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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

No Image			1934-10-04 Locy Type FDC 3 "COMMISSION- / ED-NY-BOSTON"
			First Day in Commission

Back is clean

			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS. Back is clean

			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

No Image			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Back PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1934-10-18...Black rubberstamp William M. Judisch U.S.C.S. return

No Image			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

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			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-BBT) "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-BBT) "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Tom Morrissey

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY DAY / BOSTON MASS"
			Navy Day

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

			1934-11-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY - CUBA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: Robert L Manley

No Image			1935-04-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "1ST.TIME THRU / PANAMA CANAL"
			Panama Canal Transit

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			1935-04-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "JOINED / U.S.FLEET"
			Shakedown

Cachet by Robert L. Manley. Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return.

			1935-04-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."
			Shakedown

Cachet by Robert L. Manley. Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return

 

		No Image	1935-05-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / DEWEY DAY"
			Dewey Day

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / DEWEY DAY"
			Shakedown Cachet used for Dewey Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by L. H. Markley. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1935-10-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / ANNIVERSARY"
			Anniversary

Cachet by Ted Harrington

N/A		N/A	1937-01-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			30th Anniversary of Admiral Dewey's death

Cachet sponsored by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS

			1937-04-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Category

Cachet by Harry Ioor, Back purple rubberstamp H.J. Lindhart USCS Member

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "HONOLULU / T H"
			Admiral Dewey

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N/A		N/A	1937-10-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
			3rd Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton

			1937-12-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Admiral Dewey Birthday

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS

 

			1937-12-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Admiral George Dewey

Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

N/A		N/A	1938-08-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			40th Anniversary of Admiral Dewey capturing Manila

Cacheted

			1940-03-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T. H."
			Category

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			1940-11-16 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / T. H."
			Ship's Namesake

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

No Image			1941-03-21 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Category

Back pencil notation "M 43"

			1941-07-28 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Category

Cachet and cancel by the Sibley's Dept. store (Hobby Shop)

No Image			1942-06-19 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored, WWII use. Front typed notation "U.S.S. DEWEY". Back blue rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return...Black rubberstamp "793135"...Pencil notation "25002"

			1945-09-18 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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