USS MIDWAY CVB-41 Covers Page 1

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

1. USS MIDWAY Main Page
2. CVB-41 Page 1    (1945-65)
3. Covers Page 2    (1970-1989)
4. Covers Page 3    (1990-1992 Decommissioning)
5. Covers Page 4    (05/1992-2006)

 

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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

 

			1945-03-20
			Ship Launching

Notes: Cachet Maker: Tazewell G Nicholson

 

			1945-09-10 Locy Type 2# USS Walsh APD-111
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Tazewell G Nicholson

			1945-10-27 Locy Type FDPS 2(n)
			First Day Postal Service Navy Day 1945

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			1945-11-14 Locy Type 9# (Br. #16186) 1945-11-16 New York NY Navy 10959 Br. 1945-11-19 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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No Image			1945-12-05 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustration M-30
			Victory Cancel Cachet

Note: Cachet Maker: Nicholson
Back pencil notation "L-2024"

			1946-06-04 Locy Type 2(n)
			New York Fleet Visit 1946

Note: Cachet Maker: Sadworth
Back is clean

			1946-06-04 Locy Type SL2b(n) Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustration M-30
			New York Fleet Visit 1946

Note: Cachet Maker: Sadworth
Back shows type 9 cancel

			1947-10-27 Locy Type 2tnu (CVB)
			Navy Day 1947

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			1949-12-27 Locy Type 2t(nu) (CVB)
			Aircraft Carrier

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			1951-04-23 Locy Type 2
			Category

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		No Image	1952-06-16 Locy Type 2r 1952-1953 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustraion M-30a
			U.S. Navy

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			1953-07-20 Locy Type 2r 1954-1955
			U.S. Navy

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			1954-01-16 Locy Type 2 1953 Locy Type 9efu USCS Catalog Illustration M-30c
			Territory of Hawaii / U.S. Navy

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			1954-06-17 Locy Type 7tn+u (CVB,USS) Locy Type 9efu USCS Catalog Illustration M-30c
			Category

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			1958-02-09 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Herbert Hoover

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No Image			1963-01-26 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Category

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		No Image	1964-06-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9fu
			Ship's Crest

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			1964-09-23 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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			1965-09-20 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's 20th Anniversary

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1. USS MIDWAY Main Page
2. CVB-41 Page 1    (1945-65)
3. Covers Page 2    (1970-1989)
4. Covers Page 3    (1990-1992 Decommissioning)
5. Covers Page 4    (05/1992 - 2006)

 

 

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