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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

 

			1933-03-29 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / P.O. SERVICE"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 1 Old Ironsides.

 

			1933-03-29 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / P.O. SERVICE"
			Ship Commissioning

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			1933-07-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1933-08-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AT / SEA"
			Sea Trials

Rubber stamp cachet on pre-printed envelope. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1933-10-26 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			40th Anniversary USS OREGON BB-3

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N/A		N/A	1933-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1933-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Armistice Day

Rubber stamp cachet. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1934-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "COMMO. / AKRON CRASH"
			R. ADM Moffett / Akron Memorial

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N/A		N/A	1934-04-10 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AHOY / MACON"
			USS Macon maneuvers with the fleet

J. K. Delano NMC signed.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BALBOA / C.Z."
			"With The Fleet At Panama"

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-24 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "CRISTOBAL / C.Z."
			"With The Fleet At Panama"

Rubber stamp cachet. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AT / SEA"
			"With Fleet Returns Eastern Waters"

Rubber stamp cachet. J. K. Delano NMC signed.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HAMPTON / ROADS VA"
			Returns to US

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1934-05-31 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PRESIDENTAL / REVIEW"
			Presidential Review 1934

Note: Presidential miss-spelled in killer

 

			1934-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "FLAG DAY / NEW YORK"
			Port Visit New York

USCS Chapter 3 Cachet

 

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "US FLEET / DEPARTS NYC"
			Category

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTSMOU / VIRGINIA"
			Independence Day 1934

Richell Cachet

 

			1934-08-03 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTLAND / MAINE"
			Port Visit Portland, Maine

William V. Miller Cachet

 

No Image			1934-08-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "NEWPORT / R. I."
			Category

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			1934-10-21 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			East Coast Cruise 1934

O. A. Farabee Cachet

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL-ZONE"
			Navy Day 1934

Hall Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Navy Day

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1934-11-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF"
			Category

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			1934-11-29 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Thanksgiving Day 1934

Manley Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-29 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Thanksgiving Day

Cacheted

 

			1934-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "XMAS. / CHEER"
			Christmas Day 1934

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			1935-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HAPPY / NEW YEAR"
			New Years Day 1935

Manley Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1935-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ST.PATRICKS / DAY"
			St. Patrick's Day

Signed by O. E. Farabee, NMC

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MIDWAY IS. / T. H."
			Fleet Maneuvers

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N/A		N/A	1935-05-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MIDWAY IS. / T. H."
			Fleet Maneuvers

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N/A		N/A	1935-05-29 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Port Visit

Cachet by the Rawley Ice Cream Co. Ltd. and the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-10 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			US Fleet Concentration

Cachet by the California Pacific International Exposition

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-03 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PRESIDENTIAL / ESCORT"
			Presidential Escort

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-31 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ANNAPOLIS / MD"
			Collectors request

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

No Image			1938-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "Long Beach / *Calif*"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1939-02-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "CULEBRA / PORTO RICO"
			Sailor mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1939-07-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF." Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76b Locy Type 9x USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76
			Category

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			1940-02-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF."
			Official Business

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			1940-03-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF."
			United States Navy

Cachet Makers: Arthur A Christensen and Bette Tambling.

 

No Image			1941-08-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Category

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No Image			1942-03-12 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76d
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1943-08-04 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76d
			Official Business

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			1943-12-23 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

		No Image	1944-07-03 Vallejo CA Mare Island Sta. Machine
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-08-13 Locy Type 9v New York NY 13371 Br. 1945-08-21 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-10-17 Locy Type 2# (Br. #15960)
			Category

Add on cachet

 

			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76e
			Navy Day 1945

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			1945-1109 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-76e
			Category

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			1986-08-23
			Category

Cachet Maker: Michael F Hebert.

 

		No Image	2005-05-28
			Category

Cachet Maker: Alvin Eckert.

 

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