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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

N/A		N/A	1943-08-30 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching

Portsmouth Navy Yard. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

No Image			1944-07-21 Locy Type 7z*
			Category

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			1944-08-18 Locy Type 7z*
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1953-09-17 Locy Type FDPS 2r
			First Day Postal Service

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No Image			1953-09-21 Locy Type 2r (D2) 34 mm dial
			Category

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			1955-03-05 Locy Type 2r (D2) 34mm dial
			Category

Cachet Maker: Howard Tiffner

			1955-03-07 Locy Type 2r (D2) 34mm dial
			Category

Cachet Maker: Desmond D Jagyi.
1955 is a guess. Cachet is thermographed.

			1958-12-05 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Thomas Jefferson

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			1966-08-25 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)
			Apollo Recovery Force

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N/A		N/A	1966-10-27 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)
			Navy Day

Cachet by William Eaton (USCS #4375) and Charles T. French (USCS #2603). Contributed by Tom Kean.

			1967-10-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (A,USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
			Category

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			1969-07-24 Locy Type 7t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-80b
			Apollo 11 Recovery Force

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No Image			1969-11-24 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (B,USS)
			Apollo 12 Recovery Force

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			1969-11-24 Locy Type 7t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-80c
			Apollo 12 Recovery Force

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