Yorktown CV 5 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.
| 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 |
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1936-04-04 |
Cachet by Leonard Rogers
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1936-04-04 |
Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.
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No Image |
1936-04-04 |
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1936-04-04 |
Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet and Cancel Club
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1936-04-04 |
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1936-04-04 |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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1936-04-04 |
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Launching |
Cachet by -
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1936-04-04 |
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Launching |
Cachet by -
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No Image |
1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Walter Czubay
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet Maker: Leo A. Schupp
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Roland E. Hopkins. Cachet is thermographed.
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Norfolk Cover Service). From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1937-09-30 |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1937-10-19 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong
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1937-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1937 |
Cachet by PeeJay Ickeringill & Frederick Horton
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1938-01-08 |
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1938-01-13 |
Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell
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1938-01-14 |
Cachet Makers: Robert S. Thompson and Arthur S. Williams
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1938-01-19 |
Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and
C. Wright Richell.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.
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1938-02-22 |
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Shakedown Cruise |
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1938-04-15 |
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1938-04-15 |
Cachet Maker: Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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1939-04-19 |
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Official Business |
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1939-08-18 |
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Note: This is an invitation to the ship's Second Anniversary Ball held at the Mission Beach Ballroom (San Diego).
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1939-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1939 |
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1940-04-10 |
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1941-04-04 |
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Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop
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1941-04-15 |
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Note:
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1941-04-18 |
Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover.
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1941-08-27 |
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Postcard use
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1942-04-10 |
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Battleship |
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1992-06-06 |
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Cachet Maker: Nichols
Cachet is thermographed.
Cachet commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway.
Cover includes an insert describing the battle.
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