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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 --------- Cachet Category

 

			1933-10-19 Locy Type 6g-1 Portsmouth NH Navy Yard
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-19 Locy Type 6 "Navy Yard Station" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-19 Locy Type 6 "Navy Yard Station" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association
Autographed by the sponsor, Katherine Duer Kempff, and the PCO, Lt. Commander Merrill Comstock.

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Commissioning Cachet

Cachet by Unknown Commissioning Cachet. Back is clean.

 

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks PORTSMOUTH / N.H.
			Ship Commissioning

Notes:

 

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

			1934-11-29 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CAL"
			Category

Note: signed by NMC
Navy Mail Clerk's stamp and signature

			1935-08-02 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "FLEET / WEEK"
			Fleet Week 1935

Note: Bellingham Stamp Club Cachet

N/A		N/A	1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HIDENBURG / CRASH"
			HIDENBURG CRASH

Cachet by -

N/A		N/A	1937-07-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Port visit

Cachet by Frank P. Hollis

			1937-10-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Category

Note: Unknown Cachet...Crew member signature
Back is clean

			1937-12-01 Locy Type 5hks "FOUR YEARS / OLD TO-DAY" Locy Type SLKfl (51x6) Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"
			Ship Birthday

Note: Unknown Cachet

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"
			Christmas

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			Category

Note: Front gold embossed Navy Dept. foil seal
Back pencil notations "SS 170"..."SL)"...Green pen notations "12 (lined out)"..."13044"

 

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			Category

Note:

 

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			New Year's Day

Cachet by Frank Kuss and sponsored by the ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-01-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HONEST / OLD ABE"
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet is the Gettysburg Address cleverly disguised as Abe.

No Image			1938-02-28 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Category

Back signed by Desmond D. Jagyi

 

			1938-02-12 Locy Type 9x (C) Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9x (C)
			Lincoln's Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts and Frank Kuss

No Image			1938-03-15 Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1938-04-18 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Easter

Cacheted

 

			1938-06-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) ROWBOAT / ADMIRAL
			Category

Notes:

 

			1938-07-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
			Person Commemorative: Amelia Earhart

Notes: Cachet Maker Unknown
Envelope contained an insert with biographical information on Amelia Earhart.

 

			1938-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) BROOKLYN / NEW YORK
			Category

Notes:

No Image		No Image	1938-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK" Locy Type 5hks "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK" Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-4
			Category

Note: Multiple strike cover
Back is clean

 

			1938-08-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) BROOKLYN / NEW YORK
			Category

Notes: Cachet commemorates establishment of the first post office on board an American Naval vessel: USS Nebraska BB-14

			1938-12-01 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustratrion C-4a Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"
			5th Birthday

Note: Cachet Maker: ANCS Argonauts / USCS Chapter 53 Cachet
Back black pen notation "F L M"...Type 3 strike

 

			1938-12-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) COLO SOLO / CANAL ZONE
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald, ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts and USCS Chapter 53 USS Cachalot
Not sure what role, if any, Frank Kiraly had in creating the cachet.

			1940-11-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"
			Ship Data Cachet

Cachet by Ted Harrington. Back black rubberstamp Ted Harrington return address

 

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