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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

			1927-07-21 Locy Type 6
			Official Business

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			1929-12-03 Locy Type 9 Brooklyn NY Machine
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No Image			1932-04-02 Locy Type 6
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No Image			1932-04-15 Locy Type 6
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Bruce D. Liddell add-on Cachet

 

No Image			1932-04-20 Locy Type 6
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No Image			1932-12-07 Locy Type 3s "SUPPLY SHIP / SCO FORCE"
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			1936-09-07 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "LABOR DAY /GREETINGS"
			Labor Day 1936

Norman K. Mary and C. Wright Richell Cachet

 

No Image			1936-09-07 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "LABOR DAY /GREETINGS"
			Labor Day 1936

Norman K. Mary and C. Wright Richell Cachet

 

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "WELCOME / ENTERPRISE"
			Launching - USS ENTERPRISE CV-6

Cachet Makers: Leonard Rogers, Roland E Hopkins, and Raymond A Aiken. Serviced by Eric L Wardman.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day 1936

Cachet by Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "NAVY DAY / MARE ISLAND"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "STURGEON / KEEL LAID"
			Navy Day. First Day of Commissioning of USS Preston DD-379, Keel Laying of USS Sturgeon SS-187

Cachet by J. P. Clark and Eric L. Wardman

 

N/A		N/A	1936-11-12 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "WORLD'S / LARGEST"
			Opening Day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Cachet by Golden Bear Crew No. 14, ANCS
Also postmarked from USS San Francisco CA-38, USS California BB-44 and USS Arctic AF-7 (on back).

 

			1936-11-05 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-55 1936-11-06 USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38 Locy Type 9v Naval Station San Pedro California Locy Type 9v Vallejo, Calif. Mare Island Station Registered
			Official Business

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			1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "SEASON'S / GREETINGS"
			Christmas Day 1936

Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "SEASON'S / GREETINGS"
			Christmas Day 1936

R/S marking on the back from Eric L. Wardman

 

No Image			1937-03-28 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "SANFRANCISCO / CALIF"
			Easter 1937

Norman K. Mary and C. Wright Richell Cachet

 

No Image		N/A	1937-06-20 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Golden Gate Bridge

Cachet by Clyde Welch

 

No Image			1939-12-09 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
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Front red rubberstamp dateline "DEC 13 1939"
Back blue pen return to ship at San Diego...DELAWARE OKLA CDS 1937-12-18...VALLEJO CALIF Mare Island Station machine 1939-12-09

 

No Image			1939-12-11 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
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Front red rubberstamp dateline "DEC 14 1939"
Back DELAWARE OKLA CDS 1937-12-??...VALLEJO CALIF Mare Island Station machine 1939-12-10

 

No Image			1941-09-18 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
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			1943-06-07 Locy Type 3z (BTT)
			Official Business

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			1943-10-14 Locy Type 3z (BTT)
			Official Business

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