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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<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="320">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/>
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Ship<br/>---------<br/>Category</th></tr></table>
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19280608_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1928-06-08<br/>Locy Type 8
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On Piece
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19280901_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19280901_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1928-09-01<br/>Locy Type 6
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Sailor's mail
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From the Tom Kean collection.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19320222_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
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1932-02-22<br>Locy Type 3s (A)<br/>"WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"
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Washingtons Bicentennial and the<br/>US Battleship Fleet Maneuvers
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Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_Hawaii_Philatelic_Association_ | Hawaii Philatelic Association]]
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1933-02-22<br>
1933-02-22<br>
Locy Type 3s (A)<br/>
Locy Type 3s (A)<br/>
"CRUISING TO / HONOLULU T.H."
"CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH" <br/>
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Category<br/>
Category<br/>
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Signed by NMC
Signed by NMC
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No Image
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[[Image:KArmstrong_Lexington_CV_2_19330310_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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No Image
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1933-03-10<br/>
Locy Type 3s (A)<br/>
"CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH" <br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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No Image
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[[Image:KArmstrong_Lexington_CV_2_19330612_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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No Image
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1933-06-12<br/>
Locy Type 6<br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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1933-12-25<br>
1933-12-25<br>
Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b<br/>
Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b<br/>"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / CHRISTMAS 1933"
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Christmas Day 1933
Christmas Day 1933
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Note:
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19340101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
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1934-01-01<br>Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b<br/>"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / NEW YEARS DAY 1934"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
New Year's Day
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From the Tom Kean collection.
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1934-02-12<br>
1934-02-12<br>
Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b<br/>
Locy Type F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b<br/>"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, 1934"
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Lincoln's Birthday
Lincoln's Birthday
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19340407_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1934-04-07<br>Locy Type 3s (A)<br/>"LEX. CAPTURES / EDWARDS"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]]
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_5_Oliver_Hazard_Perry|USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry]]<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_5_Oliver_Hazard_Perry|USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry]]<br/>
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2_19340411_cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19340423.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19340423 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1934-04-23<br>
Locy Type SLO<br>
"LEX LEADS FLEET / RAPID TRANSIT / PANAMA CANAL"<br/>
Locy Type 9
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
East Coast Cruise
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith |Beckwith]] Cachet
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[[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith |Beckwith]] Cachet<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith |Beckwith]] Cachet<br/>
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo
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No Image
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[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19340512.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19340512.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-12<br>
Locy Type SLO<br>
"LINDBERGS FLIGHT / SEVENTH / ANNIVERSARY"<br/>
Locy Type 9
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
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East Coast Cruise
East Coast Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]].<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]].  
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19340514_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
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1934-05-14<br>Locy Type SLO<br>"ARRIVE / GONAIVES / HAITI"<br/>Locy Type 9
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
East Coast Cruise - Port visit
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]]
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Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number
Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number
for [[Cachet_Maker_Robert_L_Manley | Robert L. Manley]] but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.
for [[Cachet_Maker_Robert_L_Manley | Robert L. Manley]] but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19340524_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-24<br>Locy Type 3s (A)<br>"ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
East Coast Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of the William J. Wladyka Collection.
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]].<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_E_L_Beckwith | E. L. Beckwith]].<br/>
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19340531_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-31<br>Locy Type 7qt
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
NY Welcomes the Fleet
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Cachet sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_3_Admiral_Farragut_ | Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1936-07-04<br/>
1936-07-04<br/>
Locy Type 3s<br/>
Locy Type 3s<br/>
"OUR N ATIONS / BIRTHDAY"<br/>
"OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY"<br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Independence_Day|Independence Day]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Independence_Day|Independence Day]]<br/>
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_H_S_Groat|H S Groat]]<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_H_S_Groat|H S Groat]]<br/>
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19360704_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
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1936-07-04<br/>Locy Type 3s<br/>"OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY" 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Independence_Day| Independence Day]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Norman_K_Mary_ | Norman K. Mary]].  From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[OtherUS_USS_Lexington_CV_2_VB_Squadron_3B | VB Squadron 3B]].
[[OtherUS_USS_Lexington_CV_2_VB_Squadron_3B | VB Squadron 3B]].
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No Image
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[[Image:KArmstrong_Lexington_CV_2_19371101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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No Image
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1937-11-01<br/>
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)<br/>
"BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" <br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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Ship Commemorative - [[S-4_SS_109 | USS S-4 SS-109]]<br/>
Ship Commemorative - [[S-4_SS_109 | USS S-4 SS-109]]<br/>
Ship Commemorative - [[FALCON_ASR_2 | USS Falcon ASR-2]]</td></tr></table>
Ship Commemorative - [[FALCON_ASR_2 | USS Falcon ASR-2]]</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Frank_C_Kenworthey|Frank C Kenworthey]] and  
Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Frank_C_Kenworthey|Frank C Kenworthey]] and  
[[Cachet_Maker_Hal_W_Dierst|Hal W Dierst]].<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
[[Cachet_Maker_Hal_W_Dierst|Hal W Dierst]].<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.
Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Arthur_A_Christensen|Arthur A Christensen]]<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Arthur_A_Christensen|Arthur A Christensen]]<br/>
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19380905_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19380905_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1938-09-05<br>Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Labor Day 1938
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby_ | Walter G. Crosby]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_ANCS_Crew_Freebooters_ | Freebooters Crew, ANCS]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19381111 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19381111.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett lexington cv2 19381111 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1938-11-11<br>
Locy Type 3bs
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Armistice Day 1938
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19381124_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19381124_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1938-11-24<br>Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Thanksgiving
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto_ | William S. Linto]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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Postmark is from Cuba
Postmark is from Cuba
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19390515_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19390515_1_Letter.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-05-15<br/>Locy Type 7
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
US Fleet Visits the NY Exposition
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby_ | Walter G. Crosby]]. Enclosed letter also. From the Tom Kean collection.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19391130_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19391130_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1939-11-30<br/>Locy Type F<br/>"THANKSGIVING / DAY"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d<br/><br/>On the Back -<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Thanksgiving
</td></tr></table>
Unknown Cachetmaker.  From the Tom Kean collection.
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1939-12-14<br/>Locy Type F<br/>"OUR / TWELFTH / BIRTHDAY"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c<br/><br/>On the Back -<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
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12th Anniversary of Commissioning
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_Buchwald_ | Richard Buchwald]]. Sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Ralph_L_(Shorty)_Burkholder| Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann|George Neumann]]<br/>
Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann|George Neumann]]<br/>
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1940-09-06<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
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Keel Laying of [[HUMBOLDT_WHEC_372_ | USS Humboldt AV-21]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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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
Ship
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Category


