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Manzanillo Cuba
Manzanillo Cuba
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Postcard use
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19140424_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1914-04-24<br/>Locy Type 3 (A)<br/>"NAVY YARD / PORTSMOUTH"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8
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Sailors Mail
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Postcard use
Postcard use
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Postcard use.
Postcard use.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150208_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150208_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1915-02-08<br/>Locy Type 3r(AC)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
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Sailors Mail
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Postcard use
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150222_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150222_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1915-02-22<br/>Locy Type SLK 
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Registered Mail
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Straight-line Killer
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150222_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150222_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1915-02-22<br/>Locy Type 9v<br/>(1915-1927) 
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Registered Mail
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5 wax seals on the back with 2 strikes of the Registry marking.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150222_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1915-02-22<br/>Locy Type 3r(AC) 
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Sailors Mail
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Cuban Postcard.
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Front pencil notations "Note Reverse"..."Early "Vestal" spaced different". Back Blue printed return to ship at New York
Front pencil notations "Note Reverse"..."Early "Vestal" spaced different". Back Blue printed return to ship at New York
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19150330_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1915-02-22<br/>Locy Type 3(B)<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V8a 
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Sailors Mail
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Printed return address: Auxiliary Division, Atlantic Fleet / U.S.S. Vestal, Flagship / Postmaster, New York City.
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Postcard use.
Postcard use.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_1917_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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c 1917<br/>Locy Type 3
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Sailors Mail
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Censored but sent before the postage rate of WWI went up to 3c on 3 November 1917.
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19180223_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1918-02-23<br/>Locy Type 1z
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Sailors Mail
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Censored. Printed corner card for "A. Albrecht, U.S.N.".
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19180306_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19180306_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1918-03-06<br/>Locy Type 9v (on reverse)
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Sailors Mail
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Registered & Censored. Printed corner card for "A. Albrecht, U.S.N.". Also has a strike of the Philadelphia PA Registered marking.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19181113_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1918-11-13<br/>Locy Type 1z
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Official Mail
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Censored. Straight-line marking for ship.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vestal_AR4_19181120_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1918-11-20<br/>Locy Type 1z
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Official Mail
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Censored. Typed ship identification.
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Revision as of 21:46, 31 December 2015


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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 		Postmark Date
Postmark Type
Killer Bar Text
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Cachet Category

1914-02-18
Locy Type 3 (A)
"GUANTANAMO / BAY"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8

Manzanillo Cuba

Postcard use



N/A

1914-04-24
Locy Type 3 (A)
"NAVY YARD / PORTSMOUTH"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8

Sailors Mail

Postcard use



1915-02-05
Locy Type 3r (AC)
"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

"Doing the Marketing, Caimancra. / (Guantanamo Bay,) Cuba."

Postcard use.



N/A

1915-02-08
Locy Type 3r(AC)
"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

Sailors Mail

Postcard use



N/A

1915-02-22
Locy Type SLK

Registered Mail

Straight-line Killer



N/A

1915-02-22
Locy Type 9v
(1915-1927)

Registered Mail

5 wax seals on the back with 2 strikes of the Registry marking.



N/A

N/A

1915-02-22
Locy Type 3r(AC)

Sailors Mail

Cuban Postcard.



No Image

1916-02-10
Locy Type 3b (B-XOO)

Category

Front pencil notations "Note Reverse"..."Early "Vestal" spaced different". Back Blue printed return to ship at New York



N/A

File:GregCiesielski Vestal AR4 19150330 1 Front.jpg

N/A

1915-02-22
Locy Type 3(B)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V8a

Sailors Mail

Printed return address: Auxiliary Division, Atlantic Fleet / U.S.S. Vestal, Flagship / Postmaster, New York City.



1917-02-28
Locy Type 3 (AC)
"AT / SEA"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8b

Harris Brothers postcard depicting Tacon Market, Havana Cuba

Postcard use.



N/A

N/A

c 1917
Locy Type 3

Sailors Mail

Censored but sent before the postage rate of WWI went up to 3c on 3 November 1917.



N/A

N/A

1918-02-23
Locy Type 1z

Sailors Mail

Censored. Printed corner card for "A. Albrecht, U.S.N.".



N/A

1918-03-06
Locy Type 9v (on reverse)

Sailors Mail

Registered & Censored. Printed corner card for "A. Albrecht, U.S.N.". Also has a strike of the Philadelphia PA Registered marking.



