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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

 

			1936-04-01 Quincy MA Slogan "BUY U.S. SAVINGS / BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER"
			Ship Keel Laying

Cachet Maker: Dr S E Hutnick.
Cachet is partly thermographed.

 

			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Makers: Walter Czubay and National Cachet Society

 

			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Eugene L Mueller

 

			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Makers: George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r Locy Type FDC 9v Locy Type FDC 9x
			Ship Commissioning

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			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1940-04-25 Locy Type FDC 3r "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1940-05-16 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BOSTON / MASS"
			Category

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			1940-06-21 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BOSTON / MASS"
			Official Business

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			1940-06-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "? / NORFOLK VA"
			Official Business

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			1940-07-10 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT, D2) "GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: George V Sadworth
Cachet is thermographed. Postmark on the back of the cover is from USS Turkey ATO-143.

 

			1940-07-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT, D2) "ARRIVE / NORFOLK"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

No Image			1940-08-02 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "ARMY BASE / BOSTON"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

			1940-08-02 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "ARMY BASE / BOSTON"
			Ship's Data

Weigand Cachet

 

			1940-09-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "NORFOLK / VA" Locy Type 6ep(2) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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			1941-04-04 Locy Type 7
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

 

No Image			1941-11-20 Locy Type 7z
			Category

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			1980-04-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Valdez FF-1096
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 77 USS Springfield.

 

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