OtherUS Branch Numbers

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

 

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	1950-11-13 Locy Type 7# Branch 115 FPO Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
			Official Mail

3 Oct 1942 to 1 Jan 1965. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-09-23 Locy Type 2z Branch 128 Pearl Harbor HI.
			Sailor's Mail

3 Oct 1942 to 15 Aug 1946. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-09-08 Locy Type 3z (A-OBT) Branch 140 Palikulo Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
			Censored Sailors mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-05-22 Locy Type 2z* Branch 143 Townsville Australia.
			Censored Sailors mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1943-08-12 Locy Type 2z* Locy Type 9 Branch 156 Efate Island, New Hebrides.
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Brock. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-04 Locy Type 3z Branch 211 Advance Base Noumea, New Caledonia.
			Censored, Officers mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1944-06-17 Locy Type 2z Branch 916 Weymouth England.
			Censored Sailors mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1945-08-15 Locy Type 2z Branch 926 Submarine Base Guam.
			Censored Sailors mail & Letter

Contributed by Tom Kean. This is the day Japan announced it would surrender to the USA.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-04-23 Locy Type 2z Branch 3002 (Subic Bay, Luzon PI)
			Censored Sailors mail Navy Beach Party #1

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1944-11-02 Branch 3115 Hollandia, New Guinea.
			Ships mail

USS Windsor APA-55, courtesy of the Richard Hoffner collection.

 

			1944-10-07 Locy Type 3a Branch 3205 Pityliu Islands / Admiralty Islands
			Registered, Censored sailors mail

USS Honolulu CL-48, courtesy of the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

N/A			1944-11-05 Branch 10088 Postal Concentration Center, Pearl Harbor HI.
			Ships mail

USS Windsor APA-55, courtesy of the Richard Hoffner collection.

 

N/A			1943-12-07 Locy Type 9# Branch 10124 Navy Floating Drydock Training Center Tiburon CA
			Cachet by Jacques Minkus

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

No Image			1955-05-12 Fancy Cancel Branch 10420 Norfolk, VA.
			Cachet Maker

Note: HQ Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Command NATO

 

No Image			1955-05-31 Slogan Cancel Branch 10420 Norfolk, VA.
			Cachet Maker

Note: HQ Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Command NATO

 

N/A			1944-11-05 Branch 10461 Commander In Chief, US Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor HI.
			Ships mail

USS Windsor APA-55, courtesy of the Richard Hoffner collection.

 

			1946-04-26 Branch 10548 last known location NAS Alameda CA 03/44-09/45
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Front of cover has a postmark from USS Hancock CV-19.

 

			1945-04-06 Locy Type 9# Branch 10588 FPO Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
			Sailors mail

Postmarked from USS John L. Williamson DE-370. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

			1961-03-03 Branch 10957 NAS Argentia Newfoundland
			10,000 Atlantic Barrier Flights

Cover and enclosed letter from RAdm R. B. Moore, USN. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1961-03-03 Branch 10957 NAS Argentia Newfoundland
			10,000 Atlantic Barrier Flights

Backside of the 3 March 1961 cover. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1950-11-13 Locy Type 7# Branch 13607 NOB Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
			Official Mail

15 Nov 1948 to ?. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

		N/A	1946-02-18 Locy Type 7# Branch 13871 NS Buckner Bay, Okinawa
			Collectors request

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1962-01-11 Branch 17005 NAS Midway
			10,000 Pacific Barrier Flights

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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