OtherUS Marines In China: Difference between revisions

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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

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4TH MARINE REGIMENT, SHANGHAI CHINA

1927 to 1941

N/A			1928-07-24 Locy Type 3 "4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / West Coast Expeditionary Force"
			"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1928-09-24 Locy Type F
			"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1932-04-07 Locy Type 6
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1936-05-30 Locy Type 3 (TBT) "U.S. MARINES / IN CHINA" "4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Decoration Day

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A		N/A	1936-11-10 Locy Type 3 (TBT) "DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA" "4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			161st Anniversary of the US Marine Corps

From the Rich Hoffner collection.

N/A			1936-11-23 Locy Type 3 (TBT) "DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA" "4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Marine's mail

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			c 1936 Colonel Charles F. B. Price "No Postage Available" Free Frank On th Back - 1936-12-23 USPO Machine Cancel Mansfield Mass
			Collectors request

Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			c 1936
			Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			c 1937 Colonel Charles F. B. Price "No Postage Available" Free Frank
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1939-01-01 Locy Type PPB
			New Year's Day

Gold seal cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1939-04-30 Locy Type 9v
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1939-04-30 Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1939-07-04 Locy Type 3t (BBT) "SEMPER / FIDELIS" "4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Independence Day

Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.

N/A			1940-08-10 Locy Type 3 "SEMPER / FIDELIS" "4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA

19 September 1937 to 19 February 1938

N/A			1937-12-09 Locy Type 3 "SHANGHAI / CHINA" "SECOND MAR. BRIG. / FLEET M. FORCE"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1937-12-09 Captain Glenn E. Hayes "No Postage Available" Free Frank
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA

28 March 1927 to 19 January 1929

N/A			1929-01-18 Locy Type 3 "THIRD BRIG U S MARINES / CHINA"
			Official Mail

From the Gregory Finnegan collection.

MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA

1937 to 1941

N/A			1939-02-07 Locy Type 3 "Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A		N/A	1941-04-12 Locy Type 3 "Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"
			Collectors request

Note:

N/A			1946-08-09 Locy Type 3# (12867)
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA

1937 to 1941

N/A			1932-06-29 Locy Type 2 "MARINE DET. AM. LEGATION / Peiping (Pekin) China"
			Collector request

Note:

N/A			1936-05-04 Locy Type 3 "Marine Det. American Leg. / Peiping, China."
			Marines mail

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1938-06-10 Locy Type 3 "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY: / Peiping, China"
			Port Visit USS MARBLEHEAD CL-12

Cachet by G. E. Judkins.

N/A		N/A	1940-06-07 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
			Collectors request

From the Rich Hoffner collection.

N/A			1940-08-02 Locy Type 9x "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1940-09-11 Locy Type 9v "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-08-28 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "SEMPER/ FIDELIS" "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

TSINGTAO CHINA

1 April 1946 to 13 May 1946

N/A			1946-06-14 Locy Type 3# (12922)
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

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OtherUS Marines In China: Difference between revisions

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Contents

4TH MARINE REGIMENT, SHANGHAI CHINA

SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA

THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA

MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA

AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA

TSINGTAO CHINA

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-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390704_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390704_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--07-04<br/>Locy Type 3t (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
+c 1936<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank<br/><br/>
+On th Back -<br/>1936-12-23<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Mansfield Mass
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Independence Day
+Collectors request
 </td></tr></table>
-Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.
+Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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-<!--  1936-11-23  -->
+<!--  1937  -->
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--08-10<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
+c 1936
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Collectors request
+Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.
 </td></tr></table>
-Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_| Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
+From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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-<!--  1932-04-07  -->
+<!--  1937  -->
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19320407_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_1937_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19320407_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_1937_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--04-07<br/>Locy Type 6<br/>"4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
+c 1937<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
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-<!--  1939-04-30  -->
+<!--  1939-01-01  -->
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--04-30<br/>Locy Type 9v
+-01-01<br/>Locy Type PPB
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Collectors request
+New Year's Day
 </td></tr></table>
-From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
+Gold seal cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--04-30<br/>Locy Type 9x
+-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9v
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
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 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!--  1939-01-01  -->
+<!--  1939-04-30  -->
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390430_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390430_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--01-01<br/>Locy Type PPB
+-04-30<br/>Locy Type 9x
-</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-New Year's Day
-</td></tr></table>
-Gold seal cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
-<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
-<!-- ============ -->
-<!--  1937  -->
-<!-- ============ -->
-<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
-<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-N/A
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center">
-c 1936<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank<br/><br/>On th Back -<br/>1936-12-23<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Mansfield Mass
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
 </td></tr></table>
-Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
+From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!--  1937  -->
+<!--  1939-07-04  -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19390704_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_19361225_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19390704_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
-c 1936
+-07-04<br/>Locy Type 3t (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.
+Independence Day
 </td></tr></table>
-From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
+Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!--  1937  -->
+<!--  1940-08-10  -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_4th_Marines_Regiment_1937_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_1937_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_ShanghaiChina_19400810_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
-c 1937<br/>Colonel Charles F. B. Price<br/>"No Postage Available" Free Frank
+-08-10<br/>Locy Type 3<br/>"SEMPER / FIDELIS"<br/>"4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
 </td></tr></table>
-From the [[Cachet_Maker_Greg_Ciesielski_ | Greg Ciesielski]] collection.
+Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_| Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <br/><hr/>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 <h4>SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA</h4>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 September 1937 to 19 February 1938
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 322: / Line 310: @@
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <br/><hr/>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 <h4>THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA</h4>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 March 1927 to 19 January 1929
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 342: / Line 332: @@
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <br/><hr/>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 <h4>MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA</h4>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 to 1941
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 396: / Line 388: @@
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <br/><hr/>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 <h4>AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA</h4>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 to 1941
 <!-- ============ -->
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 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!-- 1941-08-28 -->
+<!-- 1940-08-02 -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
@@ Line 473: / Line 467: @@
 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19410828_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19410828_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--08-28<br/>Locy Type 3 (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER/ FIDELIS"<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
+-08-02<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
@@ Line 484: / Line 478: @@
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!-- 1941-09-11 -->
+<!-- 1940-09-11 -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
@@ Line 501: / Line 495: @@
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
-<!-- 1941-09-11 -->
+<!-- 1941-08-28 -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
@@ Line 507: / Line 501: @@
 N/A
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19410828_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19400911_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Peiping_China_19410828_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--09-11<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
+-08-28<br/>Locy Type 3 (BBT)<br/>"SEMPER/ FIDELIS"<br/>"MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY. / Peiping, China."
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Collectors request
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 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <br/><hr/>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 <h4>TSINGTAO CHINA</h4>
+<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 April 1946 to 13 May 1946
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OtherUS Marines In China: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 01:05, 16 July 2024

4TH MARINE REGIMENT, SHANGHAI CHINA

SECOND MARINE BRIGADE, SHANGHAI CHINA

THIRD MARINE BRIGADE, TIENTSIN CHINA

MARINE DETACHMENT, TIENTSIN CHINA

AMERICAN LEGATION / AMERICAN EMBASSY, PEIPING CHINA

TSINGTAO CHINA

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