Cachet Category Mother's Day

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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

 

			1933-05-14 Locy Type 3 "MOTHER'S / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet Maker Unknown

The cachet is not really related to Mother's Day but the cover is postmarked on Mother's Day 1933.

 

			1933-05-14 Locy Type 5hks "MOTHER'S / DAY" USS Maryland BB-46
			Byrd L Powell

Notes: Unknown what role, if any, M.B. Owens (USCS 25) had in creating the cachet.

 

			1934-05-13 Locy Type 3s "MOTHERS DAY / SAN DIEGO CAL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-74A USS Altair AD-11
			F. R. Rice

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			1934-05-13 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Lt. A.D. Hunter, USN

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			1934-05-13 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet Maker

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		No Image	1934-05-13 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Medusa AR-1
			Cachet Maker

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No Image		No Image	1934-05-13 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT,AT SEA) "MOTHER'S / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Kelly Armstrong

Add-on cachet

 

No Image		No Image	1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MOTHER DAY / PHILA.P.A." USS Aylwin DD-355
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Note: USS Olympia IX-40

 

			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 "PEARL / HARBOR" USS Lark AM-21
			William F. Schlechter

Note: ATO-168 ex AT-168 ex AM 21

 

No Image			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "OBSERVING / MOTHERS DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Robert M Graham

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		No Image	1936-05-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USS Arizona BB-39
			D. L. Crutcher Donald Currier

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			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Arizona BB-39
			Melton M. Parker

This version of the cachet uses colored borders around the heart and mother in order to give a 3-D look. The heart is a dark brown or black color.

 

			1937-05-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus A-46a "MOTHER'S / DAY / MAY 9, 1937" USS Arizona BB-39
			Melton M. Parker

This version of the cachet does not use colored borders to give a 3-D effect. The heart is gold or copper colored.

 

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." USS Kingfisher ATO-135
			Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 2e US RECEIVING SHIP SAN FRANCISCO CA
			C A Emerson Irene Griffith

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N/A			1938-05-08 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." USS Vestal AR-4
			Cachet by Paul Parrish

Cachet is handpainted.

 

			1938-05-08 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-24 "FREEBOOTERS / 1938" USS Whippoorwill ATO-169
			Jimmie Allen ANCS Crew Freebooters

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1939-05-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF." USS Idaho BB-42
			Kay Ferris

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			1940-05-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-30 "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. ANDERSON" USS Anderson DD-411
			Unknown Cachetmaker

Note: Gary Denis collection

 

			1940-05-12 Locy Type F "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. GOFF" USCS Catalog Illus. G-53c USS Goff DD-247
			Unknown Cachetmaker

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			1940-05-12 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "MOHTER / OF MINE" USS Goff DD-247
			Unknown Cachetmaker

Note: Postmark on the reverse of the May 12 1940 GOFF cover

 

			1941-05-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Castor AKS-1
			William S Linto

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