Florida BB 30 Covers Page 1

 
Return to USS FLORIDA BB-30 Main Page
 

---

 

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 --------- Cachet Category

 

			1911-12-30 Locy Type 2
			Category

Postcard use

 

N/A		N/A	1912-03-21 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

Note:

 

			1912-06-24 Locy Type 2
			Category

Postcard use. "Pilgrim Monument / Provincetown, Mass. / Commemorating the first landing / place of the Pilgrims"

 

			1912-06-25 Locy Type 2 1912-06-27 USPO CDS Norfolk, VA
			Category

Postcard use. "Scaling Walls, Practice Drill U. S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay."

 

N/A		N/A	1912-07-04 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1912-08-21 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

Note:

 

			1912-11-10 Locy Type 2
			Category

Postcard use. "Main Street, Norfolk, Va."

 

			1913-04-05 Locy Type 3b (BC-XOX) "NORFOLK / VA"
			Category

Postcard use. "Charleston S.C. Washington Square"

 

			1913-08-14 Locy Type 3a (C) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
			Category

Postcard use. "Upshire Row, Annaplis, Md."

 

			1913-11-10 Locy Type 3a (C) "NAPLES / ITALY"
			Category

Postcard use. "Vesuvio dal Mare"

 

			1914-12-14 Locy Type 3a (C) Locy Type 9v 1914-12-15 USPO REC'D Newfield, NJ
			Category

Note:

 

No Image			1917-12-11 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12i
			Category

Censored, WWI use

 

N/A		N/A	1918-05-28 Locy Type 1z
			World War I

Passed By Censor

 

No Image			1922-01-17 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12a
			Category

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1922-06-20 Locy Type F "COLON / PANAMA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Port Visit

Note: Research suggests this postmark is backdated as this postmark was first used legitimately in 1929.

 

			1922-07-13 Locy Type 3rs
			Category

Postcard use. "View from De Beltjen's Road in St. Thomas, V. I., U.S.A."

 

N/A		N/A	1922-08-09 Locy Type 3rs
			Sailor Mail

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1923-06-26 Locy Type F "COPENHAGEN / DENMARK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Midshipmen Cruise 1923 - "Departing Hampton Roads on June 9th, she paid port calls at Copenhagen Denmark, Greenock Scotland, Cadiz Spain, and Gibraltar. She debarked her middies at Annapolis on August 28th"

Note: Research suggests this postmark is backdated as this postmark was first used legitimately in 1929.

 

No Image			1927-02-24 Locy Type 3s
			Category

Note:

 

			1927-06-16 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12d
			Category

Postcard use. "LA PUNTA FORT, MALECON AND MACEO AVENUE FROM THE OUTSIDE."

 

N/A		N/A	1928-06-31 Locy Type 3s "HAMPTON / RDS, VA."
			Navy Savings Bank Mail

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1929-07-05 Locy Type F "NAPLES / ITALY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1929-07-15 Locy Type F "GIBRALTAR / B-P-" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

No Image			1929-07-27 Locy Type 6
			Category

Note:

 

No Image			1929-09-20 Locy Type 8
			Category

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1930-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit - Charleston SC

First Day of Issue (Sc. #683) 2c Carolina-Charleston stamp. First Day Cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1930-05-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Postcard

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1930-07-05 Locy Type F "KIEL / GERMANY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Collectors request

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1930-07-11 Locy Type F "OSLO / NORWAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

Note:

 

			1930-07-13 Locy Type 8
			Category

Note:

 

			1930-10-10 Locy Type 8
			Official Business

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1930-11-04 Locy Type 8
			Navy Savings Bank mail

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1930-11-06 Locy Type 6
			Signed by CDR William Sims Farber, Commanding, U.S. Navy

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

N/A			1931-02-12 Locy Type F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Category

Note:

 

N/A			1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Signed by Norman H. Pecore, Navy Mail Clerk

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Signed by LCDR Herman E. Fischer, (ship's asst. engineer) Signed by Norman H. Pecore, Navy Mail Clerk

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day of Commission

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day of Commission

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

 

---

 

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Ship Cover Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum