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

No Image			1924-06-02 Locy Type 9 (C)
			Category

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			1928-08-16 Locy Type 3 (A) "ENROUTE / SAN FRAN CAL" USCS Catalog Illustration C-34b 1928-08-20 USPO Aberdeen, Wash. Machine
			Category

Postcard use
"Alexander Young Hotel, Honolulu, T.H."

No Image			(1932)-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "PORT / AU-PRINCE"
			Category

Note: Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.

No Image			1932-10-12 Locy Type 5hks / CANAL ZONE
			Columbus Day

Note: Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.

			1933-08-02 Locy Type 5bhks "WAKE ISLAND / MID PACIFIC"
			Category

Back red rubberstamp "U.S.C.S.25." M. B. Owens

No Image			1933-09-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) HONOLULU / T.H.
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "ALOHA / HONOLULU"
			Category

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			1934-12-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Printed call for USS CONSTITUTION stamp

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			1936-02-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) BALBOA / CANAL ZONE
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-02-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) SAN / FRANCISCO
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-03-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) HONOLULU / HAWAII
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

No Image			1936-03-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) CROSSING / 180 MERIDIAN
			Category

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			1936-03-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) APRA HARBOR / GUAM M I
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath ,Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-03-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "APRA HARBOR / GUAM M I"
			Arrival of Commander MacCandless on Guam

USCS Chapter 26 Cachet

			1936-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) MANILA / P I
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-05-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) HOMEWARD / BOUND
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-05-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "EASTBOUND / GAIN ONE DAY"
			Category

Note: Cachet by Crosby

No Image			1936-05-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) EASTBOUND / GAIN ONE DAY
			Category

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

No Image			1936-06-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) SAN / FRANCISCO
			Flag Day

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

No Image			1936-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) TRANSIT / CANAL
			Category

Note: Cachet Director - H.E. Howes USCS #911
Cachet Sponsor - Coco Solo Chapter #41, Coco Soco Panama Canal Zone

No Image			1937-09-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) CROSSING / 180 MERIDIAN
			Category

Note: The USS Chaumont left San Diego on 08/30/37 and arrived in Shanghai China on 09/19/37. 21 days in transit! She was carrying the 6th Regiment USMC to go assist the 4th Marines already in Shanghai. Together, the 4th Marines and the 6th Marines made up the 2nd Marine Brigade. Cachet signed by A.J. Harvath ,Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1938-06-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
			Keel Laying USS MORRIS DD-417

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No Image			1938-11-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) MANILA / P.I.
			Thanksgiving Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1938-12-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Category

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No Image			1939-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA."
			Christmas Day 1939

Hand painted cachet

			1941-03-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Category

Muridge / USCS Chapter 2 Cachet

			1941-08-26 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			Launching USS AUK AM-57

Notes:

			1941-09-08 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			Little Orphan Annie

Hand painted cachet

			1941-11-04 Locy Type Fake (CD-3b, "E")
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

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