Cachet Category Columbus Day Page 3

Covers are listed in date order based on the postmark date. This applies to add-on cachets as well. Pages are separated for easier viewing.

Page 1   (1933 and earlier) Page 2   (1934) Page 3   (1935 to 1936) Page 4   (1937 to 1939) Page 5   (1940 to 1991) Page 6   (1992 to now)

 

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 Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

			1935-10-12 Type 3 (B-BBT) "COLUMBUS / 1492 DAY 1935" USS Arctic AF-7
			Cachet Artist - Karl E. Parshall Cachet Sponsors - Harry E. Whitlatch and J.L. Couse

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 7dr USS Arkansas BB-33
			Unknown

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF " USS Brant AM-24
			Artist - C. Wright Richell Sponsor - Sarah Litton

Special cachet for the California Pacific International Exposition

 

			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Cincinnati CL-6
			Howard Kendall

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Fairfax DD-93
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

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N/A			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Grebe AM-43
			Rubberstamp

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Hannibal AG-1
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 "OUR NAVY / THE FIRST LINE / OF DEFENSE" USS Herbert DD-160
			C. Wright Richell

Note: I have another cover from this ship with the same cachet. It was originally a green cachet but this one has been tinted to enhance the appeal.

 

N/A			1935-10-12 Locy Type F (M-15) USS Maryland BB-46
			No Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1935-10-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-15 USS Maryland BB-46
			Kelly Armstrong

Add-on cachet

 

			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 "LONG.0 00 00 / LAT.50 31 25" USS Monaghan DD-354
			Marshall R. Hall

Note: Being recently commissioned, this is the USS Monaghan's 1st Columbus Day

 

			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) "LONG BEACH / CALIF " USS Northampton CA-26
			C. Wright Richell

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Robert M. Graham Almas

Note: Signature stamp on the back reads: "Robert M. Graham"

 

			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "STATION SHIP / U.S.N.A." USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			F Robert L. Manley

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3(AC) USS Taylor DD-94
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

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			1935-10-12 Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PROVIDENCE / RI" USS Tillman DD-135
			Cachet Maker Unknown

Note: US Fleet Scouting Force & USS Indianapolis CA-35 postmarks on the back.

 

			1935-10-12 Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Tillman DD-135
			Cachet Maker Unknown

Note: Cachet is entirely in red. Backstamp in green from Providence RI Type 3 (AC-TTB)

 

			1935-10-12 Type 5hks "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Trenton CL-11
			Uncacheted

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USS Wandank AT-26
			Cachet Maker Unknown

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Arctic AF-7
			No cachet

Note: Postmarks also for: USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Arctic AF-7
			Another version!

Note: Postmarks also for: USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch

 

			1936-10-12 Type 3 (A) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Arctic AF-7
			C. Wright Richell Norman K. Mary

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Bridge AF-1
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Cachet is thermographed in black.

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Bridge AF-1
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Cachet is thermographed in red.

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Bridge AF-1
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Cachet is thermographed in green.

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Bridge AF-1
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Cachet is thermographed & colored.

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF." USS California BB-44
			Samuel Stein

Note: R/S initials on the back (WSCNCC #114) = "Western Stamp Collector Naval Cover Club".
Samuel Stein was WSCNCC Member No. 114

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "S.CLEMENTE / ISLAND" USS Chicago CA-29
			C. Wright Richell Norman K. Mary

Note: Sunk by enemy torpedoes off Rennell Island 01/30/1943

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Cole DD-155
			HUX Cachets Frederick Horton

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY PSNY" USS Colorado BB-45
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "AT SEA OFF / HONOLULU" USS Cuttlefish SS-171
			C. Wright Richell

Note: Illustration from the Naval Cover Museum (1st version)

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type F USS Dorsey DD-117
			C. Wright Richell Norman K. Mary

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N/A			1936-10-12 Locy Type F "COLUMBUS / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c USS Fairfax DD-93
			Postal card UX-27

Signed by NMC R.C. Carey

 

N/A			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USS Fairfax DD-93
			Postal card UX-27

Signed by NMC R.C. Carey

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Houston CA-30
			Hollywood Cover Club

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA" USS Mississippi BB-41
			Byrd L. Powell Raymond St. John

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N/A			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "COLUMBUS / DAY BOSTON" USS Quincy CA-39
			No cachet

Note: Sunk off Savo Island 9 Aug 1942

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Semmes AG-24
			C. Wright Richell Norman K. Mary

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Sturtevant DD-240
			No cachet

Note: Also postmarked April 1, 1937 (April Fool's Day)

 

			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USS Tattnall DD-125
			HUX Cachets Frederick Horton

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			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Tillman DD-135
			HUX Cachets Frederick Horton

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			1936-10-12 USPO Slogan Machine cancel Columbus, OH
			C. Wright Richell

Note: Signed by the Mayor. For illustrative purposes although not a Naval use.

 

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