USS Ward DD-139 Covers Page 1

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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

 

No Image			1941-03-31 Locy Type FDPS 3r
			Category

Front pencil notation "FDPS"

 

			1941-03-31 Locy Type FDPS 3r
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Note:

 

			1941-03-31 Locy Type FDPS 9x
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Nicholson Cachet
Back pencil notations...Black rubberstamp "SUNK"

 

			1941-05-19 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)
			Civil War

Cachet Maker: Donald R Graf

 

			1941-10-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) USS Ward DD-139
			Navy Day

Thermographed cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-11-20 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) USS Ward DD-139
			Philatelic Mail

The USS Ward fired the first American shot in World War II, when she engaged the Japanese (a Japanese Ko-hyoteki-class two-man midget submarine) before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and successfully sank her opponent.

 

			1943-01-10 Locy Type 3z
			The Battle Cry of Freedom / Keep 'Em Flying

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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