Lexington CV 2 Covers Page 1

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

No Image			1928-03-15 Locy Type 6
			Category

Notes: Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.

No Image			1928-06-07 Locy Type 6 1928-06-12 Buffalo, New York Duplex
			Category

Notes:

			1933-02-22 Locy Type 3s (A) "CRUISING TO / HONOLULU T.H."
			Category

Signed by NMC

			1933-11-11 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration L-11 ARMISTICE DAY 1933. / BREMERTON, WASH.
			Armistice Day 1933

Note: Cachet was probably serviced by Deane C. Bartley. Back of cover has signature of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith but not sure what role he had in making / servicing the cachet.

No Image			1933-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration L-11a
			Navy Day 1933

Hand painted cachet

			1933-12-25 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration L-11b
			Christmas Day 1933

Note:

			1934-02-12 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration L-11b
			Lincoln's Birthday

Note:

			1934-03-16 Locy Type 3s (A) "ADM.SELLERS / AIR-REVIEW"
			Category

Note:

		No Image	1934-04-06 Locy Type 3s NORTH POLE / DISCOVERED
			Category

Note:

No Image			1934-04-07 Locy Type 9 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS"
			Category

Note: Rubber stamp of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith is on the back of the cover.

			1934-04-09 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration L-11) SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA / EAST COAST CRUISE / DEPARTURE DAY
			Category

Notes:

			1934-04-11 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo

			1934-04-11 Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LOG. 111" Locy Type 9
			USS MACON

Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Cachet

			1934-04-12 Locy Type SLO "NAVY CAPTURES / FORT PULASKI" Locy Type 9
			Category

Note:

			1934-04-19 Locy Type 9 Locy Type SLO BATTLE / LEXINGTON / CONCORD
			American History Commemorative

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry

			1934-05-08 Locy Type SLO "ENROUTE MIAMI / MACON ATTACKS / LEXINGTON" Locy Type 9
			East Coast Cruise

Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo

			1934-05-09 Locy Type 3s MACON / ENROUTE
			East Coast Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.

No Image			1934-05-24 Locy Type 3s (A) "ARRIVE / GUANTANAMO"
			East Coast Cruise

Note: Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number for Robert L. Manley but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.

			1934-05-24 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / GUANTANAMO"
			East Coast Cruise

Note:

No Image		No Image	1934-05-31 Locy Type 3s PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW
			Category

Note:

			1934-05-31 Locy Type 3s PRESIDENT'S / REVIEW
			East Coast Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / NEW YORK"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3s (A) "DEPART / NEW YORK"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1934-06-23 Locy Type 3s ARRIVE / NORFOLK, VA
			Category

Note:

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 3s HONOLULU / HAWAII
			Patriotic - U.S. Navy

Note: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and Bishop National Bank of Hawaii

		No Image	1935-05-28 Locy Type 3s HONOLULU / HAWAII
			Post Visit - Hawaiian Islands

Note: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers.

			1935-07-29 Locy Type 3s (A) "FIRST / FLIGHT"
			Flight Cover

Back black rubberstamp Clyde Welch Aiglon return

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3s (A) LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA
			Ship Launching - USS Yorktown CV-5

Notes:

		No Image	1936-07-04 Locy Type 3s OUR N ATIONS / BIRTHDAY
			Independence Day President George Washington Benjamin Franklin Captain John Paul Jones General Marquis de La Fayette

Notes: Cachet Maker: H S Groat

		No Image	1937-01-01 Locy Type 3s
			Category

Note:

		No Image	1937-04-25 Locy Type 6
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

		No Image	1937-05-09 Locy Type 7qt
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1937-05-20 Locy Type 3s
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. The back of the cover has a postmark from the Lexington's VB Squadron 3B.

			1937-12-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton

			1937-12-17 Locy Type SLKo (35x4)
			Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109 Ship Commemorative - USS Falcon ASR-2

Notes: Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and Hal W Dierst.
Cachet is thermographed. Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.

			1938-02-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Valentine's Day

Notes: Cachet Maker: Arthur A Christensen

		No Image	1939-04-03
			Category

Note: Postmark is from Cuba

			1940-04-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) LAHAINA / T.H.
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald and Cleveland Cover Club

			1940-04-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) LAHAINA / T.H.
			Fleet Problem XXI

Notes: Cachet Makers: Jimmy James and Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder
Cachet is thermographed.

			1940-08-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) BREMERTON / WASH.
			Coast Guard Birthday

Notes: Cachet Maker: George Neumann

		No Image	1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) BREMERTON / WASH.
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and M Fay Muridge.
Postmark in purple ink.

			1940-12-25 Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9v Locy Type F (USCS Illustration L-11d) Locy Type 9x Locy Type 9
			Category

Notes:

			1941-05-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Category

Bund / Stoner Cachet

			1941-09-22 Locy Type Fz (USCS Illustration L-11e)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: M Fay Muridge, Deane C Bartley and William R Welch
Muridge is the cachet artist. Bartley probably serviced the cover. Not certain what role, if any, Welch had in making the cachet.

			1941-10-03 Locy Type Fake (CD-3b, "Star")
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

			1941-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) Locy Type 9 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration L-11c) Locy Type F (USCS Illustration L-11d)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Richard Buchwald.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1941-11-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Category

Muridge Cachet

			1942-02-22 Locy Type 3z (TBT)
			Category

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

		No Image	1945-09-02
			Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Lexington.

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

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