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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

			1935-05-20 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "1935 FLEET / MANEUVERS"
			1935 Fleet Maneuvers

Purple WELCOME NAVY rubberstamped cachet sponsored by The Black Cat and USCS Chapter 26
Back red rubberstamp "1386"...Green signature of ship's postal clerk...Violet rubberstamp of ship's postal clerk..Green rubberstamp C.E. Frowe return...Black rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Independence Day

Cachet Maker: C Wright Richell

No Image			1935-07-09 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Reduced Official Business

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			1935-08-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Fleet Week 1935

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			1936-08-11 Locy Type 9v Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "ALOHA / 1936" Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T H"
			Armistice Day 1936

Multiple struck cover

			1936-09-18 Locy Type 9x "12 / YRS / OLD" Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "12 th / BIRTHDAY"
			Ship's Birthday

Multiple struck cover

			1936-11-11 Locy Type 9x Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "ARMISTICE / DAY 1936"
			Armistice day 1936

Multiple struck cover

			1936-11-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "ARMISTICE / DAY 1936" Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA" Locy Type 9x
			Armistice Day

Cachet Maker: Douglas C & Harry F Wentz.
Cachet is thermographed.

		No Image	1936-12-08
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1937-01-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "NEW YEARS / DAY 1937"
			New Years Day 1937

Pen signed and purple rubberstamped NMC
Back VALLEJO CALIF Mare Island Station Machine 1937-01-15...Blue pen notation "1217/49"...Red pen "6" in black ink circle

No Image			1937-04-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "LAHAINA / HAWAII"
			Category

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			1937-09-18 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton
USCS Member #1280 is Frederick Horton.

No Image			1938-01-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Category

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			1938-04-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Ship Commemorative: AJAX AC-14 ARETHUSA AO-7 CULGOA AF-3 CYCLOPS AC-4 GLACIER AF-4 MAUMEE AO-2 NANSHAN AG-3 PANTHER AD-6 RELIEF Hospital Ship YANKTON Patrol Yacht ZAFIRO Collier

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers

No Image			1938-07-28 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PORTLAND / ORE."
			Category

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No Image			1938-08-03 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PORTLAND / ORE."
			Category

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		No Image	1938-10-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) SAN PEDRO / CALIF
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

			1938-12-25 Locy Type RECD
			Category

Cachet Maker: Lloyd A Nace
Cachet is thermographed.

			1939-01-01 Locy Type SLPbs (46x3.5)
			New Years Day 1939

Gold foil Cachet
Back violet rubberstamp Lloyd Nace USCS

No Image			1940-02-24 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1940-10-07 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Category

Cachet Maker: Nanco

No Image			1940-11-06 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "ALOHA FROM / HAWAII"
			Category

Note: Back dark and sky blue rubberstamps D.D.Jagyi...Black pen notation "#5871."

No Image			1941-01-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Category

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No Image			1941-07-10 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Category

Back pencil notation "U.S.S. Medusa"

No Image			1941-09-25 Locy Type 7
			Category

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			1942-01-15 Locy Type 9v United States Fleet Registered 1942-01-17 San Francisco CA Reg. Sec. 1942-01-18 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec.
			Official Business

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			1942-01-16 Locy Type 3z
			Sailor Mail

Censored Wartime (WWII) Use

			1942-02-27 Locy Type 7z
			Official Business

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			1942-05-08 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-89
			Patriotic

Censored Wartime (WWII) Use
Unknown Cachet Pearl Harbor First Casualty
Back violet rubberstamp "U.S. Navy Mail Clerk / Naval Hosp. (Pearl Harbor Br.) / Honolulu, Hawaii

			1942-11-14 Locy Type 7z
			Category

Censored Wartime (WWII) Use
Back pencil notations ship/cancel type

			1945-05-06 Locy Type 2z
			Category

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			1940-12-25 Christmas Menu Card
			Christmas

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