PORPOISE SS 172 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
Postmark Date
Postmark Type
Killer Bar Text
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Cachet Category


 

N/A

N/A

1933-10-27
USPO Duplex
"Navy Yard Sta."
Portsmouth NH

Keel Laying

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-06-20
USPO Duplex
"Navy Yard Sta."
Portsmouth NH

Launching

Cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

N/A

1935-10-22
Locy Type FDPS F
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

First Day of Postal Service

Add-on cachet by Alton M (Budd) Arrington


 

No Image

1935-10-22
Locy Type FDPS F
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

First Day of Postal Service

Postmark by John E. Gill


 

No Image

1935-10-22
Locy Type FDPS F
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

First Day of Postal Service

Cover by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS


 

1935-10-22
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL"

Category

R/S marking on back from John C. Von Losberg. This cover has been backdated to reflect the First Day of Postal Service. The ship's Type 3 postmark device was received and first used on November 28 1935 with "THANKSGIVING/DAY" in the killers. (USCS Postmark Catalog)


 

1935-10-22
Locy Type FDPS F
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"OUR FIRST / CHRISTMAS"

Christmas

Cover by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS


 

1936-02-22
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"

Washington's Birthday

Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS


 

1936-03-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"MIAMI / FLA."

Ship Shakedown Cruise

Add-on Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

1937-08-15
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

Ship's Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton


 

N/A

1937-12-03
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Mare Island Station"
Vallejo, CA

Ship's Birthday

Official Business


 

N/A

N/A

1938-02-01
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"275 FEET / DEEP DIVE"
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"MONTEREY / BAY, CALIF"

Deep Dive

Cachet by P.J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill


 

1940-02-16
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"MANILA / P I"

Category

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS


 

1941-07-07
Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
USS Canopus AS-9

Category

Canceled aboard Sub Tender with return to PORPOISE


 

N/A

1941-07-18
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)

Category

Hand painted cachet

 


 

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