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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Al Cohen.

N/A			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

N/A			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a On the Back - Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e
			Ship Commissioning

Serviced by Glenn Dye. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Michael Sanders. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Frank H. Strobel. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Serviced by Donald R. Graf. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Elmer Anderson. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Neil F. Nielsen, sponsored by Walter Czubay. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e On the Back - Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.
Notice the date in the cancel, this one is Day/Month/Year. All the others are Month/Day/Year. Different device? Backdated?

			1947-03-25 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e
			Sailors mail

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			1947-05-20 Locy Type 9ef(nu)
			Seapower Controls the Land

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N/A		N/A	1948-03-25 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3f
			Visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

N/A			1949-06-22 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3g
			Collectors request

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N/A			1953-12-14 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3c
			Collectors request

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N/A			1955-08-15 Locy Type 7t
			Sailors mail

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			1959-10-30 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS) Locy Type 9fu
			U.S. Navy

Cachet by Frank H. Strobel.

			1964-02-07 Locy Type 2(n+) (LPH,USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3i
			Ship's crest

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N/A			1965-03-13 Locy Type 2(n+) (LPH) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3h
			Collectors request

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