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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1933-10-13 USPO Machine Cancel Macon GA
			R/S Cachet

Visit to Macon GA

			1933-10-15 USPO Type 2 Moffett Field CA
			Cachet by San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. Cachet Director is John D. Long

Arrival at Home Base. Singed by Postmaster and Registered.

N/A			1933-11-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "WELCOME / U.S.S. MACON" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by the Fighting Bob Evans Chapter No. 7, USCS

Tactical maneuvers with U.S. Battle Fleet

N/A			1934-01-05 Locy Type 3 (AT SEA) (same as USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 but with 'AT SEA' added) "OFF SO. CALIF / WITH USS MACON" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Byrd L. Powell, sponsored by the Fighting Bob Evans Chapter No. 7, USCS

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			1934-04-11 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT, AT SEA) "USS MACON / IN SO. WATERS" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

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			1934-04-20 USPO Machine Cancel San Jose CA
			Cachet by L. F. Christopherson

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N/A		N/A	1934-05-06 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ENROUTE GTM / -O.BAY AREA." USS Indianapolis CA-35
			Cacheted

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N/A			1934-05-09 Locy Type 3 "MACON / ENROUTE" USS Lexington CV-2
			E.L. Beckwith

USS Lexington CV-2 East Coast Cruise cachet.

N/A			1934-07-12 USPO Machine Cancel Long Beach CA USS Macon ZRS-5
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse Sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

USS Macon Greets Long Beach CA. From the Tom Kean collection.

		N/A	1934-08-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "MACON OVER / BREMERTON" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by A. B. Sponsored by Henry Grimsland

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			1934-08-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "MACON OVER / BREMERTON" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Almas, sponsored by R. S. Ewing

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			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "MACON OVER / FRISCO" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Deane C. Bartley, sponsored by R. S. Ewing

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N/A			1934-11-09 Locy Type 3 "FLEETS IN / TODAY" USS Bobolink ATO-131
			Cachet sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

From the Tom Kean collection.

			1934-12-06 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT, AT SEA) "MACON & FLT / MVRS. 6 DEC." USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by R. S. Ewing, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

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N/A		N/A	1934-12-08 USPO 4-bar Cancel Moffett Field CA
			Cacheted

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N/A			1934-12-17 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTT) "MACON OVER / GOLDEN GATE" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by R. S. Ewing, sponsored by the National Aiglon Society

From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1934-12-17 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MACON / OVERHEAD" USS Portland CA-33
			Cachet sponsored by J. K. Delano, Naval Mail Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1934-12-25 USPOD 4-bar Moffett Field CA
			Cachet by Robert L. Manley

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N/A			1935-01-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,D1) Locy Type 9 "ZRS5 OVER / FLEET AGAIN" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Byrd L. Powell

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N/A			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,AT SEA) "U.S.S. MACON / CRASHES" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by R. S. Ewing, sponsored by Lloyd A. Nace

Note: Postmark in purple ink.

			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "FLEET / WITH MACON" Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MACON / DISASTER" USS Narwhal SS-167
			Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet by Harry E. Richmond, sponsored by the Los Angeles Cover Club

N/A		N/A	1935-02-12 Locy Type 5hk "AT / SEA" USS Maryland BB-46
			Final Cruise of the USS Macon

Cachet by sponsored by P. W. Stultz, NMC. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTT) "U.S.S.MACON / AFIRESINKING" USS Northampton CA-26
			Bon Voyage to the USS Macon

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Leo A. Miller, NMC. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT, AT SEA) "U.S.S. MACON / CRASHES" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

From the Tom Kean collection. Postmarked on the back from "Elmhurst Sta.", Oakland CA

N/A			1935-03-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26 "MEMORIA IN / AETERNA" Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Grebe AM-34
			Cachet by Cecil Klark, sponsored by Walter G. Crosby

From the Tom Kean collection. The cover is signed by W. C. Lobdell, NCM

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by Clyde Welch, sponsored by the National Aiglon Society

Note: Cachet also commemorates USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by C.J. (Jimmie) Leopard and Clyde Welch

Note: Cachet commemorates Memorial Day.

		N/A	1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by Clyde Welch

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			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Memorial Day. Cachet remembers USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1. Cachet is thermographed.

N/A			1935-05-30 Locy Type 6 "US Naval Station, Marine Base Branch" San Diego, CA
			Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller

Memorial Day

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

Memorial Day

N/A			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Robert M. Graham

Memorial Day, remembering USS Macon ZRS-5

			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "N Y P S'WN / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by Clyde Welch

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		N/A	1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "N Y P S'WN / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet by C. J. (Jimmie) Leopard

Same base design as used by Clyde Welch's USS Macon commemorative cachet of the same date (1936-02-12).

		N/A	1938-10-27 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT) "NEW BEDFORD / MASS" Hamilton DD-141
			Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

Cachet remembers the loss of FULTON AS-1, PANAY PR-5, AKRON ZRS-4, MACON ZRS-5 and SWALLOW AM-4.

		N/A	1940-02-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "U.S. FLEET / FLAG SHIP" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Walter Czubay (NCS 1 - National Cachet Society)

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N/A		N/A	1940-02-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF." USS Cincinnati CL-6
			Cachet by Walter Czubay (NCS 1 - National Cachet Society)

From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1941-05-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Meredith DD-434
			Cachet sponsored by Donald Graf

From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1973-06-23 USPS Pictorial "USCS Convention Station" Madison, WI
			Cachet sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

40th Anniversary of Commissioning

N/A		N/A	1983-03-11 USPS Pictorial "USS Macon Station" Macon GA
			Cachet by M. R. Wildermuth

50th Anniversary of Launching

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