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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		N/A	1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Independence Day

Cachet by John Coulthard, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter 2, USCS

N/A		N/A	1934-08-02 Locy Type 5hks "VALDEZ / ALASKA"
			Alaska Cruise

Cachet by Whipple Y. Chester, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter 2, USCS. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

			1934-08-07 Locy Type 5hks "KODIAK / ALASKA"
			Alaska Cruise

Cachet by Whipple Y. Chester, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter 2, USCS

N/A		N/A	1934-08-25 Locy Type 5hks "PEARL HARBOR / HONOLULU"
			Homeport

Add-on cachet by Rich Hoffner

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 5hks "WASHINGTON / BIRTHDAY"
			Washignton's Birthday

Notes:

No Image			1935-09-26 Locy Type 5hks "TENTH / BIRTHDAY"
			10th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

N/A		N/A	1935-09-26 Locy Type 5hks "TENTH / BIRTHDAY"
			10th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

No Image			1936-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Independence Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Norman K. Mary

N/A			1936-07-23 Locy Type 5hks "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Submarine Squadron Six

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by James Chun

No Image			1936-11-26 Locy Type 5hks "THANKSGIVING / DAY"
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

			1937-02-22 Locy Type 5hks "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

			1937-06-09 Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST / DAY"
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A			1937-06-09 Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST / DAY"
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by Ted Harrington

N/A			1937-06-09 Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST / DAY"
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

No Image			1940-10-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day of Postal Service 2nd Commissioning.

Cachet by Al Cohen

No Image			1940-10-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day of Postal Service 2nd Commissioning.

Note:

 

			1940-10-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			Recommissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Cachet is thermographed.

			1940-10-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Cachet is thermographed.

			1940-10-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

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No Image			1940-10-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

No Image			1941-10-15 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Category

Censored, WWII use

 

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