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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

 

		No Image	1936-04-22 Locy Type F  (USCS Illustration A-46a) "USS / DOWNES / LAUNCHED" USS ARIZONA BB-39
			Ship Launching

Note:Cachet Maker is Unknown

 

			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) WELCOME / DOWNES USS Henderson AP-1
			Ship Launching

Notes: Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS SALINAS AO-19
			Launching

Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "WELCOME / USS DOWNES" USS WYOMING AG-17
			Launching

Porthole Cachet by -

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-22 Locy Type 7dr USS Arkansas BB-33
			Launching

Porthole Cachet by -

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Back purple rubberstamp S.E. Hutnick return

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) NORFOLK / NAVY YARD
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard and Roland E Hopkins

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			Ship Commissioning

Notes:

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Donald A. Yontz and sponsored by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No.40, USCS
Roland Hopkins rubber stamp is on the back of the cover but not sure what role, if any, he had in the making or servicing of this cachet. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			Ship Commissioning

Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

			1937-08-09 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) NORFOLK / NAVY YARD
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Russell DD-414

Notes: Cachet Maker: Norfolk Cover Service

 

No Image			1937-10-20 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
			Category

Note:

 

			1938-01-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
			Category

Official Business

 

		No Image	1939-10-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day 1939

Walter J. Dybas Cachet

 

			1940-06-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Category

Hendricks cachet
Front pencil notation "SUNK"
Back is clean

 

			1941-01-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
			Category

Hendricks cachet

 

			1945-08-07 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Official Business

 

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