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Return to [[BRISTOL_DD_453 | USS Bristol DD-453 Main Page]]
Return to [[BRISTOL_DD_453 | USS BRISTOL DD-453 Main Page]]
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<tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image
<tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="220">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark or Back Image
</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark or Back Image
</th><th valign="center">Primary Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th valign="center">Primary Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19400902_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1940-09-02<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Kearny NJ
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Keel Laying
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19410725 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19410725.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-07-25<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Kearny NJ 
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring W Stannard | Loring W. Stannard]]
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No Image
N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_1941_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19410725_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_1941_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941<br/>
1941-07-25<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)<br/>[[BARRACUDA_SS_163_ | USS Barracuda SS-163]] 
Locy Type Fz&nbsp;&nbsp;(USCS Illustration B-57a)
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Category
Launching
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Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover<br/>
Cacheted
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941-10-22<br/>
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Catalog Illustration B-57
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day in Commission
First Day in Commission
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</td></tr></table>
Note: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann | Neumann]] Cachet
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann | George Neumann]]  
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No Image
No Image
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022-2.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022-1 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day in Commission
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Hand painted cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Mae_Weigand_ | Mae Weigand]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1S_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1941-10-22<br/>
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F&nbsp;&nbsp;(USCS Illustration B-57)
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57  
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
First Day of Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth's]] tribute to [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_Buchwald_ | Richard Buchwald]]<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth's]] tribute to [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_Buchwald_ | Richard Buchwald]].
Bruce D. Liddell collection
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
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[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
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[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411022_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1941-10-22<br/>
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F (USCS Illustration B-57)<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
FIRST DAY / COMMISSION<br/>
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service|Ship First Day Of Postal Service]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service| First Day Of Postal Service]]  
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Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Archie_Lance|Archie Lance]].<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
Cachet by  [[Cachet_Maker_Archie_Lance | Archie Lance]]. Cachet is thermographed.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1l_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_1l_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1941-10-22<br/>Locy Type Fz
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service| First Day Of Postal Service]]
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Cachet by  [[Cachet_Maker_Archie_Lance | Archie Lance]]. Cachet is thermographed.  Censored.
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022-1 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 19411022-1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
</td><td valign="center">
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57<br/><br/>
1941-11-01<br/>
Locy Type FDPS 3<br/>
Locy Type FDPS 9v<br/>
Locy Type FDPS 9x<br/>
Locy Type Fz<br/>
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day in Commission / Postal Service
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]].
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411022_6_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-10-22<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day in Commission / Postal Service
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]].
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No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941-11-01<br/>
1941-11-01<br/>
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day of Postal Service
First Day of Postal Service
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Note: Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_1H_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-11-01<br/>Locy Type FDC F<br/>"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57 
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day in Commission / First Day of Postal Service
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
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1941-11-01<br/>
1941-11-01<br/>
Locy Type FDC F&nbsp;&nbsp;(USCS Illustration B-57)<br/>
Locy Type FDC F<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57<br/>
Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)&nbsp;&nbsp;FIRST DAY / COMMISSION<br/>
Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning| Commissioning]]  
</td></tr></table>
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Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth|George V Sadworth]]<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth| George V. Sadworth]]. The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.
The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_1941_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_1941_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1941<br/>
Locy Type Fz<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a
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Category
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Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover. Bruce D. Liddell collection
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[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Bristol_DD_453_19411101_2_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
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1941-11-01<br/>
1941-11-01<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service| First Day Of Postal Service]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_National_Cachet_Society| National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)]]
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_1C_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_1C_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19411101_2C_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1941-10-22<br/>Locy Type FDC F<br/>"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service|Ship First Day Of Postal Service]]
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service| First Day Of Postal Service]]
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_National_Cachet_Society|National Cachet Society]]<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_National_Cachet_Society| National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)]]. Notice the two different configurations and dates of this postmark. 
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_BDLBristol_DD453_19411203_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_BDLBristol_DD453_19411203_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1941-12-03<br>
1941-12-03<br>Type 3 (A-OTO)
Type 3
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</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Category
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</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
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<!-- 1941-12-06 -->
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<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_Bristol_DD453_19411206_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-12-06<br>Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>"CAPE / CHARLES VA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]] and [[Cachet_Maker_Gordon_A_Shaw_ | Gordon A. Shaw]]
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<!-- 1941-12-12 -->
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<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_Bristol_DD453_19411212_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-12-12<br>Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>"FIRST / SALVO"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]] and [[Cachet_Maker_Gordon_A_Shaw_ | Gordon A. Shaw]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 1942 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 1942.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:JonBurdett bristol dd453 1942 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1942-03-02<br/>Locy Type 3z (BBT)
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Official Business
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19420927_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19420927_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19420927_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19420927_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1942-09-27<br>
1942-09-27<br>
Type 3<br/>
Type 3(A-OTO)<br/>"WELL DONE / 5TH MARINES"
WELL DONE / 5TH MARINES
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Category
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Cachet by - [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]]
Cachet by - [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]]
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<!-- 1942-10-26 -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421026_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421026_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1942-10-26<br>
Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>"PORTER / SUNK"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Postmark commemorates the sinking of<br/>[[PORTER_DD_356_ | USS Porter DD-356]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by - [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby_ | Walter G. Crosby]].
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<!-- 1942-10-26 -->
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<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_Bristol_DD453_19421027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1942-10-27<br>Type 3 (A-OTO)<br/>"A FIGHTING / NAVY DAY"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Navy Day
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_Buchwald_ | Richard Buchwald]]  
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
No Image
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421111_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421111_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421111_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421111_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Type Pz ?
Type Pz ?
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
[[ATLANTA_CL_51_ | USS Atlanta CL-51]]
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.<br/>
Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
[[ATLANTA_CL_51_ | USS Atlanta CL-51]]<br/>
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
No Image
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421113_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421113_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421113_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bristol_DD453_19421113_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Type Pz ?
Type Pz ?
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
[[BENHAM_DD_397_ | USS Benham DD-397]]
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth | George V. Sadworth]].
Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth | George V. Sadworth]].
Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.  
Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.  


Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.<br/>
Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.  
[[BENHAM_DD_397_ | USS Benham DD-397]]<br/>
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<br/><hr/>
'''HISTORICAL''' Information about the USS BRISTOL's Commissioning postmark.
<br/>
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<!-- 1942-11-11 -->
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<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_Bristol_DD453_1941_2_Article.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day of Commissioning information
</td></tr></table>
Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks.  Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.
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<!-- 1942-11-11 -->
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<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_Bristol_DD453_1941_1_Article.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day of Commissioning information
</td></tr></table>
Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks.  Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.
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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


 

N/A

N/A

1940-09-02
USPO Machine Cancel
Kearny NJ

Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

1941-07-25
USPO Machine Cancel
Kearny NJ

Launching

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard


 

N/A

N/A

1941-07-25
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Barracuda SS-163

Launching

Cacheted


 

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

First Day in Commission

Cachet by George Neumann


 

No Image

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

First Day in Commission

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand


 

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

First Day of Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth's tribute to Richard Buchwald. Bruce D. Liddell collection


 

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

Ship Commissioning
First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

1941-10-22
Locy Type Fz

Ship Commissioning
First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed. Censored.


 

No Image

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

1941-11-01
Locy Type FDPS 3
Locy Type FDPS 9v
Locy Type FDPS 9x
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a

First Day in Commission / Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

First Day in Commission / Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.


 

N/A

1941-11-01
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)

First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

N/A

1941-11-01
Locy Type FDC F
"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

First Day in Commission / First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

1941-11-01
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"

Commissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.


 

No Image

1941
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a

Category

Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover. Bruce D. Liddell collection


 

1941-11-01
Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)

Ship Commissioning
First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)


 

1941-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
"FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57

Ship Commissioning
First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay). Notice the two different configurations and dates of this postmark.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-12-03
Type 3 (A-OTO)

Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

N/A

N/A

1941-12-06
Type 3 (A-OTO)
"CAPE / CHARLES VA"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw


 

N/A

N/A

1941-12-12
Type 3 (A-OTO)
"FIRST / SALVO"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1942-03-02
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Official Business

Note:


 

N/A

1942-09-27
Type 3(A-OTO)
"WELL DONE / 5TH MARINES"

Category

Cachet by - George V. Sadworth


 

No Image

1942-10-26
Type 3 (A-OTO)
"PORTER / SUNK"

Postmark commemorates the sinking of
USS Porter DD-356

Cachet by - Walter G. Crosby.


 

N/A

N/A

1942-10-27
Type 3 (A-OTO)
"A FIGHTING / NAVY DAY"

Navy Day

Cachet by Richard Buchwald


 

No Image

1942-11-11
Type Pz ?

USS Atlanta CL-51

Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.


 

No Image

1942-11-13
Type Pz ?

USS Benham DD-397

Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by George V. Sadworth. Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.

Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.



HISTORICAL Information about the USS BRISTOL's Commissioning postmark.


 

N/A

N/A

1941

First Day of Commissioning information

Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.


 

N/A

N/A

1941

First Day of Commissioning information

Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.

 


 

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