Cachet Maker Raymond A Aiken

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

 

			1935-09-08 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "OUR 11TH / BIRTHDAY" USS Marblehead CL 12
			11th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) THE NAVY'S / BLESSED EVENT USS J Fred Talbott AG-81
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Honolulu CL-48

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3ty (BBT) "LAYING KEEL / USS HONOLULU" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Honolulu CL 48

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1936-07-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Tucker DD 374
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Makers: Roland E Hopkins, Raymond A Aiken and C Wright Richell

 

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (D2, AC-BBT) "WELCOME / ENTERPRISE" USS Bridge AF 1
			Ship Launching - USS Enterprise CV-6

Co-sponsored by Roland E. Hopkins. Serviced by Eric L. Wardman. Artist is Leonard Rogers. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-07-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "LAHAINA ROADS / MAUI T.H." USS Widgeon ASR 1
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Makers: Raymond A Aiken and C Wright Richell
ANCS 191 is Aiken. Richell's name is barely visible above the left anchor point in the lower left corner of the cachet.

 

			1938-09-17 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "PEARL / HARBOR T H" USS Avocet AVP 4
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Makers: C Wright Richell, Raymond A Aiken and Walter Czubay
Notation on the back indicates that 44 covers with this cachet were canceled

 

			1939-02-06 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "GONAIVES, / HAITI" USS Raleigh CL 7
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: Walter Czubay and Raymond A Aiken.
Aiken's ANCS number (191) is found in the middle link of the chain at the bottom of the cachet border.

 

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