Cachet Maker Gordon A Shaw

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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

 

			1938-06-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN USS Honolulu CL-48
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: Lloyd A Nace and Gordon A Shaw
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-06-22 USPO Machine Postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA USS McCall DD-400
			Commissioning

Lloyd A. Nace

 

			1938-11-09 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USS Davis DD-395
			Commissioning

Lloyd A. Nace

 

			1939-09-18 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) BROOKLYN / N Y USS Helena CL-50
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: Gordon A Shaw and Lloyd A Nace.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-01-26 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "NEW YORK / N Y" USS Navajo AT-64
			Commissioning

Cachet Makers: Gordon A Shaw and Lloyd A Nace.

 

			1940-07-03 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-TBT) COMMISSION- / ED TODAY USS Tautog SS-199
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: Lloyd A Nace and Gordon A Shaw
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-10-09 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS McCawley AP-10
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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			1941-02-27 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Sacramento PG-19
			Ship Recommissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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			1941-03-20 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTB) "FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE" USS Grayling SS-209
			First Day of Postal Service

Very faint r/s marking from Alex R. Hesse on the back
Arognauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1941-10-12 Locy Type P (modified 3z) U.S. NAVY
			Columbus Day

Arthur A. Christensen

 

			1941-11-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL" USS Drum SS-228
			First Day of Postal Service

ANCS Argonauts

 

			1941-11-20 Locy Type 7di MARINE CORPS BASE Marine Base San Diego
			Thanksgiving Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Arthur A Christensen and Gordon A Shaw.

 

			1941-11-27 Locy Type 6 USMC Barracks Mare Island Branch Vallejo, CA
			Thanksgiving Day

Sponsored by Arthur A. Christensen

 

N/A			1941-12-17 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Famous Ancestors

Censored. Sponsored by Arthur A. Christensen. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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