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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

 

No Image			1925-06-28 Locy Type 6
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			1926-05-11 Locy Type 9v
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No Image			1927-05-21 Locy Type 9v Locy Type PPO USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-20d
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No Image			1928-03-21 Locy Type 7
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Blue pen notation "Important information for forwarding mail after April 1st 28"

			1929-05-22 Locy Type 9v 1927 WASHINGTON D.C. Registered Section double ring 1929-05-27
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Registered official business cover with wax seal

No Image			1930-08-27 Locy Type 7
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No Image			1930-10-04 Locy Type 6 (AT SEA)
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No Image			1930-12-17 Locy Type 6
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No Image			1931-07-05 Locy Type 6
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No Image			1931-11-11 Locy Type 5hks "ARMISTICE / DAY"
			Armistice Day 1931

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No Image			1932-02-13 Locy Type 5hks "LAHAINA-RDS / MAUI T.H."
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No Image			1932-05-30 Locy Type 5hks "MEMORIAL / DAY"
			Memorial Day 1932

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			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "INDEPENDENCE / DAY"
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Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby

 

			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "INDEPENDENCE / DAY"
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Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby

			1932-07-26 Locy Type 6
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Liddell add on cachet

 

No Image			1933-05-14 Locy Type 5hks "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
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		No Image	1933-10-27 Locy Type 5hks "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Navy Day

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			1934-04-11 Locy Type 5hks "U.S.S. MACON / ON MANEUVERS"
			USS MACON

USCS Chapter 7 Cachet

 

			1935-04-01 Locy Type 6 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Category

Cachet Maker: J C Formick.

 

			1935-05-01 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Fleet Maneuvers

Not sure what role, if any, J. J. Mattes had in creating the cachet.

 

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 7qt(2)
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Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and Paradise of the Pacific
Year is upside down in the postmark.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-21 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Official Mail

From the David Pallante collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-29 Locy Type 5hks "FLEET WK / SEATTLE WN"
			Fleet Week

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

 

No Image			1935-12-27 Locy Type 6
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			1936-03-18 Locy Type 7qt(2)
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			1936-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BREMERTON / WASH"
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Cachet Maker: Leo A Schupp

 

			1936-10-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BREMERTON / WASH"
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Christmas Day

Cachet Maker: Henry Stinemetts

 

No Image			1937-07-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "TACOMA / WASH."
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		No Image	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NAVY / DAY"
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			1937-11-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN FRANCISCO / CALIF."
			Armistice Day

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1937-12-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."
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Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

 

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