Cachet Maker Frederick L Karcher

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.

"Note that some covers have "FREE" annotations that Karcher applied himself and are not actually from members of the ship. This in violation of the regulations which permitted free mail for crew members of ships in the war zone. Some of the ship markings might have been applied outside the zone for FREE mail also by unwary postal clerks. Others covers have forged or stolen postal markings, forged or stolen cachet designs or other suspected markings. It may never be known what is, or isn't, legitimate but all Karcher covers should looked at very carefully and treated with suspicion."

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Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Categories

No Image		No Image	1963-05-15 Locy Type 2 USS Myles C. Fox DD 829
			MA-9 Flight

Intials "KK" are identified as Karcher's.

No Image		No Image	1969-07-04 Locy Type 2 USS Glover AGDE-1
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No Image		No Image	1970-04-21 Locy Type 2 USS Chicago CG-11
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No Image		No Image	1970-04-21 Locy Type 2 USS Chicago CG-11
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No Image		No Image	1971-03-22 Locy Type 2 USS Richmond K. Turner DLG-20
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No Image		No Image	1971-03-22 Locy Type 2 USS Richmond K. Turner DLG-20
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No Image		No Image	1971-03-22 Locy Type 2 USS Richmond K. Turner DLG-20
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No Image		No Image	1971-06-08 Locy Type 2 USS Columbus CG-12
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No Image		No Image	1971-09-11 Locy Type 2 USS Chevalier DD-805
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No Image		No Image	1972-05-11 Locy Type 2 USS Fox DLG-33
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No Image		No Image	1973-04-16 Locy Type 2 USS Iwo Jima LPH-2
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			1971-09-22 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Christening Of / The USS / California" Norfolk VA
			Launching of the USS California DLGN-36

Note: There might have been a sponsorship with the USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS but it is speculative. See the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) Cachet Maker's Catalog for more information.

N/A			1971-12-15 USPS 1-bar Mare Island CA
			30th Anniversary of Commissioning of the USS Silversides SS 236

Sponsored by Nancy Murray. This is the first instance of a sponsor on a Karcher cover seen.

			1973-03-02 Locy Type 2 USS Fort Snelling LSD-30
			Keel Laying of the USS Belleau Wood LHA-3

Note: There might have been a sponsorship with the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS but it is speculative. See the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) Cachet Maker's Catalog for more information.

		No Image	1974-01-26 Locy Type 2 USS PHARRIS DE-1094
			First Day in Commission

Red/blue/black thermographed cachet...Back is clean

			1974-04-15 Locy Type 9efu(n+) (USS) "N.Y." Locy Type PPR (USCS Illustration H-8e) USS Hancock CV-19
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 1 Old Ironsides and Frederick L Karcher.
Karcher's initials, FLK, are visible in the lower left corner of the cachet. Cachet is thermographed.

			1974-04-15 Locy Type PPR (USCS Illustration H-8e) USS Hancock CV-19
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: Frederick L Karcher and USCS Chapter 1 Old Ironsides.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1975-01-25 Locy Type 2 USS SOUTH CAROLINA DLGN-37
			First Day in Commission

Red/purple/black/blue thermographed cachet...Back pencil notations ship/cancel info

		No Image	1975-06-30 Locy Type 2 USS MILLER DE-1091
			Last Day as DE

Purple/black/red/blue thermographed cachet...Back is clean

		No Image	1975-10-11
			Ship Launching: USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 1 Old Ironsides and Frederick L Karcher

			1978-03-11 Locy Type 2 USS MERRILL DD-976
			First Day in Commission

Blue/green/red thermographed cachet...Back pencil notations ship/cancel info

			1978-08-19 Locy Type 2 USS STUMP DD-978
			First Day in Commission

Red/blue/green thermographed cachet...Back pencil notations ship/cancel info

N/A		N/A	1967-08-05
			Letter to Elgin E. Sink from Karcher

Note the letterhead and design thereon

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Cachet Maker Frederick L Karcher

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