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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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1941-05-15 |
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Notes: Cachet Maker: Art Craft Company.
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1941-05-15 |
| First Day in Commission |
Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and
Ludwig W Staehle.
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1941-05-31 |
Notes: Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.
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1941-05-31 |
Notes: Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.
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1941-09-22 |
| Category |
Shaw Cachet
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1941-10-12 |
| Category |
Official Business
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1941-12-02 |
| Category |
Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and
Ludwig W Staehle.
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1941-12-07 |
| Category |
Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and
Ludwig W Staehle.
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1945-08-15 |
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Official Business
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1945-12-28 |
| Category |
Official Business
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No Image |
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1946-03-18 |
| Battleship |
Notes:
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1946-05-15 |
| Ship Birthday |
Notes:
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