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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

 

			1936-04-18 Locy Type 5hk SELFRIDGE / LAUNCHED U.S. Receiving Ship at Philadelphia
			Ship Launching

Notes: Cachet Maker: Meyer Tuchinsky

			1936-11-25 Locy Type FDC F USCS Catalog Illustration S-31
			First Day in Commission

USCS Chapter 28 Cachet...Black rubberstamp Commissioning Day anchor in circle
Back is clean

 

			1936-11-25 Locy Type FDC F  (USCS Illustration S-31)
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 28 RADM Selfridge

 

			1936-11-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) NAVY YARD / PHILA PA
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: Leonard Rogers and ANCS Crew 11

 

			1936-11-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) NAVY YARD / PHILA PA
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: Leonard Rogers and ANCS Crew 11

			1937-01-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Stamp First Day of Issue

USCS Chapter 4 Cachet
Back is clean

No Image			1937-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "VILLAFRANCHE / FRANCE"
			Category

Note:

No Image			1937-02-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "GENOA / ITALY"
			Category

Note:

No Image			1937-02-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "ALGIERS / ALGIERA"
			Category

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No Image			1937-03-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
			Category

Back is clean

 

		No Image	1937-09-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) POUGHKEEPSIE / NEW YORK
			Category

Notes:

			1937-10-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA"
			Last Day at Port

Tuchinsky Cachet
Back red rubberstamp Meyer Tuchinsky return

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) WILMINGTON / DELAWARE
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Leslie E Paulson and C Wright Richell

No Image		No Image	1938-06-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x
			Category

Note:

			1939-03-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Category

Official Business

			1940-01-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Note:

No Image			1941-04-28 Locy Type 6ep
			Category

Front pencil notation "DD357"
Back typed notation "146"

No Image			1941-04-28 Locy Type 6ep
			Category

Back is clean

No Image			1942-04-19 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use...Front typed notation "U.S.S. Selfridge"
Back pencil V.C. Shank return address to ship at San Francisco...Black pen notation "315"

			1943-08-15 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Back pencil notation "Robt. is in South Pacific"

 

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