Cachet Maker Mae Weigand Pg6

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

The cachets created by Mae Weigand are very distinctive in style and her covers here will be set up to follow the example of the "Naval Cover Cachet Makers Catalog"
R.D. Rawlins, Editor; Universal Ship Cancellation Society, Inc., Publisher.

A. Historical Flags (1st Series) 1938-39,    B. Historical Flags (2nd Series) 1939-41 C. Navy Flags (1st Series) 1939-40,    D. Navy Flags (2nd Series) 1941-42 E. Army Flags (1st Series) 1939-40,    F. Army Flags (2nd Series) 1941-42 G. Marine Corps Flags (1st Series) 1940-41,    H. Marine Corps Flags (2nd Series) 1941-42 I. Coast Guard Flags 1941-42,    J. Port Visit 1939-41 K. Ship Name 1940-41 Pg1,   K. Ship Name 1940-41 Pg2, L. Naval Rates 1941-42 Pg1,   L. Naval Rates 1941-42 Pg2 M. State Flags (1st Series) 1940-41 (A-H),    M. State Flags (1st Series) 1940-41 (I-L), M. State Flags (1st Series) 1940-41 (M-P),    M. State Flags (1st Series) 1940-41 (Q-Z), N. State Flags (2nd Series) 1941-42 P. United Nations 1942-44,    Q. Poems 1942-45 R. Merchant Marine 1943-44,    S. Famous Americans 1940-41 FDC - First Day Covers

See Louis C. Weigand for O, T, U, V, W, X & Y.

 

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

 

			1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) "COMMISSION / JULY 3, 1941" USS Chemung AO-30
			Commissioning

CAVALRY DIVISION

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-23 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TTT) USS Argus PY-14
			Commissioning/First Day of Postal Service

CHRISTIAN CHAPLAIN

 

			1941-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) USS Thornton AVD-11
			Ship Recommissioning THORNTON was actually recommissioned on March 5, 1941, NOT November 11, 1941.

CHIEF CAVALRY

 

N/A		N/A	1941-08-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / CANCELS" USS Delta AK-29
			Commissioning DELTA was actually Commissioned on June 16, 1941, NOT August 8, 1941.

CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
Scan courtesy of Jim Belcher, Jr. in honor of his father, James R. Belcher, who served aboard USS Delta from 1964-66. He retired from the Navy in July 1969. James R Belcher was a Survivor of the sinking of USS Indianapolis CA-35 in 1945.

 

			1941-10-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / COVER" USS Solace AH-5
			Commissioning

MINE PLANTER

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-22 Locy Type FDC Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-39 USS Hobson DD-464
			Commissioning

SIGNAL CORPS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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