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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

 

N/A		N/A	1940-09-02 USPO Machine Cancel Kearny NJ
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

		N/A	1941-07-25 USPO Machine Cancel Kearny NJ
			Launching

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS Barracuda SS-163
			Launching

Cacheted

 

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by George Neumann

 

No Image			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			First Day in Commission

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

 

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			First Day of Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth's tribute to Richard Buchwald. Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			Ship Commissioning First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-10-22 Locy Type Fz
			Ship Commissioning First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed. Censored.

 

		No Image	1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57 1941-11-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9x Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a
			First Day in Commission / Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.

 

N/A			1941-11-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1941-11-01 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			First Day in Commission / First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

			1941-11-01 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1941 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a
			Category

Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover. Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1941-11-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Ship Commissioning First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)

 

N/A		N/A	1941-11-01 Locy Type FDC F "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			Ship Commissioning First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-03 Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-06 Type 3 (A-OTO) "CAPE / CHARLES VA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-12 Type 3 (A-OTO) "FIRST / SALVO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1942-03-02 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Official Business

Note:

 

N/A			1942-09-27 Type 3(A-OTO) "WELL DONE / 5TH MARINES"
			Category

Cachet by - George V. Sadworth

 

No Image			1942-10-26 Type 3 (A-OTO) "PORTER / SUNK"
			Postmark commemorates the sinking of USS Porter DD-356

Cachet by - Walter G. Crosby.

 

No Image			1942-11-11 Type Pz ?
			USS Atlanta CL-51

Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.

 

No Image			1942-11-13 Type Pz ?
			USS Benham DD-397

Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by George V. Sadworth. Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.

Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.

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HISTORICAL Information about the USS BRISTOL's Commissioning postmark.

 

N/A		N/A	1941
			First Day of Commissioning information

Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.

 

N/A		N/A	1941
			First Day of Commissioning information

Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.

 

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