Wichita CA 45 Covers Page 1

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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
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Cachet Category


 

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1935-10-28
Philadelphia PA
"Marine Barracks, League Island"

Keel Laying

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


 

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 Maker: Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association.


 

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1937-11-15
Philadelphia PA Slogan

Launching
(Posted a day early)

Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association Cachet


 

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1937-11-16
USS PHILADELPHIA CL 41
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"NAVY YARD / PHILA"

Launching

Dr. S. E. Hutnick Cachet


 

No Image

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1937-11-16
Philadelphia PA" US Naval Hospital League Island"

Launching

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


 

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1939-02-16
Philadelphia PA Slogan
"BUY U. S. SAVINGS / BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER"

Commissioning

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No Image

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1939-02-25
Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT)
"NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
Locy Type 9v
Locy Type 9efw
Locy Type 9x

Category

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1939-04-11
Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
"NORFOLK / VA."

First Day New Cancel

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1939-06-13
Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
WORLDS FAIR / NEW YORK

Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: Walter Czubay.
Cachet is thermographed.


 

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1940-02-28
Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT)
"CULEBRA / D. R."

Category

Back Guantanamo, Cuba 1940-03-12


 

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1940-05-01
Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
"AT / SEA"

Category

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1940-10-15
Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
"AT / SEA"

Official Business

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1941-07-23
USS TUSCALOOSA CA-37
Locy Type 9v

Official Business

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1943-05-26
Locy Type 3z (BTB)

Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

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1945-12-07
Locy Type 2(n)

Battleship

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