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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 |
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No Image |
1940-09-02 |
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Keel Laying |
Dr. S. E. Hutnick Cachet
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No Image |
1941-07-25 |
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Launching |
Loring W. Stannard Cachet
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1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission |
Cachet Maker: Neumann Cachet
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No Image |
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1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission |
Weigand hand painted cachet
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No Image |
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1941-10-22 |
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Category |
Cachet Maker: George V. Sadworth's tribute to Richard Buchwald
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1941-10-22 |
Cachet Maker: Archie Lance.
Cachet is thermographed.
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No Image |
1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission / Postal Service |
Note:
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No Image |
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1941-11-01 |
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First Day of Postal Service |
Note: Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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1941-11-01 |
Cachet Maker: George V Sadworth
The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.
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1941 |
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Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1941-11-01 |
Cachet Maker: National Cachet Society
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No Image |
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No Image |
1941-12-03 |
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Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1942-03-02 |
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Official Business |
Note:
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No Image |
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1942-09-27 |
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Note: Cachet by - George V. Sadworth
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No Image |
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1942-11-11 |
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Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
USS Atlanta CL-51
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1942-11-13 |
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Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by George V. Sadworth. Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.
Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
USS Benham DD-397
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