Cachet Maker C Wright Richell Page 4

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

1. Page 1    (1934)
2. Page 2    (1935)
3. Page 3    (1936)
4. Page 4    (1937)
5. Page 5    (1938 - present)

 

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

 

			1937-01-13 Locy Type LDC 5hks USS Greer DD-145
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet sponsor is T. M. Holcombe

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "SAN / FRANCISCO" USS Perkins DD-377
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-04-09 Locy Type LDC 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Buchanan DD-131
			Last Day of Commission

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Leslie E Paulson. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA." USS Leary DD-158
			Ship Launching - USS Helm DD-388 Ship Launching - USS Blue DD-387

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

			1937-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Arizona BB-39
			Memorial Day

Cachet director is Norman K. Mary.

 

			1937-06-04 Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST / DAY" USS Bonita SS-165
			Last Day In Commission

Alex R. Hesse, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		No Image	1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM" USS Blue DD-387
			Commissioning

FDPS Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club (Tazewell G. Nicholson).

 

N/A		No Image	1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3ty "HAVANA / CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b Locy Type FDC 9x USS Blue DD-387
			Commissioning

FDC Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club (Tazewell G. Nicholson).

 

N/A			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM" USS Blue DD-387
			Commissioning

FDC Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club (Tazewell G. Nicholson). From the Tom Kean collection.

 

		No Image	1937-08-26 Locy Type 3 (TBB) "ALOHA USS / HONOLULU" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Ship Launching - USS Honolulu CL-48

Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-09-06 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Hannibal AG-1
			Labor Day

Handwritten note from Tazewell G. Nicholson inside cover

 

			1937-09-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "HABANA DE / CUBA" USS Bagley DD-386
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

		No Image	1937-09-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA" USS Yorktown CV-5
			Ship Commissioning - USS Yorktown CV-5

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

			1937-10-16 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "DAY OF / COMMISSION" USS Helm DD-388
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by Leslie E. Paulson.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SWATOW / CHINA" USS Sacramento PG-19
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and Leslie E Paulson

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type F (b-69) "ASIATIC FLEET / SHANGHAI" USS Bulmer DD-222
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SWATOW / CHINA" USS Sacramento PG-19
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, Robert W. Matthews and sponsored by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS.

 

		No Image	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "NAVY / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Walter G Crosby. Cachet is thermographed. This is exactly the same cachet as used for Navy Day 1936.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NAVY / DAY" USS Helm DD-388
			Ship Keel Laying - USS North Carolina BB-55

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

			1937-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO" USS Blue DD-387
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

			1937-11-24 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Blue DD-387
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

			1937-11-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet director is Norman K. Mary.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "A MERRY / XMAS TO ALL" USS Moffett DD-362
			Christmas

Cachet sponsor is Walter G. Crosby.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-01-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "HAPPY / NEW YEAR" USS Moffett DD-362
			New Years Day

Cachet sponsor is Walter G. Crosby. Same cachet as Christmas 1937.

 

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