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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.
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1933-10-19 |
Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association
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N/A |
1933-10-19 |
Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association
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N/A |
1933-10-19 |
Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association
Autographed by the sponsor, Katherine Duer Kempff, and the PCO, Lt. Commander Merrill Comstock.
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1933-12-01 |
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Commissioning Cachet |
Cachet by Unknown Commissioning Cachet. Back is clean.
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1933-12-01 |
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1933-12-01 |
Notes: Cachet is thermographed.
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1934-11-29 |
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Note: signed by NMC
Navy Mail Clerk's stamp and signature
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1935-08-02 |
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Fleet Week 1935 |
Note: Bellingham Stamp Club Cachet
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1937-05-06 |
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HIDENBURG CRASH |
Cachet by -
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N/A |
1937-07-26 |
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Port visit |
Cachet by Frank P. Hollis
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1937-10-01 |
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Note: Unknown Cachet...Crew member signature
Back is clean
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1937-12-01 |
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Ship Birthday |
Note: Unknown Cachet
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N/A |
1937-12-25 |
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Christmas |
Cachet by Walter G. Crosby
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1938-01-01 |
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Note: Front gold embossed Navy Dept. foil seal
Back pencil notations "SS 170"..."SL)"...Green pen notations "12 (lined out)"..."13044"
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1938-01-01 |
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1938-01-01 |
Cachet by Frank Kuss and sponsored by the ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts. Cachet is thermographed.
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1938-01-06 |
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Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.
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N/A |
1938-02-12 |
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Lincoln's Birthday |
Cachet is the Gettysburg Address cleverly disguised as Abe.
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1938-02-28 |
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Back signed by Desmond D. Jagyi
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1938-02-12 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts and
Frank Kuss
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No Image |
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1938-03-15 |
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1938-06-19 |
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1938-07-02 |
| Person Commemorative: Amelia Earhart |
Notes: Cachet Maker Unknown
Envelope contained an insert with biographical information on Amelia Earhart.
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1938-07-17 |
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No Image |
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No Image |
1938-08-15 |
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Note: Multiple strike cover
Back is clean
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1938-08-20 |
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Notes: Cachet commemorates establishment of the first post office on board an American Naval vessel: USS Nebraska BB-14
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1938-12-01 |
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5th Birthday |
Note: Cachet Maker: ANCS Argonauts / USCS Chapter 53 Cachet
Back black pen notation "F L M"...Type 3 strike
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1938-12-01 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald,
ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts and
USCS Chapter 53 USS Cachalot
Not sure what role, if any, Frank Kiraly had in creating the cachet.
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1940-11-29 |
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Ship Data Cachet |
Note: Cachet Maker: Harrington
Back black rubberstamp Ted Harrington return address
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