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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 |
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1945-11-18 |
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Christening |
Cachet by William Senerchia.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet Maker: Al Cohen.
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N/A |
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck.
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N/A |
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Glenn Dye. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Michael Sanders. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Frank H. Strobel. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection. Notice the position of the date within the dial, this one is positioned in the upper portion of the dial.
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Donald R. Graf. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Elmer Anderson. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Neil F. Nielsen, sponsored by Walter Czubay. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Glenn Dye. From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1946-11-03 |
From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1946-11-03 |
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?
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1947-03-25 |
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Sailors mail |
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1947-05-20 |
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Seapower Controls the Land |
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1948-03-25 |
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Visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia |
Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler
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1949-06-22 |
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Collectors request |
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1953-12-14 |
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Collectors request |
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N/A |
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1955-08-15 |
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Sailors mail |
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1959-10-30 |
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U.S. Navy |
Cachet by Frank H. Strobel.
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1964-02-07 |
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Ship's crest |
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N/A |
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1965-03-13 |
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Collectors request |
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cacheted.
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