N/A

N/A

1918-11-13
Locy Type 1z

Official Mail

Censored. Straight-line marking for ship.



N/A

N/A

1918-11-20
Locy Type 1z

Official Mail

Censored. Typed ship identification.



1920-02-18
Locy Type 3 (AC)
" / CALIFORNIA"

Category

Back black pen return to ship at San Francisco



No Image

1922-12-13
Locy Type 3s

Category

Front red pencil notation ".75"...pencil notation "AC 1". Back black pen return to ship at San Pedro



1923-03-02
Locy Type 3s

U.S.S. DESTROYERS, PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL

Postcard use.



1926-06-04
Locy Type 3r (A)
"BLOCK I. / R"

Category

Penalty envelope use
Front pencil notation "T-3r (A). Back multiple pencil notations...Red rubberstamp "7829"


 

1928-05-14
Locy Type 9v
Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia

Category

Registered, Official Business from USS Vestal AR-4



No Image

1931-08-11
Locy Type 6

Category

Back blue rubberstamp "AUG 13 REC'D"


 

1932-09-27
Locy Type 6

Category

Cachet Maker: Harry Ioor



1933-06-10
Locy Type 6

Category

Cachet by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. Back SEATTLE WASH Machine 1933-06-10


 

1934-11-29
Locy Type 3s (A-TTT)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"

Thanksgiving Day

Cachet Maker: Henry Kraus



1935-05-28
Locy Type 3s (A-TTT)

John Rodgers

Cachet by Honolulu Star Bulletin / John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS



No Image

1936-08-05
Locy Type 3s (A-TTT)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"

Category

Back SAN PEDRO CALIF. Machine cancel



c1937
Locy Type SLKb (53x8)

Category

Gold foil USS VESTAL applied label. Back black rubberstamp "SPONSORED BY / MOFFETT CHAPTER"...Violet rubberstamp Joseph F Koehl return


 

No Image

1937-01-06
Locy Type 3s (A-TTT)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"

Category

Hand painted cachet


 

1937-07-04
Locy Type SLPb (53x8)

Category

Cachet Maker: Lloyd A Nace
Cachet is thermographed. The last digit of the year is illegible. 1937 is a best guess based on the known range for this type of postmark.



No Image

No Image

1937-12-25
Locy Type 9v
Locy Type 9efw
Locy Type 9x
Locy Type SLKbs
1940-01-01
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
"RING IN THE / NEW YEAR"

Christmas Day 1937 / New Years Day 1940

Multiple cancel cover using 1937 Christmas Seals
Back is clean



No Image

1938-01-04
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"

Category

Back blue rubberstamp M. B. OWENS USCS Member



No Image

1938-09-14
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIF"

Category

Back blue pencil notation "Join The / U.S.C.S."


 

1938-09-23
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIF"

Category

Cachet Makers: ADM Joseph M Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS, Lottie Eshliman and H J Lindhardt
Eshliman is the artist. You can see her name at the bottom of the brick wall just above "AMERICAN"


 

No Image

1939-06-15
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
"SAN PEDRO / CALIF"

Category

Notes:



1940-01-01
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
"RING IN THE / NEW YEAR"

New Years Day 1940

George V. Sadworth New Year Greetings Cachet...Sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder
Back is clean



1940-04-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
"PEARL HARBOR / T H"

Category

Note:


 

1940-06-16
Locy Type F
"FIRST DAY / THIS CANCEL"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8c

Father's Day

Cachet is thermographed.



No Image

1941- -10
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)

Category

Date not clear. Back purple pen return to ship at San Pedro


 

No Image

1941-07-04
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)

Category

Notes:



No Image

1941-07-26
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)

Category

Back is clean



1941-10-27
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-8e

Navy Day 1941

Cachet by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS
Front pencil notation "AR 4"...Red rubberstamp "R in circle"
Back blue rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return...Black pen "Vestal"...Black rubberstamp "793184"



1942-03-07
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Add on photo cachet by Bruce D. Liddell. Censored wartime (WWII) use. Back black pen notation "Vestal"


 

1942-05-28
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Remember Pearl Harbor

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby. Cachet is thermographed. The postmark month is illegible but a letter inside the cover was dated May 27, 1942.


 

1943-05-19
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1944-04-21
Locy Type 2z

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

 

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