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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 | Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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N/A |
N/A |
1933-10-27 | |
Keel Laying |
Note:
N/A |
N/A |
1935-06-20 | |
Launching |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Sedley Bartlett USCS #19.
N/A |
N/A |
1935-06-20 | |
Launching |
Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1935-06-20 | |
Launching |
Cacheted
N/A |
1935-10-22 | ||
First Day of Postal Service |
Add-on cachet by Alton M (Budd) Arrington
No Image |
1935-10-22 | ||
First Day of Postal Service |
Postmark by John E. Gill
No Image |
1935-10-22 | ||
First Day of Postal Service |
Cover by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
1935-10-22 | |||
Cachet by C. Wright Richell
N/A |
N/A |
1935-10-22 | |
First Day of Postal Service |
Cacheted
N/A |
N/A |
1935-10-22 | |
First Day of Postal Service |
Cacheted
1935-10-22 | |||
Category |
R/S marking on back from John C. Von Losberg. This cover has been backdated to reflect the First Day of Postal Service. The ship's Type 3 postmark device was received and first used on November 28 1935 with "THANKSGIVING/DAY" in the killers. (USCS Postmark Catalog)
N/A |
N/A |
1935-10-27 | |
Navy Day |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell
N/A |
N/A |
1935-12-25 | |
Christmas |
Cachet by USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1936-02-12 | |
Lincoln's Birthday |
Postal card
N/A |
N/A |
1936-02-12 | |
Lincoln's Birthday |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
1936-02-22 | |||
Washington's Birthday |
Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1936-02-25 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1936-03-02 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by ANCS Members - H.W. Stallings, Claude R. Hall and K.P. West.
1936-03-19 | |||
Add-on Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth
N/A |
N/A |
1936-04-04 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by ANCS Members - H.W. Stallings, Claude R. Hall and K.P. West.
N/A |
N/A |
1936-04-20 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by ANCS Members - H.W. Stallings, Claude R. Hall and K.P. West.
N/A |
N/A |
1936-04-20 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Add-On Cachet by
N/A |
N/A |
1936-04-24 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1936-04-24 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by the USS Porpoise Chapter No. 23, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1936-05-15 | |
Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by ANCS Members - H.W. Stallings, Claude R. Hall and K.P. West.
N/A |
N/A |
1936-07-20 | |
Deep Dive |
Cacheted
N/A |
N/A |
1936-07-20 | |
Deep Dive |
Cacheted
N/A |
N/A |
1937-02-22 | |
Washington's Birthday |
Cachet by Myron F. McCamley
N/A |
N/A |
1937-08-15 | |
2nd Anniversary |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell
1937-08-15 | |||
Ship's Birthday |
Cachet by Frederick Horton
N/A |
N/A |
1937-09-11 | |
Official Business |
Note:
N/A |
1937-12-03 | ||
Ship's Birthday |
Official Business
N/A |
N/A |
1937-12-25 | |
Christmas |
Hand painted cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1938-02-01 | |
Deep Dive |
Cachet by P.J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill
N/A |
N/A |
1938-03-29 | |
Visiting Alaska |
Note:
N/A |
N/A |
1938-07-04 | |
Independence Day |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell
N/A |
N/A |
1939-10-12 | |
Columbus Day |
Cachet for the 125th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner
1940-02-16 | |||
Asiatic Fleet |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1941-05-17 | |
Asiatic Fleet |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS
1941-07-07 | |||
Category |
Canceled aboard Sub Tender with return to PORPOISE
N/A |
1941-07-18 | ||
Category |
Hand painted cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1941-08-29 | |
Asiatic Fleet |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS
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