CHARLESTON PG 51 Page 1

 

1. USS Charleston Main Page    (1937-41)
2. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 2    (Aug 15 1939)
3. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 3    (Aug 15 1939)

 

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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		No Image	1936-02-26 Charleston SC Navy Yard Br. Duplex
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1937-03-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "RAGUSA / YUGOSLAVIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32c
			Shakedown Cruise

Note:

N/A		N/A	1937-10-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32c
			Commemorating Steamboat HOME

Note:

			1937-10-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32c
			Category

Official Business

			1941-02-12 Locy Type 3b (A-XBT) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Lincoln's Birthday Alaskan Service

Cachet by Robert B. Kirchgraber / Myron F. McCamley

N/A		N/A	1941-05-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KODIAK / ALASKA"
			Port Visit Alaskan Service

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

			1943-01-25 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored, WWII use

 

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