USS ENTERPRISE CV-6 Covers Page 1

Page 1 (1936-1938)
Page 2 (1939-)

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 Ship --------- Category

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 5hks "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Texas BB-35
			Launching of the USS Enterprise

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			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (BC) Provisional Bars "LAUNCHED / ENTERPRISE" USS Antares AKS-3
			Launching of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Maker: Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT,D2) "WELCOME / ENTERPRISE" USS Bridge AF-1
			Launching of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Makers: Leonard Rogers, Roland E Hopkins, Raymond A Aiken and Eric L Wardman.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENTERPRISE / LAUNCHED" USS Tucker DD-374
			Launching of the USS Enterprise

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			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

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			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			First Day of Postal Service

Note: Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Makers: Eugene L. Mueller and ANCS Crew No. 2

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Makers: Eugene L. Mueller and ANCS Crew No. 2

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter Czubay

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."
			Commissioning of the USS Enterprise

Note: Cachet Makers: Frank P. Hollis and O. A. Farabee

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by T. M. Holcombe
Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1938-05-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / FORFOLK, VA
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: Lloyd A Nace and D S R

			1938-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PONCE / PUERTO RICO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

			1938-07-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Shakedown Cruise

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			1938-08-08 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
			Shakedown Cruise

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			1938-08-20 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LAT. 0 0 0 / LONG 37 0 0"
			Shakedown Cruise

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			1938-08-20 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LAT. 0 0 0 / LONG 37 0 0"
			Shakedown Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: Lloyd A. Nace.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1938-08-20 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "LAT. 0 0 0 / LONG 37 0 0"
			Shakedown Cruise

Richell / Nicholson Cachet

			1938-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day

Note: Cachet Maker: William S. Linto

No Image			1938-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day

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