Cachet Maker Glenn W Dye Page 1C

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.
   
Page 1   (1934-1943)
Page 1A   (1944)
Page 1B   (1945)
Page 1C   (1946)
Page 2   (1946 FAKE USCGC MOHAWK Christmas postmark)
Page 3   (1943-45)
Page 4   (ANCS "Postage Stamp" Cachet)
Page 5   (ANCS "Eagle & Ship" Cachet)
Page 6   (Empty-Future Use)

Note - Not all of Dye's covers are FAKES, but each one needs to be carefully looked at for suspicious postmarks, backdating or other such activities.

 

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			1946-01-06 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-27 USS Wilkes Barre CL-103
			First Day of Postal Service of T-2 cancel

From the John Young collection.

 

			1946-01-30 Locy Type FAKE USS Mississippi BB-41
			USS Brooklyn is mothballed.

Note: "Fake cancels exist from this ship in 1946. The T-3 dated Apr 10, 1946 with "ANCS/1935-1946" is definitely a fake. The T-3 with other 1946 dates may be fakes. The 2(n) with a slightly flattened bottom and side of the dial may also be a forgery." {USCS Postmark Catalog}

 

N/A			1946-02-16 Locy Type 2(n) USS William R. Rush DD-714
			First Day of Postal Service (?)

From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1946-02-22 Locy Type FAKE USS Mississippi BB-41
			Washington's birthday.

From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1946-02-22 Locy Type 2(n) USS Phoenix CL-46
			Washington's birthday.

From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-03-05 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9efu USS San Francisco CA-38
			Launching of the USS Manchester CL-83

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1946-05-30 Locy Type 2(n) USS California BB-44
			Memorial Day

Remembering USS Liscombe Bay CVE-56, USS St. Lo CVE-63, USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 and USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79.

 

			1946-05-30 Locy Type 2# Locy Type 9# USS Ulysses ARB-9
			Comic cachet

Note: Cover #17, Covers Issued 49, Covers Series No. 179 - Grey Cover Service

 

N/A			1946-06-30 FAKE Locy Type LDPS 3 "LAST DAY / POST. SERVICE" USS New York BB-34
			Last Day of Postal Service

Notice the hull designation of (CA-2) written in the postmark.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-07-04 FAKE Locy Type 2(n) USS Saint Louis CL-49
			Post Office Closed on 23 May 1946.

"Covers with the 2(n) cancel dated after May 23, 1946 are fakes." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.

 

N/A			1946-07-04 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9ef(nu) USS Princeton CV-37
			Independence Day

Note:

 

			1946-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-77b "NAVY / DAY" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Navy Day

Cachet is thermographed. From "Grey Cover Service".

 

			1946-12-25 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9ef(nu) USS Providence CL-82
			Christmas

Cachet Sponsor USS Cleveland Crew, ANCS. Cachet is thermographed.

 

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