Arkansas BB 33 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.
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1914-11-20 |
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Sailor's Mail |
Postcard use
"U. S. Battleship "Arkansas"
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1914-12-20 |
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Sailor's Mail |
Real-photo postcard of battleship USS Florida BB-30 postmarked 1914 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 20-December-1914, Locy type T-2 on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, maker Waterman, battleship titled "U.S.S. FLORIDA". Age toning as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.
Message text: / This is my add. / Henry E. Thrasher / U.S.S. Arkansas / % Postmaster N.Y. / Bridge
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1915-03-22 |
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Sailor's Mail |
Real-photo post card of Guantanamo, Cuba, postmarked 1915 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 22-March-1915, Locy type T-3(A)(A-48b) killer empty on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, no maker, no title, Fleet Canteen building and flat fields ringed by hills. Age toning and stains as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.
Message text: / March 22, 1915 / Dear Fern: / This is the base ball ground and drill field. Also the target range in the background. / From Henry
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1915-05-24 |
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1915-08-12 |
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Sailor's Mail |
Real-photo postcard of the Atlantic Fleet battle line postmarked 1915 in battleship USS Arkansas BB-33 at Newport, Rhode Island. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 12-August-1915, Locy type T-3(A)(A-48b) killer empty on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, no maker, column of fifteen battleships titled "U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET MAKING A TURN TO RIGHT. MARCH 1915." Age toning and stains as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.
Message text: / August 12, 1915 / Dear Friend Fern: / Just a couple [of] lines Am well and wish you the same. We will go South soon [from Newport RI to Norfolk VA.] / From Henry
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1917-04-08 |
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Censored wartime (WWI) response card use
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1918-05-07 |
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Official Business |
Censored wartime (WWI) use
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1923-03-29 |
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Easter 1923 |
Postcard use
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1924-12-03 |
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1925-01-06 |
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1927-05-14 |
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Official Business |
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1927-08-11 |
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Official Business |
Cut piece
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1928-07-21 |
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Mark clipped from registry receipt
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1929-01-20 |
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01-26 (c1930) |
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1930-03-04 |
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Official Business |
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1930-03-10 |
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Note: From USMC Detachment
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1930-05-21 |
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Note: Official Business
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06-23 (c1930) |
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Note: Official Business
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1931-02-24 |
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1931-10-10 |
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Note: Corner card indicates the cover came from USS Arkansas BB-33 which was the flagship of the U.S. Fleet Scouting Force Training Squadron at the time.
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1932-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1932 |
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1932-11-22 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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c1933-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
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1933-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1933 |
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1934-02-15 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1934-02-22 |
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Washington's Birthday |
Note: USCS John Paul Jones Chapter Cachet
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1934-06-15 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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(1934)-06-22 |
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1934-07-06 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1934-07-06 |
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1934-07-06 |
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Steamboat Willie |
Note: Hand painted cachet
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1934-07-12 |
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Note: Hand painted cachet
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1934-07-14 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1934-07-14 |
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1934-07-23 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1934-09-15 |
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America Cup Races |
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1934-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1934 |
P. J. Ickeringill Cachet
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1934-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1934 |
Cacheted
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1934-10-29 |
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Hand painted cachet
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1934-11-10 |
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1934-11-14 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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