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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 --------- Cachet Category

 

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 7di "NAVY / YARD / STATION" Philadelphia Navy Yard
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS,

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-28 USPO Type 2 "Marine Barracks" Philadelphia,(League Island)PA
			Launching

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS,

 

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 7di "NAVY / YARD / STATION" Navy Yard Philadelphia Pennsylvania
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Wichita CA-45 Ship Launching - USS Cassin DD-372 Ship Launching - USS Shaw DD-373

Cachet by the Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association.

No Image			1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			First Day in Commission

Front pencil notation "FD Postal" Back black rubberstamp "DEC 2-1935"

No Image			1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			First Day in Commission

Back black rubberstamp WM Judisch U.S.C.S. return...PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1936-08-22

N/A		N/A	1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning. Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning. Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky.

			1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky. Back blue rubberstamp return address...Pencil notation "DD-372"

 

			1936-08-21 Locy Type FDC 7r
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

			1936-09-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Ship Launching - USS Winslow DD-359

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

			1936-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Navy Day 1936

Add on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1936-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-20
			Navy Day 1936

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky. Back blue rubberstamp return address

			1936-12-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "FIRST DAY / THIS STAMP"
			Stamp Issue

Cachet by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS and Cdr. John Barry Chapter No. 19, USCS. Back purple rubberstamp George Handle return

 

			1936-12-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Ship Commissioning - USS McDougal DD-358

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

			1937-04-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "WILLEMSTAD / CURACAO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky. Back blue rubberstamp return address

N/A		N/A	1937-04-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PORT AU / SPAIN B.W.I."
			Shakedown Cruise

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler.

 

			1937-04-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "LAT. 0'00'00 / LONG. 37'00W"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

 

			1937-05-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "RIO DE / JANEIRO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

No Image			1937-05-29 Locy Type 9x
			Category

Back black rubberstamp "546"

No Image			1937-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Independence Day 1937

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			1937-09-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Labor Day 1937

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1937-11-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Thanksgiving 1937

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			1937-11-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Thanksgiving Day

Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

			1938-03-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Last day in Philadelphia

Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

			1938-03-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			First Panama Canal Passage

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No Image			1939-09-07 Locy Type 9v
			Category

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No Image			1940-01-11 Locy Type 3b (AC-TXB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Postcard use. Back black rubberstamp "237810"

No Image			1940-04-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Category

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No Image			1940-06-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Category

Back black rubberstamp Paul J. Gross return address

 

			1940-08-10 Locy Type 3b (AC-TTX) "LAHAINA / MAUI T.H."
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1941-04-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Category

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N/A			1941-04-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Category

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N/A			1941-09-10 Locy Type 9v
			Registered sailor mail. Sent by crewmember Duane Harold Williams (1913-1992) who transferred from CASSIN just 3 days after this was mailed.

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

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Back black pen notation "S-1945"

N/A		N/A	1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n)
			Navy Day

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n)
			Navy Day

From the Lloyd Ferrell collection.

			1945-12-17 Locy Type LDC SL
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

			1945-12-17 Locy Type LDC SL
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
Embossed Seal of USS CASSIN added to cover.

 

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