Cachet Maker Clarence E Reid

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.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

 

			1934-1937
			Various Events

Various Addresses

 

			1934-1937
			Various Addresses

AKA or DBA - STAMP ASSOCIATES and B. M. READ

 

N/A		N/A	1934-06-19 Locy Type 8 USS Texas BB-35
			70th Anniversary Kearsarge-Alabama

Note - Cachet error 15-June-1864 - (ALABAMA arrived Cherbourg 11-June, KEARSARGE arrived 14-June, battle 19-June)

 

N/A			1934-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-10 USS Manley DD-74
			Navy Day

NMC Inquiry card

 

N/A			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3s(A) "JACKSONVILLE / FLA NAVY DAY" USS Manley DD-74
			Navy Day

NMC Inquiry card

 

N/A		N/A	1935-02-01 Locy Type 5ahks "MANILA / P.I." USS Augusta CA-31
			Launching Anniversary

Typewritten cachet by "B. M. READ"

 

N/A		N/A	1935-08-26 Locy Type 3s(B-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Boggs AG-19
			Commissioning Anniversary

Actual Commissioning Anniversary is Sept 23rd but that was crossed out. USS Boggs was at the California Pacific International Exposition (CPIE) at this time.
The CPIE ran between May 29 1935 to September 9 1936.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-02 Locy Type 3s(AC-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Pruitt DD-347
			Commissioning Anniversary

Ships name and date crossed out for some unknown reason because they were correct. USS Pruitt was at the California Pacific International Exposition (CPIE) at this time.
The CPIE ran between May 29 1935 to September 9 1936.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-10 Locy Type 3ty (BBT) "LAYING KEEL / USS HONOLULU" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY (ex-SEATTLE)
			Keel Laying

Manuscript cachet "Keel Laying Ceremonies / of the U.S.S. Honolulu / at the Brooklyn Navy Yard"

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-19 Locy Type 5hks USS Blakeley DD-150
			Launching Anniversary

Ships name and date written in pencil to a pre-printed cacheted cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-26 Locy Type 5hks "TENTH / BIRTHDAY" USS Bass SS-164
			Commissioning Anniversary

Ships name written in pencil with a rubber stamp date to a pre-printed cacheted cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-30 Locy Type 3(AC-TTB) "U.S. NAVAL / ACADEMY" USS Babbitt DD-128
			Launching Anniversary

Ships name and date by rubber stamp to a pre-printed cacheted cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-30 Locy Type FDPS 3(AC-TBT) "FIRST DAY / Mail Service" USS Pike SS-173
			First Day of Postal Service

Pre-printed postal card with penciled date.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-01-06 Locy Type 3ty (BBT) "LAUNCHING U.S.C.G. / JOHN C SPENCER" US Receiving Ship - Brooklyn NY USCGC John C. Spencer
			Launching

Killer bar text typed in.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-05-30 Locy Type 3(BC-BBT) "SUB BASE / NEW LONDON" USS Falcon AM-28
			Memorial Day

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-03 Locy Type 3(AC-TTB) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE" USS THRUSH AVP-3
			Generic FDPS cachet

FDPS for USS THRUSH was 25 December 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1938-08-27 Locy Type 3ty (BBT) "USS / SEATTLE" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY (ex-SEATTLE)
			Launching

Launching of USS Helena CL-50

 

N/A		N/A	1939-05-04 Locy Type 3(A-BTB) "NEW YORK / NY" USS Ranger CV-4
			NYWF Opening & Washington's Inaugural*

NOTE: Out of date, both happened on April 30 1939

 

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