OtherUS Macon ZRS 5

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-13 USPO Machine Cancel Macon GA
			R/S Cachet

Visit to Macon GA

 

			1933-10-15 USPO Type 2 Moffett Field CA
			Cachet by San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. Cachet Director is John D. Long

Arrival at Home Base. Singed by Postmaster and Registered.

 

No Image			1933-11-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "WELCOME / U.S.S. MACON" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS Clyde G. Morris

Tactical maneuvers with U.S. Battle Fleet

 

No Image			1934-01-05 Locy Type 3 (AT SEA) (same as USCS Illustration P-15 but with 'AT SEA' added) OFF SO. CALIF / WITH USS MACON USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS Byrd L. Powell

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			1934-04-11 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT,AT SEA) USS MACON / IN SO. WATERS USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Byrd L Powell Ted DeNyse

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			1934-04-20
			L F Christopherson

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No Image			1934-05-09 Locy Type 3 "MACON / ENROUTE" USS Lexington CV-2
			E.L. Beckwith

USS Lexington CV-2 East Coast Cruise cachet.

 

No Image			1934-07-12 USPO Machine Cancel Long Beach CA USS Macon ZRS-5
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse Sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

USS Macon Greets Long Beach CA.

 

		No Image	1934-08-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) MACON OVER / BREMERTON USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			A B Henry Grimsland

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			1934-08-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) MACON OVER / BREMERTON USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			R S Ewing Almas

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			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) MACON OVER / FRISCO USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			R S Ewing Deane C Bartley

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			1934-12-06 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT,AT SEA) MACON & FLT / MVRS. 6 DEC. USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Byrd L Powell R S Ewing

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No Image			1934-12-17 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTT) MACON OVER / GOLDEN GATE USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			National Aiglon Society R S Ewing

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N/A		N/A	1934-12-25 USPOD 4-bar Moffett Field CA
			Robert L. Manley

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No Image			1935-01-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,D1) Locy Type 9 ZRS5 OVER / FLEET AGAIN USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Byrd L Powell

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No Image			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT,AT SEA) U.S.S. MACON / CRASHES USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			R S Ewing Lloyd A Nace

Notes: Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)  Killer: FLEET / WITH MACON Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)  Killer: MACON / DISASTER USS Narwhal SS-167
			Fleet Maneuvers

Notes: Cachet Makers: Los Angeles Cover Club and Harry E Richmond

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			National Aiglon Society Clyde Welch

Notes: Cachet also commemorates USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			C.J. (Jimmie) Leopard Clyde Welch

Note: Cachet also commemorates Memorial Day.

 

		No Image	1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			Clyde Welch

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			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3   (USCS Illustration P-15) DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Byrd L Powell Ted DeNyse

Notes: Cachet Cagetories: USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1935-05-30 Locy Type 6 US Naval Station, Marine Base Branch San Diego, CA
			Eugene L. Mueller

Note: Back is clean

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3   (USCS Illustration P-15) DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Lloyd A Nace

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No Image			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Robert M. Graham

Note: Cachet Categories: USS Macon ZRS-5 and Memorial Day.

 

			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "N Y P S'WN / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Clyde Welch

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		No Image	1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "N Y P S'WN / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			C. J. (Jimmie) Leopard

Same base design as used by Clyde Welch's USS Macon commemorative cachet of the same date (1936-02-12).

 

		No Image	1938-10-27 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT) "NEW BEDFORD / MASS" Hamilton DD-141
			C. Wright Richell Loring W. Stannard

Notes: Cachet remembers the loss of FULTON AS-1, PANAY PR-5, AKRON ZRS-4, MACON ZRS-5 and SWALLOW AM-4.

 

		No Image	1940-02-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) U.S. FLEET / FLAG SHIP USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Walter Czubay (NCS 1 - National Cachet Society)

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No Image			1973-06-23 USPS Pictorial "USCS Convention Station" Madison, WI
			USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

40th Anniversary of Commissioning

 

N/A		N/A	1983-03-11 USPS Pictorial "USS Macon Station" Macon GA
			Cachet by M. R. Wildermuth

50th Anniversary of Launching

 

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