Cachet Maker C Wright Richell Page 4

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.

1. Page 1    (1934)
2. Page 2    (1935)
3. Page 3    (1936)
4. Page 4    (1937)
5. Page 5    (1938 - present)

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Categories

 

			1937-01-13 Locy Type LDC 5hks USS Greer DD-145
			Last Day in Commission

T. M. Holcombe

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: SAN / FRANCISCO USS Perkins DD-377
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Notes: Cachet Makers: C Wright Richell and ANCS Crew 29 Shenandoah.

 

			1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) PORTSMOUTH / VA. USS Leary DD-158
			Ship Launching - USS Helm DD-388 Ship Launching - USS Blue DD-387

Notes: Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

 

			1937-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Arizona BB-39
			Memorial Day

Cachet director is Norman K. Mary.

 

			1937-06-04 Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST / DAY" USS Bonita SS-165
			Last Day In Commission

Alex R. Hesse
Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

		No Image	1937-08-26 Locy Type 3 (TBB) ALOHA USS / HONOLULU US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Ship Launching - USS Honolulu CL-48

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-09-06 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Hannibal AG-1
			Labor Day

Handwritten note from Tazewell G. Nicholson inside cover

 

			1937-09-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) HABANA DE / CUBA USS Bagley DD-386
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Notes: Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

 

		No Image	1937-09-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) NORFOLK / VIRGINIA USS Yorktown CV-5
			Ship Commissioning - USS Yorktown CV-5

Notes: Cachet Makers: Tazewell G Nicholson and C Wright Richell

 

			1937-10-16 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) DAY OF / COMMISSION USS Helm DD-388
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

 

		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by Leslie E. Paulson.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) SWATOW / CHINA USS Sacramento PG-19
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Leslie E Paulson and C Wright Richell

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type F (b-69) "ASIATIC FLEET / SHANGHAI" USS Bulmer DD-222
			Navy Day

Cachet sponsored by ANCS Crew 2 Independence Crew, ANCS

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) SWATOW / CHINA USS Sacramento PG-19
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: ANCS Crew 2 Independence, C Wright Richell and Robert W Matthews
Not sure what role, if any, Fred D. Irwin had in creating this cachet.

 

		No Image	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) NAVY / DAY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Walter G Crosby and C Wright Richell
Cachet is thermographed. This is exactly the same cachet as used for Navy Day 1936.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) NAVY / DAY USS Helm DD-388
			Ship Keel Laying - USS North Carolina BB-55

Notes: Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

 

			1937-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO USS Blue DD-387
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Notes: Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

 

			1937-11-24 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Blue DD-387
			Shakedown Cruise

Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

			1937-11-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet director is Norman K. Mary.

 

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