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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

No Image			1916-11-09 Locy Type 3 (AC) "FORTRESS / MONROE VA"
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		No Image	1916-12-22 Locy Type 3 (AC) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
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No Image		No Image	1917-01-10 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Unable to make out full text in killer bar. Part of it is "AT / SEA".

 

No Image		No Image	1917-02-25 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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No Image		No Image	1917-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Unable to make out the date in the postmark. The 10th is a guess. Includes "Passed by Censor" mark.

 

No Image			1917-10-21 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

No Image		No Image	1918-01-23 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Includes "Passed by Censor" mark.

 

No Image			1918-09-03 Locy Type 1z
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Navy penalty use
Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

No Image			1918-12-09 Locy Type 1z
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Christmas postcard from the ship.

 

No Image			1919-02-28 Locy Type 1u
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No Image			1919-03-12 Locy Type 1u
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Back is clean

 

			1919-08-19 Locy Type 1u
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No Image			1920-02-04 Locy Type 1au
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Note: Envelope supplied by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities. Sender was in Guantanamo Bay Cuba according to the letter enclosed.

 

			1920-04-20 Locy Type 1au
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No Image			1920-05-25 Locy Type 1au
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			1921-01-27 Locy Type 7 (1921)
			Real-Photo post card

Caribbean Native Women

 

			1921-11-15 Locy Type 7
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			1921-12-13 Locy Type 7
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Mt. Lowe Ca. Souvenir Folder

 

No Image			1923-05-04 Locy type 7
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No Image			1925-00-00 Locy Type SL2l (33x3)
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Notes: Date is only a best guess.

 

			1925-12-01 Locy Type 3 (A)
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Postcard use
M. Kashower Co. Los Angeles Cal. postcard showing Balboa Park San Diego, CA

 

No Image			1927-06-27 Locy Type 9efv Locy Type SLKb (41x6)
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Note: 9efv postmarks in purple ink.

 

No Image			1927-08-16 Locy Type 3ef "PT ANGELES / WASH"
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No Image			1928-08-17 Locy Type P [3ef, "NEW YORK, NY BR" removed] HONOLULU / HAWAII
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			1928-08-29 Locy Type P (3ef "NEW YORK, NY BR. removed) "SEATTLE / "
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Note: Typed return to ship at Seattle WA
Back is clean

 

No Image			1929-03-01 Locy Type 5s "CANAL / ZONE"
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No Image			1929-04-10 Locy Type 7
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No Image			1929-08-01 Locy Type 5s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
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Note: Navy Penalty envelope...Back is clean

 

			1929-08-22 Locy Type 5s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
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No Image			1930-00-00 Locy Type PPB
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Notes: Date is an estimate.

 

No Image			1930-02-24 Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
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			1930-10-27 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Navy Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Albert E. Gorham.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1930-10-27 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Navy Day 1930

Note: Cachet Maker: Albert E. Gorham.
Back is clean

 

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