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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

No Image			1935-03-05 Type 3 "USS BROOKLYN / KEEL-LAID" USS New Orleans CA-32
			Keel Laying

Cachet Maker: Teddy Roosevelt Chapter No. 13, USCS
Postmark image has been enhanced to show killer text

N/A		N/A	1936-11-30 Type 3 (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BKLYN,N.Y." USS New Orleans CA-32
			Launching

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard. Contributed by Tom Kean.

No Image			1937-10-02 Type FDPS 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY YD / BROOKLYN"
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: David R. Annis

No Image			1937-10-12 Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY YD / BROOKLYN"
			Columbus Day

Cachet Maker: Daniel Puglis

No Image			1938-01-01 Type 3 "BROOKLYN / NAVY YARD"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

No Image			1938-01-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Category

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			1938-02-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NORFOLK / VA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

No Image		No Image	1938-05-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BROOKLYN / NAVY YARD"
			First Day of Issue, Sc. 803

Cachet Maker: P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Brooklyn CL-40
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Brooklyn CL-40

Green Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Brooklyn CL-40
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Brooklyn CL-40

Red Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

 

			1939-08-23 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT)  AT / SEA USS Wyoming AG-17
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet mentions the following ships: USS Falcon ASR-2, USS Brooklyn CL-40, USS Sculpin SS-191, USS Wandank ATO-26, USS Semmes AG-24, USS Iwana YT-2 , USCGC Harriet Lane WSC-141, USCGC Thetis WPC-115

No Image			1941-01-10 Locy Type 6
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
Postmark image has been enhanced for clarity

			1941-11-13 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored pre-wartime (WWII) use
Muridge Cachet

			1943-11-06 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business

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			1944-03-18 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-08-04 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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