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1955-01-14<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA", signed by ship’s skipper, CDR Glen Jacobsen, USN. From the John Young collection.  
Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA", signed by ship’s skipper, CDR Glen Jacobsen, USN. From the John Young collection.  
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1955-01-14<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Little America, Antarctica
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Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA" and 2L marking - "Little America/ Antarctica" posted aboard ATKA on 14 JAN 1955 with signature of A.H. Waite, U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was an observer on this cruise. From the John Young collection.
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1955-01-14<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Little America, Antarctica
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Printed OSC/ 1955 Antarctic Expedition franked with 6 cents airmail stamp has “helicopter” cachet, 2L marking - "Helicopter Flight / Atka- Little America", ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA".  From the John Young collection.
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1955-01-14<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Little America, Antarctica
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Stamped OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition & ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA" along with icebreaker’s corner card (return address stamp). From the John Young collection.
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1955-01-14<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Little America, Antarctica
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Embossed 6 cents airmail envelope (UX 18) used by A.H. Waite aboard ATKA has stamped OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA".
Reverse has Waite’s double penguin “Signal Corps” cachet, signature and 2L marking - "ROUNDED / CAPE HORN" with ship’s type 2r cancel, dated 6 FEB 1955 while she was searching for possible sites along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. From the John Young collection.
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Black rubber stamp cachet.  
Black rubber stamp cachet.  
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1959-12-25<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Christmas Day 1959
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Black rubber stamp cachet. Return address from the ship's CO, Cmdr. Buster E. Toon, USN
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1959-12-25<br/>Locy Type 2r
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Christmas Day 1960
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Black rubber stamp cachet. Return address from the ship's CO, Cmdr. Buster E. Toon, USN
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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
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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


 

N/A

N/A

1955-01-14
Locy Type 2r

Little America, Antarctica

Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA", signed by ship’s skipper, CDR Glen Jacobsen, USN. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1955-01-14
Locy Type 2r

Little America, Antarctica

Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA" and 2L marking - "Little America/ Antarctica" posted aboard ATKA on 14 JAN 1955 with signature of A.H. Waite, U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was an observer on this cruise. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1955-01-14
Locy Type 2r

Little America, Antarctica

Printed OSC/ 1955 Antarctic Expedition franked with 6 cents airmail stamp has “helicopter” cachet, 2L marking - "Helicopter Flight / Atka- Little America", ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA". From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1955-01-14
Locy Type 2r

Little America, Antarctica

Stamped OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition & ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA" along with icebreaker’s corner card (return address stamp). From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

1955-01-14
Locy Type 2r

Little America, Antarctica

Embossed 6 cents airmail envelope (UX 18) used by A.H. Waite aboard ATKA has stamped OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with ship’s 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA". Reverse has Waite’s double penguin “Signal Corps” cachet, signature and 2L marking - "ROUNDED / CAPE HORN" with ship’s type 2r cancel, dated 6 FEB 1955 while she was searching for possible sites along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. From the John Young collection.


 

1956-04-24
Locy Type 2r

Collectors request

Purple rubber stamped cachet. Back is clean


 

1959-12-25
Locy Type 2r

Christmas Day 1959

Black rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1959-12-25
Locy Type 2r

Christmas Day 1959

Black rubber stamp cachet. Return address from the ship's CO, Cmdr. Buster E. Toon, USN


 

N/A

1960-08-17
Locy Type 2r

Collectors request

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1959-12-25
Locy Type 2r

Christmas Day 1960

Black rubber stamp cachet. Return address from the ship's CO, Cmdr. Buster E. Toon, USN


 

1961-12-29
Locy Type 2r

Overstruck on -
1962-04-12
USPO Machine Cancel
Boston, Mass

Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43

Black rubber stamp cachet.


 

1962-02-21
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43

Black rubber stamp cachet.


 

1962-12-13
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze

Black rubber stamp cachet.


 

1963-11-20
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43

Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.


 

1963-11-22
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43

Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.


 

1963-11-22
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze / Task Force 43

Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.


 

1964-08-05
Locy Type 2r

Arctic Operations 1964

Black rubber stamp cachet


 

1965-11-29
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze

Violet rubber stamp ship's crest


 

1965-11-29
Locy Type 2r

Antarctic Operations 1965-66

Violet rubber stamp cachet


 

1966-05-13
Locy Type 2r

Operation Deep Freeze 1965-66

Violet rubber stamp cachet

 

 

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