 

No Image

1928-03-15
Locy Type 6

Category

Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.


 

No Image

1928-06-07
Locy Type 6

1928-06-12
Buffalo, New York Duplex

Category

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1928-06-08
Locy Type 8

On Piece

Note:


 

N/A

1928-09-01
Locy Type 6

Sailor's mail

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1932-02-22
Locy Type 3s (A)
"WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"

Washingtons Bicentennial and the
US Battleship Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet by the Hawaii Philatelic Association


 

1933-02-22
Locy Type 3s (A)
"CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH"

Category

Signed by NMC


 

No Image

No Image

1933-03-10
Locy Type 3s (A)
"CRUISE TO / HONOLULU TH"

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

No Image

No Image

1933-06-12
Locy Type 6

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

1933-11-11
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11
ARMISTICE DAY 1933. / BREMERTON, WASH.

Armistice Day 1933

Cachet was probably serviced by Deane C. Bartley. Back of cover has signature of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith but not sure what role he had in making / servicing the cachet.


 

No Image

1933-10-27
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11a

Navy Day 1933

Hand painted cachet


 

1933-12-25
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b
"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / CHRISTMAS 1933"

Christmas Day 1933

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1934-01-01
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b
"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / NEW YEARS DAY 1934"

New Year's Day

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1934-02-12
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b
"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, 1934"

Lincoln's Birthday

Note:


 

1934-03-16
Locy Type 3s (A)
"ADM.SELLERS / AIR-REVIEW"

Category

Note:


 

No Image

1934-04-06
Locy Type 3s
"NORTH POLE / DISCOVERED"

Category

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-07
Locy Type 3s (A)
"LEX. CAPTURES / EDWARDS"

Category

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith


 

No Image

1934-04-07
Locy Type 9
Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS"

Category

Rubber stamp of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith is on the back of the cover.


 

1934-04-09
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11
"SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / EAST COAST CRUISE / DEPARTURE DAY"

Category

Note:


 

1934-04-11
Locy Type SLO
"LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111"
Locy Type 9

East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo


 

1934-04-11
Locy Type SLO
"LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111"
Locy Type 9

USS MACON

Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Cachet


 

1934-04-12
Locy Type SLO
"NAVY CAPTURES / FORT PULASKI"
Locy Type 9

Category

Note:


 

1934-04-19
Locy Type 9
Locy Type SLO  BATTLE / LEXINGTON / CONCORD

American History Commemorative

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry


 

1934-04-23
Locy Type SLO
"LEX LEADS FLEET / RAPID TRANSIT / PANAMA CANAL"
Locy Type 9

East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet


 

1934-05-08
Locy Type SLO
"ENROUTE MIAMI / MACON ATTACKS / LEXINGTON"
Locy Type 9

East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo


 

No Image

1934-05-12
Locy Type SLO
"LINDBERGS FLIGHT / SEVENTH / ANNIVERSARY"
Locy Type 9

Category

Note:


 

1934-05-09
Locy Type 3s
"MACON / ENROUTE"

East Coast Cruise

Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-14
Locy Type SLO
"ARRIVE / GONAIVES / HAITI"
Locy Type 9

East Coast Cruise - Port visit

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith


 

No Image

1934-05-24
Locy Type 3s (A)
"ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"

East Coast Cruise

Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number for Robert L. Manley but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-24
Locy Type 3s (A)
"ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"

East Coast Cruise

Courtesy of the William J. Wladyka Collection.


