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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.
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1935-05-20 |
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1935 Fleet Maneuvers |
Purple WELCOME NAVY rubberstamped cachet sponsored by The Black Cat and John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS
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
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1935-07-04 |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell
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1935-07-09 |
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Reduced Official Business |
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1935-08-01 |
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Fleet Week 1935 |
Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.
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1936-08-11 |
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Armistice Day 1936 |
Multiple struck cover
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1936-09-18 |
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Ship's Birthday |
Multiple struck cover
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1936-11-11 |
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Armistice day 1936 |
Multiple struck cover
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1936-11-11 |
Cachet by Douglas C & Harry F Wentz. Cachet is thermographed.
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1936-12-08 |
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Cachet by Walter G Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.
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1937-01-01 |
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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
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1937-04-27 |
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1937-09-18 |
Cachet by Frederick Horton,USCS Member #1280
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1938-01-04 |
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1938-04-13 |
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Ship Commemorative: |
Cachet Maker: John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS
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1938-07-23 |
Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Cleveland Cover Club. From the Michael Brock collection.
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1938-07-28 |
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1938-08-03 |
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1938-10-11 |
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Cachet by Walter G Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.
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1938-12-25 |
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Cachet by Lloyd A Nace. Cachet is thermographed.
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1939-01-01 |
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New Years Day 1939 |
Gold foil Cachet. Back violet rubberstamp Lloyd Nace USCS
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1940-02-24 |
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1940-10-07 |
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Cachet by Nanco
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1940-11-06 |
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Back dark and sky blue rubberstamps D.D.Jagyi...Black pen notation "#5871."
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1941-01-01 |
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1941-07-10 |
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Back pencil notation "U.S.S. Medusa"
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1941-09-25 |
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Add on cachet Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)
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1942-01-15 |
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Official Business |
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1942-01-16 |
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Sailor Mail |
Censored, WWII Use
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1942-02-27 |
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Official Business |
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1942-05-08 |
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Patriotic |
Censored, WWII Use. Unknown Cachet Pearl Harbor First Casualty. Back violet rubberstamp "U.S. Navy Mail Clerk / Naval Hosp. (Pearl Harbor Br.) / Honolulu, Hawaii
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1942-11-14 |
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Censored, WWII Use. Back pencil notations ship/cancel type
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1945-05-06 |
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1940-12-25 |
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