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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 --------- Category

 

			1934-12-17 US Receiving Ship - Brooklyn NY - Seattle CA-11 1927-1946 "USS ERIE / KEEL LAID"
			Keel Laying

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			1936-01-29 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ERIE / LAUNCHED" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

			1936-01-29 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "USS ERIE / LAUNCHED" USS Dale DD-353
			Launching

Cachet by John A. Hamm

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cachet by John A. Hamm

 

N/A			1936-07-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

N/A			1936-07-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

			1936-08-10 Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "NAVY DAY / T.R.ROOSEVELT"
			Navy Day

Cachet by E. A. Beck

 

			1937-01-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
			Category

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			1937-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "BROOKLYN / NAVY YARD"
			Lincoln's Birthday

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N/A		N/A	1937-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "ANNAPOLIS / MD."
			Independence Day

Cachet by Arthur S Williams, sponsored by USCS Chapter 48 David Bushnell

 

N/A		N/A	1937-09-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "NORTH RIVER / NEW YORK NY"
			150th Anniversary of the Constitution

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, sponsored by Frederick Horton

 

No Image			1937-09-28 Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "NAVY YARD / WASHINGTON" USPO Machine Washington, DC
			Navy Day 1937

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-28 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23
			Christmas

Cachet by Daniel Puglis

 

N/A		N/A	1938-04-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "LAT. 0-00 /LONG.80-51 W" Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1938-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "OUR THIRD / NAVY DAY"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Richard Buchwald

 

N/A		N/A	1938-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HAPPY / NEW-YEAR"
			Christmas Day

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the USS Erie Crew of the ANCS.

 

			1939-04-24 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23 Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

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			1940-07-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23a
			Port Visit

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1940-08-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "GUAYAQUIL / ECUADOR" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23a
			Port Visit

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

			1940-09-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23
			Port Visit

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No Image			1941-04-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-23a
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1942-07-13 USPO Machine Cancel Balboa, Canal Zone
			Censored Marine Mail

Four months later, this ship would be torpedoed and severely damaged.

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N/A		N/A	1936-01-29
			Clipping

This is a newspaper clipping that was found inside the USS Dale DD-353 cover dated Jan 29, 1936.

 

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