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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

 

			1944-08-08 Locy Type FDPS 2z
			First Day Postal Service

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1944-09-30 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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			1944-10-16 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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			1945-06-27 Locy Type 9efu 1945-07-03 New York Regy. Div.
			Official Business

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			1945-09-02 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-09-11 Locy Type 2# (Br. #16028)
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-09-12 Locy Type 2# (Br. #16028)
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
			Navy Day 1945

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			1946-02-28 Locy Type 2(n)
			Victory

Minkus Cachet

 

			1952-11-13 Locy Type FDR 2 Locy Type FDR 9efu
			Ship Recommissioning

Cachet Maker: C Wright Richell.
Richell is the artist.

 

			1952-11-13 Locy Type FDR 2 Locy Type FDR 9efu
			Ship Recommissioning

Same cover as above but showing the postmarks.

 

			1954-04-12 Locy Type 2
			Lytton's advertisement card

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No Image			1954-09-27 Locy Type 2
			Category

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			1954-11-15 Locy Type 2 Locy Type 9efu
			Aircraft Carrier

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No Image			1959-01-07 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Category

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No Image			1960-01-18 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29d
			Category

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			1961-11-11 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29a
			Category

Cachet Maker: B Saunders Bullard.

 

			1965-03-17 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29b
			St. Patrick's Day 1965

USCS Farragut Chapter / P.J. Ickeringill cachet

 

			1966-10-27 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29c
			Navy Day 1966

E-F cachet

 

			1967-01-09 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-29c
			Category

Return to USS O'BRIEN DD-725

 

			1967-11-09 Locy Type 7tn+u
			Apollo Recovery Force

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N/A		N/A	2002-12-15 USPS Type 9 Brooklyn NY
			60th Anniversary of Keel Laying

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

N/A		N/A	2004-02-26 USPS Type 9 Brooklyn NY
			60th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

N/A		N/A	2004-08-06 USPS Type 9 Brooklyn NY
			60th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

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