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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			1938-08-09 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laid

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Courtesy of the William J. Wladyka Collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-06-21 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "SEARAVEN / LAUNCHED" USS Sargo SS-188
			Launching

Cachet by Gow C. Ng. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-06-21 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) USS Capella AK-13
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-06-21 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

			1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Hand painted, add-on cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Hand painted, add-on cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Signed by crewmembers. Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			First Day in Commission

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Al Cohen. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Edward Hacker. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / NEW HAMP."
			Merry Christmas

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

			1940-01-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "262 FT OFF / ISL OF SHOAL"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "262 FT OFF / ISL OF SHOAL"
			Deep Dive, Signed by the CO

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

			1940-02-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MIAMI / FLORIDA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw & Robert V. Walton, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw & Robert V. Walton, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "HOUSTON / TEXAS"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw & Robert V. Walton, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

			1940-03-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COCO SOLO / C.Z."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw & Robert V. Walton, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "BALBOA / C.Z."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Edward Hacker. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-04-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NEWPORT / R.I."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Edward Hacker. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
			Navy Day

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the Dave Kent collection.

 

			1944-03-10 Locy Type 3z
			Sailors mail

Censored WWII use

 

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