover has been backdated to reflect the First Day of Postal Service. The ship's Type 3 postmark device was received and first used on November 28 1935 with "THANKSGIVING/DAY" in the killers. (USCS Postmark Catalog)

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "OUR FIRST / NAVY DAY"
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1935-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "OUR FIRST / CHRISTMAS"
			Christmas

Cachet by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HONEST ABE'S / 127TH ANNIV."
			Lincoln's Birthday

Postal card

 

N/A		N/A	1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HONEST ABE'S / 127TH ANNIV."
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

			1936-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "FIRST DEEP / DIVE TEST"
			Deep Dive

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "DEEP / DIVE"
			Deep Dive

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1937-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "TWO YEARS / OLD TODAY"
			2nd Anniversary

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

			1937-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Ship's Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton

 

N/A		N/A	1937-09-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Official Business

Note:

 

		N/A	1937-12-03 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Ship's Birthday

Official Business

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"
			Christmas

Hand painted cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1938-02-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "275 FEET / DEEP DIVE" Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MONTEREY / BAY, CALIF"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by P.J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1938-03-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ILIULIUK / BAY"
			Visiting Alaska

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1938-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Independence Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Columbus Day

Cachet for the 125th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner

 

			1940-02-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MANILA / P I"
			Asiatic Fleet

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1941-05-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MANILA / P I"
			Asiatic Fleet

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

			1941-07-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Canopus AS-9
			Category

Canceled aboard Sub Tender with return to PORPOISE

 

N/A			1941-07-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Category

Hand painted cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Submarine Mail

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1941-08-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Asiatic Fleet

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

No Image		No Image	1941-09-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1943-05-25 Locy Type 2z
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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