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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 |
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1936-11-17 |
Notes: Launching cachet
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1937-09-23 |
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First Day Postal Service |
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1937-11-16 |
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Launching of USS WICHITA CA-45 |
Hutnick Cachet
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1938-01-21 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: Meyer Tuchinsky.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.
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1938-02-15 |
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Category |
Postcard use
"U. S. S. MAINE MONUMENT / HAVANA, CUBA"
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1939-02-16 |
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Burning of The PHILADELPHIA |
Note:
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1939-07-22 |
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Fleet Week 1939 |
Linto Cachet
Back Linto return
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1940-12-20 |
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Crosby Cachet
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1941-01-13 |
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Crosby Cachet
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1942-01-21 |
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Category |
Censored wartime (WWII) use
Official Business
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1943-11-21 |
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Category |
Official Business
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1944-03-19 |
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Category |
Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1946-06-18 |
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Last Day Postal Service |
USCS Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks states...
"LDPS covers with the T-3 dated Jun 18, 1946 are of doubtful authenticity"
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