Cachet Maker Bette Tambling

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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

 

			1939-09-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA" USS Saratoga CV-3
			125th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner

Cachet director is G. W. Buckler. You can see Bette's initials ("bt.") in the lower right corner.

 

			1940-01-26 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORT ANGELES / WASHINGTON" USS Ramsay DM-16
			Davy Jones' Locker cachet

Cachet director is Arthur A. Christensen. You can see Bette's signature in the lower right corner on the short octopus tentacle.

 

			1940-03-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF." USS Portland CA-33
			United States Navy

Cachet artist is Bette Tambling, and cachet sponsor is Arthur A. Christensen

 

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