Cachet Category Mother's Day

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

			1933-05-14 Locy Type 3 "MOTHER'S / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet Maker Unknown

The cachet is not really related to Mother's Day but the cover is postmarked on Mother's Day 1933.

			1933-05-14 Locy Type 5hks MOTHER'S / DAY USS Maryland BB-46
			Byrd L Powell

Notes: Unknown what role, if any, M.B. Owens (USCS 25) had in creating the cachet.

			1934-05-13 Locy Type 3s "MOTHERS DAY / SAN DIEGO CAL" USCS Catalog Illus. A-74A USS Altair AD-11
			F. R. Rice

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			1934-05-13 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Lt. A.D. Hunter, USN

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			1934-05-13 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet Maker

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		No Image	1934-05-13 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA USS Medusa AR-1
			Cachet Maker

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No Image		No Image	1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MOTHER DAY / PHILA.P.A." USS Aylwin DD-355
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Note: USS Olympia IX-40

			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 "PEARL / HARBOR" USS Lark AM-21
			William F. Schlechter

Note: ATO-168 ex AT-168 ex AM 21

No Image			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (USCS Illustration P-15) OBSERVING / MOTHERS DAY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Robert M Graham

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		No Image	1936-05-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USS Arizona BB-39
			D. L. Crutcher Donald Currier

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			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Arizona BB-39
			Melton M. Parker

This version of the cachet uses colored borders around the heart and mother in order to give a 3-D look. The heart is a dark brown or black color.

			1937-05-09 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration A-46a) "MOTHER'S / DAY / MAY 9, 1937" USS Arizona BB-39
			Melton M. Parker

This version of the cachet does not use colored borders to give a 3-D effect. The heart is gold or copper colored.

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) PEARL HARBOR / T.H. USS Kingfisher ATO-135
			Douglas C & Harry F Wentz

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 2e US RECEIVING SHIP SAN FRANCISCO CA
			C A Emerson Irene Griffith

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			1938-05-08 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration W-24) FREEBOOTERS / 1938 USS Whippoorwill ATO-169
			Jimmie Allen ANCS Crew Freebooters

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

			1939-05-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) LONG BEACH CALIF. USS Idaho BB-42
			Kay Ferris

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			1940-05-12 Locy Type F (USCS Catalog Illus. A-30) "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. ANDERSON" USS Anderson DD-411
			Unknown Cachetmaker

Note: Gary Denis collection

			1940-05-12 Locy Type F "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. GOFF" USCS Catalog Illus. G-53c USS Goff DD-247
			Unknown Cachetmaker

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			1940-05-12 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "MOHTER / OF MINE" USS Goff DD-247
			Unknown Cachetmaker

Note: Postmark on the reverse of the May 12 1940 GOFF cover

			1941-05-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Castor AKS-1
			William S Linto

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Cachet Category Mother's Day

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