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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 Ship --------- Category

 

		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "13 TH U.S. / NAVY DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Navy Day Keel Laying of - USS Preston DD-379

Cachet by Richard Dumonte

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Navy Day Dual keel laying with USS Smith DD 378.

Cacheted

 

			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "USS PRESTON / LAUNCHING" USS Omaha CL-4
			Launching

Cachet by Martin R. Aden.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			Navy Day Navy Day cachet sponsored by J. P. Clark and Eric L. Wardman Cover also bears a postmark from USS Bridge AF-1 to commemorate the Keel Laying of USS Sturgeon SS-187. On the back is a USPO Machine postmark from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA dated the same day.

Note: The vast majority of FDC postmarks for PRESTON are in this condition.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			Navy Day First Day of Commissioning

Note: The vast majority of FDC postmarks for PRESTON are in this condition. Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			First Day of Commissioning

Note: The vast majority of FDC postmarks for PRESTON are in this condition. Cachet by Donald L. Crutcher and Melton M. Parker. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1937-01-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Launching of the - USS Henley DD-391

Cachet by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS

 

			1937-02-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS

 

N/A			1937-03-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Port Visit

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N/A			1937-05-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"
			Port Visit

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			1940-06-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Official Business

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N/A			1941-10-20 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Collectors request

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