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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

			1941-03-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Hutnick Cachet
Back black pen notations "52100"..."15045637"...Purple rubberstamp S.E. Hutnick return address

 

			1941-03-12 Locy Type FDC 3 FIRST DAY / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Ted Harrington

 

			1941-05-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Mother's Day

Cachet Maker: William S Linto

 

		N/A	1941-06-06 USPS Cancel San Diego, California
			Official Mail

On June 6, 1941 CASTOR was at San Diego en route to Pearl Harbor for the first time. This was mailed during that 5-day stop. Interestingly, the ship already had rubber stamp with a Honolulu return address. Even that probably should have been Pearl Harbor instead.
Nothing on back of cover.

 

			1941-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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			1941-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Note: Although a philatelic cover, the back has signature of crewmember BM3/c Francis W. (“Frank”) Wittich (1918-2006)
Unknown Cachet

 

			1941-12-02 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Unknown Cachet

			1943-04-01 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21 "NAVY DAY / 1945"
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: Desmond D Jagyi.

No Image			1945-11-21 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21a
			Category

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			1951-03-21 Locy Type FDPS 2r
			First Day Postal Service

Unknown cachet

No Image		No Image	1951-03-21 Locy Type FDPS 2r Locy Type FDPS 9efu
			First Day Postal Service

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			1951-04-18 Locy Type 2r
			Category

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			1951-09-12 Locy Type 2r Locy Type 9efu
			Battleship

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No Image			1955-01-08 Locy Type 2r
			Category

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No Image			1958-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

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No Image			1959-05-07 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Back pencil notations cancel type

			1962-03-20 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Unknown Cachet Maker

			1963-09-18 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Unknown Cachet
Front typed notation "U.S.S. CASTOR (AKS-1)

No Image			1963-11-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

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			1966-07-09 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9efu Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21d
			Category

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			1966-12-15 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Patriotic

Unknown Cachet

			1968-03-12 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9efu Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21d
			Category

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