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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

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-23 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Station" Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-23 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Station" Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "USS SNAPPER / LAUNCHED" USS Cachalot SS-170
			Launching

Cachet by -

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-15 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-TBT)
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller, sponsored by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS. (Look closely at the front fin of the black fish to see the sponsors name)

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-15 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-TBT)
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-15 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-TBT)
			Commissioning

Add-on cachet by William Frederick

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-15 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-TBT)
			Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

			1937-07-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Amelia Earhart

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-04-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "DEEP DIVE / TEST 291 FT" Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "OFF PORTS- / MOUTH N.H."
			Deep Dive Test

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "LAT 0 00 / LONG 81 03"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Martin R. Aden and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NEPTUNUS / DOMAIN" Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "LAT 0 00 / LONG 81 03"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Martin R. Aden and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "VALPARAISO / CHILE"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "VALPARAISO / CHILE"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1938-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PROVINCETOWN / MASS"
			Independence Day

Cachet BY Lucy Doane, John Morrill and New England Naval Cover Club.

 

			1938-07-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N H"
			Launching of USS SCULPIN SS-191

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

 

N/A		N/A	1938-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "ANNAPOLIS / MD"
			Columbus Day

Cachet by Norman K. Mary

 

			1938-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY DAY / COCO SOLO CZ"
			Navy Day 1938

Cachet by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-12-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "COCO SOLO / C Z" 1938-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "COCO SOLO / C Z"
			1st Birthday

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by Robert V. Walton and the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Signed by QM 1/c Scott Goatley, NMC.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-01-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "100TH DIVE / AUX CAYES HAITI"
			100th Dive

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Signed by QM 1/c Scott Goatley, NMC.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "AGUADILLA / PUERTO RICO"
			Problem XX w/ USS Stingray SS-186, USS Skipjack SS-184, USS Plunger SS-179, USS Cachalot SS-170, USS Salmon SS-182, USS Perch SS-176 and USS Pollack SS-180.

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Produced on mottled paper.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "EASTER AT / PORTS N.H."
			Easter

Cachet by Alex R. Hesse, George V. Sadworth and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Signed by QM 1/c Scott Goatley, NMC.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "EN ROUTE / SAN DIEGO"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "USS GUDGEON / KEEL LAID"
			Keel Laying of USS Gudgeon SS-211

Cachet by Martin R. Aden

 

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