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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 |
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1940-09-02 |
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Keel Laying |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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N/A |
1941-07-25 |
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Launching |
Cachet by Loring W. Stannard
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N/A |
1941-07-25 |
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Launching |
Cacheted
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1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission |
Cachet by George Neumann
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No Image |
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1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission |
Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand
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1941-10-22 |
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First Day of Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth's tribute to Richard Buchwald. Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1941-10-22 |
Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed.
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1941-10-22 |
Cachet by Archie Lance. Cachet is thermographed. Censored.
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No Image |
1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission / Postal Service |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1941-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission / Postal Service |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth.
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N/A |
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1941-11-01 |
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First Day of Postal Service |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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N/A |
1941-11-01 |
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First Day in Commission / First Day of Postal Service |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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1941-11-01 |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth. The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.
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1941 |
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Category |
Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover. Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1941-11-01 |
Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay)
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1941-11-01 |
Cachet by National Cachet Society (Walt Czubay). Notice the two different configurations of this postmark.
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1941-12-03 |
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Category |
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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N/A |
1941-12-06 |
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Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw
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N/A |
1941-12-12 |
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Shakedown Cruise |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth and Gordon A. Shaw. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1942-03-02 |
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Official Business |
Note:
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1942-09-27 |
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Category |
Cachet by - George V. Sadworth
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No Image |
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1942-10-26 |
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Postmark commemorates the sinking of |
Cachet by - Walter G. Crosby.
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N/A |
1942-10-27 |
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Navy Day |
Cachet by Richard Buchwald
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No Image |
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1942-11-11 |
Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
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1942-11-13 |
Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by George V. Sadworth. Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.
Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
HISTORICAL Information about the USS BRISTOL's Commissioning postmark.
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1941 |
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First Day of Commissioning information |
Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.
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1941 |
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First Day of Commissioning information |
Article from the "ANCS NAVIGATOR" about the USS Bristol's first day of commissioning and the use of her postmarks. Going by this article, the FDC and FDPS dates are the same.
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