Constitution Covers Page 1

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 --------- Cachet Makers

N/A		N/A	1931-07-31 USPO Machine Cancel New Bedford MA
			Port Visit – New Bedford MA

Rubber stamp cachet by New Bedford Post 1, American Legion

N/A		N/A	1931-09-10 Locy Type 5hks ”NEW YORK / NY.”
			Port Visit – New York NY

Uncacheted

			1931-09-17 Locy Type 5hks "WILMINGTON / DEL"
			Port Visit – Sept. 15-18, 1931 Wilmington Del

Cacheted REGISTERED cover, earliest known use of the Type 9v postmark.

N/A		N/A	1931-09-17 Locy Type 5hks "WILMINGTON / DEL"
			Port Visit – Wilmington Del

Back of REGISTERED cover. Back stamps include - Wilmington Del. (Sept 17 1931), Boston Mass. (Sept 18 1931), and Boston (Jamaica Plain Sta.) Mass. (Sept 18 1931).

N/A		N/A	1931-09-18 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Port Visit – Sept. 18 - Oct 1, 1931 Philadelphia PA

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A		N/A	1931-09-25 Locy Type 5hks ”PHILA / PA.”
			Port Visit – Philadelphia PA

Uncacheted

N/A		N/A	1931-09-28 Locy Type 5hks ”PHILA / PA.”
			Port Visit – Philadelphia PA

Uncacheted

N/A		N/A	1931-09-29 Locy Type 5hks ”PHILA / PA.”
			Port Visit – Philadelphia PA

Uncacheted

N/A		N/A	1931-10-03 Locy Type 5hks ”NEWPORT / NEWS, VA.”
			Port Visit – Oct. 3-9, 1931 Newport News, VA

Uncacheted

N/A			1931-10-09 Locy Type 5hks ”NORFOLK, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Oct. 9-16, 1931 Norfolk, VA

Airmail envelope, Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce cachet. Rotary Club “Welcome” rubber stamp marking on the back.

N/A			1931-10-09 Locy Type 5hks ”NORFOLK, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Oct. 9-16, 1931 Norfolk, VA

Airmail envelope, Rotary Club “Welcome” rubber stamp marking on the front. Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce cachet on the back.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-10 Locy Type 5hks ”NORFOLK, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Norfolk, VA

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

N/A			1931-10-12 Locy Type 5hks ”NORFOLK, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Norfolk, VA

Airmail envelope, Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce cachet. Rotary Club “Welcome” rubber stamp marking on the back.

N/A			1931-10-15 Locy Type 5hks ”NORFOLK, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Norfolk, VA

Airmail envelope, Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce cachet. Rotary Club “Welcome” rubber stamp marking on the back.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-19 Locy Type 5hks ”YORKTOWN, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Oct. 19-23, 1931 Yorktown, VA

Unofficial First Day of Issue, Walter G. Crosby cachet, Scott 703

N/A		N/A	1931-10-19 Locy Type 5hks ”YORKTOWN, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Oct. 19-23, 1931 Yorktown, VA

No cachet, airmail envelope.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-21 Locy Type 5hks ”YORKTOWN, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Yorktown, VA

Uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-22 Locy Type 5hks ”YORKTOWN, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Yorktown, VA

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-23 Locy Type 5hks ”YORKTOWN, / VA.”
			Port Visit – Yorktown, VA

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-24 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / MD.” (A.M.)
			Port Visit – Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, 1931 Baltimore, MD

Uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-24 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / MD.” (P.M.)
			Port Visit – Baltimore, MD

Airmail envelope, rubber stamp cachet. Notice spelling error in cachet “IRONISDES”

N/A		N/A	1931-10-24 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / MD.”
			Port Visit – Baltimore, MD

Postcard

N/A		N/A	1931-10-27 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / NAVY DAY”
			Port Visit – Baltimore, MD

Uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-27 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / NAVY DAY”
			Port Visit – Baltimore, MD

Uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-10-29 Locy Type 5hks ”BALTIMORE, / MD.”
			Port Visit – Baltimore, MD

Straight-line rubber stamp cachet.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-03 Locy Type 5hks ”ANNAPOLIS, / MD.” (A.M.)
			Port Visit – Nov. 2-6, 1931 Annapolis, MD

Rubber stamp cachet. Notice spelling error in cachet “IRONISDES”

N/A		N/A	1931-11-03 Locy Type 5hks ”ANNAPOLIS, / MD.” (P.M.)
			Port Visit – Nov. 2-6, 1931 Annapolis, MD

No cachet. Airmail envelope.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-05 Locy Type 5hks ”ANNAPOLIS, / MD.”
			Port Visit – Annapolis, MD

Uncacheted

N/A		N/A	1931-11-07 Locy Type 5hks ”QUANTICO / VA.”
			Port Visit – Nov. 7, 1931 Quantico VA

No cachet. Very rare, 1 of 4 known.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-07 Locy Type 5hks ”WASHINGTON, / D.C.”
			Port Visit – Nov. 7-18, 1931 Washington DC

Rubber stamp cachet. Notice spelling error in cachet “IRONISDES”

N/A		N/A	1931-11-07 Locy Type 5hks ”WASHINGTON, / D.C.”
			Port Visit – Washington DC

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-09 Locy Type 5hks ”WASHINGTON, / D.C.”
			Port Visit – Washington DC

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-11 Locy Type 5hks ”WASHINGTON, / D.C.”
			Port Visit – Washington DC

Airmail envelope, cacheted.

N/A		N/A	1931-11-14 Locy Type 5hks ”WASHINGTON, / D.C.”
			Port Visit – Washington DC

Airmail envelope, uncacheted.

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Ship Cover Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

Constitution Covers Page 1

Navigation menu

Search