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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 Ship --------- Category |
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1955-01-14 |
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Little America, Antarctica |
Printed OSC / 1955 Antarctic Expedition with 2L marking - "FIRST DAY COVER / LITTLE AMERICA", signed by ship’s skipper, CDR Glen Jacobsen, USN. From the John Young collection.
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1956-04-24 |
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Collectors request |
Purple rubber stamped cachet. Back is clean
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1959-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1959 |
Black rubber stamp cachet.
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N/A |
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1960-08-17 |
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Collectors request |
Note:
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1961-12-29 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet.
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1962-02-21 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet.
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1962-12-13 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet.
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1963-11-20 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.
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1963-11-22 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.
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1963-11-22 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Black rubber stamp cachet, signed by the CO, Cmdr. Joseph H. Judith.
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1964-08-05 |
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Arctic Operations 1964 |
Black rubber stamp cachet
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1965-11-29 |
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Operation Deep Freeze |
Violet rubber stamp ship's crest
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1965-11-29 |
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Antarctic Operations 1965-66 |
Violet rubber stamp cachet
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1966-05-13 |
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Operation Deep Freeze 1965-66 |
Violet rubber stamp cachet
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