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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

 

			1941-05-15 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Category

Cachet Maker: Art Craft Company.

 

			1941-05-15 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

 

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw
			Ship Commissioning

Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.

 

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw
			Ship Commissioning

Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.

 

			1941-09-22 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Shaw Cachet

 

			1941-10-12 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Official Business

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			1941-12-02 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

 

			1941-12-07 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

 

			1943-06-23 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
			Official Business

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			1943-07-26 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1943-07-27 Locy Type 9ruz U.S. Navy 128 1943-08-11 Washington D.C. Registered Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-08-15 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
			Official Business

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			1945-12-28 Locy Type 7qt(1)
			Official Business

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No Image			1946-03-18 Locy Type 2(n)
			Battleship

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			1946-05-15 Locy Type 7qt(1)
			Ship Birthday

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