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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	1937-10-27 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Keel Laying

US Navy Official Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 7dr USS Altair AD-11
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3b (A-XBX) "MAREISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS Louisville CA-28
			Keel Laying

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MARE IS NYD / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-10b USS Vincennes CA-44
			Keel Laying

Cachet by T. M. Holcombe

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Launching

Cachet by Martin R. Aden

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SWORDFISH / LAUNCHED" Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS Pompano SS-181
			Launching

Cachet by Martin R. Aden

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "SWORDFISH / LAUNCHED" USS Sturgeon SS-187
			Launching

Cachet by Martin R. Aden

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS POMPANO SS-181
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "MARE ISLAND / NAVY YARD" USS Cassin DD-372
			Launching

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A			1939-04-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Oriole AM-7
			Launching

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard and sponsored by Frederick W. Horton. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-22 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-22 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Commissioning

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-22 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Commissioning

Cachet by Mae Weigand

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "FIRST DAY / P.O."
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "FIRST DAY / P.O."
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Edward Hacker

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "FIRST DAY / P.O."
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

N/A			1939-07-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "FIRST DAY / P.O."
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-21 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MARE / ISLAND"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-21 Locy Type 9v
			Registered

Note:

 

			1939-09-29 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MONTEREY BAY / CAL. 262 FT."
			Deep Dive

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "NAVY DAY / SAN DIEGO" USS SARGO SS-188
			Navy Day 1939 with USS SARGO SS-188, USS SAURY SS-189 USS SPEARFISH SS-190, USS SCULPIN SS-191 USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SANTA CRUZ / CALIF"
			Navy Day 1939 with USS SARGO SS-188, USS SAURY SS-189 USS SPEARFISH SS-190, USS SCULPIN SS-191 USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SANTA CRUZ / CALIF"
			Navy Day 1939 with USS SARGO SS-188, USS SAURY SS-189 USS SPEARFISH SS-190, USS SCULPIN SS-191 USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SANTA CRUZ / CALIF"
			Navy Day 1939

Cachet by Edward Hacker. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A			1939-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H." On the Back - Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T. H." USS Pompano SS-181
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-10 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "LAT 00 00 / LONG 165"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A			1939-12-10 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "LAT 00 00 / LONG 165"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PAGO PAGO / SAMOA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PAGO PAGO / SAMOA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-20 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "WASHINGTON / ISLAND"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-20 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "WASHINGTON / ISLAND"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-23 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T H"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T H"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-03 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

			1940-01-07 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Shakedown Cruise

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-07 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A			1940-01-07 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A			1940-01-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-14 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-19 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-19 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1940-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T H"
			Category

Cachet by Bette Tambling

 

N/A		N/A	1941-06-23 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT)
			Submarine Mail

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A			1941-07-29 USPO Type 9v "Mare Island Sta." Vallejo Calif.
			Official Mail

Also postmarked with USPO Type 9v Washington DC (Reg. Rec.) Jul. 31 1941.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-07-15 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "BUY / WAR SAVINGS / BONDS and STAMPS" SAN FRANCISCO CALIF.
			Sailor Mail

Censored, Also postmarked with Locy Type 2z, origin unknown.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-10-24 Locy Type 7z
			Sailor Mail

Censored, World War II use. Postmark did not originate from the SWORDFISH.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-01-12 USPS 1-bar Mare Island, CA
			"On Eternal Patrol"

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

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Launching Program 1 April 1939

 

N/A			1939-04-01
			Launching Program

Artwork by Martin R. Aden

 

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