OtherUS Akron ZRS 4

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


USS AKRON History

Ring Laid 31 October 1929 - Launched and Christened by Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of the President of the United States, Herbert C. Hoover 8 August 1931
Maiden Flight 23 September 1931 - Commissioned 27 October 1931 - Crashed at Sea 4 April 1933


 

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1932-05-06
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Coast to Coast Trip Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets.


 

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1932-05-06
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Coast to Coast Trip Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachet. This cover also bears a FRAUDULANT "AKRON MAIL" overprint created by A.C. Roessler. From the Cheryl Ganz collection.


 

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1932-06-11
USPO Machine Cancel
San Pedro CA

San Pedro Welcomes the USS Akron

Blue cachet by the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.


 

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1932-06-11
USPO Machine Cancel
San Pedro CA

San Pedro Welcomes the USS Akron

Red cachet by the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.


 

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1932-08-01
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

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1932-08-02
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Tactical Training Flight Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets.


 

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1932-08-01
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

On The Back -
1932-08-02
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Tactical Training Flight Carrying Mail

Rubber stamp cachets. From the William J. Wladyka collection.


 

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1934-04-04
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"COMMO. / AKRON CRASH"
USS Portland CA-33

RAdm. Moffett / Akron Memorial

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller


 

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1934-05-30
USPO Type 2
Moffett Field CA

Cacheted

Memorial Day cachet honors the USS Akron ZRS-4 and Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, USN. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

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

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


 

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


 

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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.


 

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1941-05-07
Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
USS Meredith DD-434

Cacheted, sponsored by Donald Graf

Memorial Day cachet honors the USS Akron ZRS-4 and the USS Macon ZRS-5. From the Tom Kean collection.



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2003-04-04
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"Memorial Station"
Barnegat Light, NJ

70th Anniversary of loss

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS



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2003-04-04
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"Memorial Station"
Lakehurst, NJ

70th Anniversary of loss

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

 

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