 

1934-05-24
Locy Type 3s (A)
"DEPART / GUANTANAMO"

East Coast Cruise

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1934-05-31
Locy Type 3s
"PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW"

Category

Note:


 

1934-05-31
Locy Type 3s
PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW

East Coast Cruise

Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-31
Locy Type 7qt

NY Welcomes the Fleet

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

No Image

1934-06-18
Locy Type 3s (A)
"DEPART / NEW YORK"

Category

Hand painted cachet


 

No Image

1934-06-18
Locy Type 3s (A)
"DEPART / NEW YORK"

Category

Hand painted cachet


 

1934-06-23
Locy Type 3s
ARRIVE / NORFOLK, VA

Category

Note:


 

1935-05-28
Locy Type 3s
"HONOLULU / HAWAII"

Patriotic - U.S. Navy

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and Bishop National Bank of Hawaii


 

No Image

1935-05-28
Locy Type 3s
"HONOLULU / HAWAII"

Post Visit - Hawaiian Islands

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers.


 

1935-07-29
Locy Type 3s (A)
"FIRST / FLIGHT"

Flight Cover

Back black rubberstamp Clyde Welch Aiglon return


 

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3s (A)
"LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"

Ship Launching - USS Yorktown CV-5

Note:


 

No Image

1936-07-04
Locy Type 3s
"OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY"

Independence Day
President George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Captain John Paul Jones
General Marquis de La Fayette

Cachet Maker: H S Groat


 

N/A

N/A

1936-07-04
Locy Type 3s
"OUR NATIONS / BIRTHDAY"

Independence Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Norman K. Mary. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

No Image

1937-01-01
Locy Type 3s

Category

Note:


 

No Image

1937-04-25
Locy Type 6

Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.


 

No Image

1937-05-09
Locy Type 7qt

Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.


 

1937-05-20
Locy Type 3s

Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. The back of the cover has a postmark from the Lexington's VB Squadron 3B.


 

No Image

No Image

1937-11-01
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
"BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

1937-12-14
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton


 

1937-12-17
Locy Type SLKo (35x4)

Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109

Ship Commemorative - USS Falcon ASR-2

Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and Hal W Dierst.
Cachet is thermographed. Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.


 

1938-02-14
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Valentine's Day

Cachet Maker: Arthur A Christensen


 

N/A

1938-09-05
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Labor Day 1938

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby, sponsored by the Freebooters Crew, ANCS. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1938-11-11
Locy Type 3bs

Armistice Day 1938

Note:


 

N/A

1938-11-24
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Thanksgiving

Cachet by William S. Linto. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

No Image

1939-04-03

Category

Postmark is from Cuba


 

N/A

1939-05-15
Locy Type 7

US Fleet Visits the NY Exposition

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Enclosed letter also. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1939-11-30
Locy Type F
"THANKSGIVING / DAY"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d

On the Back -
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

Thanksgiving

Unknown Cachetmaker. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1939-12-14
Locy Type F
"OUR / TWELFTH / BIRTHDAY"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c

On the Back -
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"

12th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1940-04-13
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"LAHAINA / T.H."

Category

Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald and Cleveland Cover Club


 

1940-04-14
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"LAHAINA / T.H."

Fleet Problem XXI

Cachet Makers: Jimmy James and Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder
Cachet is thermographed.


 

1940-08-04
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"BREMERTON / WASH."

Coast Guard Birthday

Cachet Maker: George Neumann


 

N/A

N/A

1940-09-06
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

Keel Laying of USS Humboldt AV-21

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

No Image

1940-10-27
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"BREMERTON / WASH."

Navy Day

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and M Fay Muridge.
Postmark in purple ink.


 

1940-12-25
Locy Type 9efw
Locy Type 9v
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d
Locy Type 9x
Locy Type 9

Category

Note:


 

1941-05-12
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Category

Bund / Stoner Cachet


 

1941-09-22
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11e

Category

Cachet Makers: M Fay Muridge, Deane C Bartley and William R Welch
Muridge is the cachet artist. Bartley probably serviced the cover. Not certain what role, if any, Welch had in making the cachet.


 

1941-10-03
Locy Type Fake
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b "Star"

Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop


 

1941-10-27
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
Locy Type 9
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d

Category

Cachet Maker: Richard Buchwald.
Cachet is thermographed.


 

1941-11-04
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

Category

Muridge Cachet


 

1942-02-22
Locy Type 3z (TBT)

Category

Cachet is thermographed.


 

1942-03-05
Locy Type 7qtz

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

No Image

1945-09-02

Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Lexington.

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

 

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