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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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1936-05-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "WE WELCOME / YOU SS 176" USS Babbitt DD-128
			Launching

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N/A			1937-01-11 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "DEPART / NEW LONDON"
			Shakedown cruise

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N/A		N/A	1937-01-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SOUTHPORT / NC"
			Shakedown cruise

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N/A		N/A	1938-04-29 Locy Type 9x 1941-12-25 Locy Type 9v
			Collectors request

Proof card

N/A		N/A	1938-08-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "MARE IS / CALIF"
			Category

Cachet by Colonel Karl Wulff and sponsored by the USS Cincinnati Chapter No. 43, USCS

N/A		N/A	1939-05-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by William F Schlechter

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MEMORIAL COVERS

N/A		N/A	1942-12-07 USPO Machine Cancel Groton, CT
			MEMORIAL

Memorial cachet for the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. USS Perch SS-176, USS Sealion SS-195, USS Grunion SS-216 and USS Shark SS-174.

N/A		N/A	1942-12-07 Locy Type 3 (BBT) "1ST YEAR OF / WORLD WAR2"
			MEMORIAL

Memorial cachet for the four submarines on Eternal Patrol since Dec 7 1941. USS Perch SS-176, USS Sealion SS-195, USS Grunion SS-216 and USS Shark SS-174.

N/A		N/A	1983-03-03 USPS 4-bar Groton, CT
			"On Eternal Patrol"

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

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CAPTIVITY POSTCARDS From POW MM 2/c BERNARD DELEMAN, USN

			1942-01-30 Locy Type 3z
			Sailor's Mail

Passed By Naval Censor. Courtesy of Frederick May.

N/A			c 1943
			Imperial Japanese Army card

Passed By Censor. Courtesy of Frederick May.

N/A			1944-10-15
			Imperial Japanese Army card

Passed By Censor. Courtesy of Frederick May.

N/A			c 1945
			Imperial Japanese Army card

Passed By Censor. Courtesy of Frederick May.

 

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