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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

 

			1938-04-25 Locy Type 2 Marine Barracks League Island Philadelphia PA
			Ship Keel Laying

Cachet Makers: T M Holcombe and Lloyd A Nace
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-04-20 Locy Type 6dep-1 Navy Yard Philadelphia PA
			Ship Launching

Cachet Makers: T M Holcombe and Lloyd A Nace
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-04-20 Locy Type 2 Marine Barracks League Island Philadelphia PA
			Ship Launching

Cachet Maker: Dr S E Hutnick

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Al Cohen
Back NEW BEDFORD MASS. Duplex 1940-12-04...Black rubberstamp Al Cohen return address

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Al Cohen

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Mae Weigand Hand Painted Cachet

 

No Image			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Mae Weigand Hand Painted Cachet

 

No Image			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Mae Weigand Hand Painted Cachet

 

No Image			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Mae Weigand Hand Painted Cachet

 

No Image			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Mae Weigand Hand Painted Cachet

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Michael Sanders

 

N/A		N/A	1940-12-03 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Michael Sanders. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

No Image			1940-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILADELPHIA / PA"
			Christmas Day 1940

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			1941-01-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "YORKTOWN / V.A." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Category

Cachet Maker: Jacques Minkus

 

			1941-02-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

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No Image			1941-06-22 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Back blue pen Officer's signature...Pencil notation "AV 4"

 

No Image			1941-11-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

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			1942-10-08 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category: Patriotic

Linto Patriotic Cachet
Back black rubberstamp / Green pen for sponsorship and cachet number...Black pen "C"

 

			1944-04-08 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1944-08-23 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

		No Image	1944-12-15 New Zealand Post Machine Auckland, Overseas Locy Type SLK(n)
			Category

Unlisted use of Straitline

 

No Image			1946-04-03 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90b
			Category

Back ONAWAY MICH duplex 1946-04-12
ONAWAY MICH Parcel Post double ring 1946-04-12
Pencil Notation "28311"...Black rubberstamp "84419"

 

			1946-08-21 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90
			Category

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			1947-12-25 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90
			Christmas Day 1947

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			1949-11-11 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90
			Armistice Day 1949

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No Image			1950-03-03 Locy Type 2 (n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90a
			Category

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			1950-05-20 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90a
			Armed Forces Day 1949

Spalding Cachet

 

No Image			1953-02-09 Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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			1953-04-23 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90d Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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No Image			1957-01-08 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90e
			Category

Addressed to Rear Admiral Richard Byrd

 

No Image			1957-01-24 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90e
			Category

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			1957-02-11 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-90e
			Category

Blue rubberstamped cachet

 

Unused

Ship postcard

 

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