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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

 

		No Image	1936-04-08 USPO Machine Cancel Bath ME
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

		No Image	1938-04-18 USPO Machine Cancel Bath ME
			Launching (2 days late)

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A	File:GregCiesielski Sampson DD394 19380901 1 Front.jpeg	File:GregCiesielski Sampson DD394 19380901 1 Back.jpg	1938-09-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "FIRST / DAY"
			First Day of Postal Service

Commissioning cachet by Gordon A. Shaw, Sponsored by Lloyd A. Nace. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1938-09-06 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "BOSTON / MASS"
			Category

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

No Image			1939-03-18 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY"
			Category

Note:

 

			1940-10-24 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship's Namesake

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

 

			1945-07-31 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business.

USS Savannah CL-42 Official Business envelope x'ed out

 

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