CHEROKEE WMEC 165 Covers Page 1

 
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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 --------- Cachet Category

No Image			1938-12-23 Locy Type 9x "Naval Hospital Station" Washington, DC
			Keel Laying

Cachet by T. M. Holcombe and Lloyd A. Nace

No Image			1940-06-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

P.J. Ickeringill / Frederick Horton Cachet

			1940-06-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

Note:

			1940-06-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

Hand painted cachet

			1945-11-01 Locy Type 3z (BTB) Locy Type 9vz Locy Type 9xz
			Category

Sadworth Cachet
Back pencil notation "XQ-1835"

No Image			1945-12-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1946-03-01 Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-38b
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

No Image		No Image	1952-01-25 USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship Mail

As WAT-165

No Image		No Image	1967-06-13 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Ship Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1970-10-13 USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1976-01-12 USPS Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1978-02-13 USPS Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1980-01-29 USPS Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1980-04-26 USPS Type 9 West Annex M.O.U. Norfolk VA
			40th Anniversary

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1980-05-16 USPS Type 9 West Annex M.O.U. Norfolk VA
			Ship's Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1983-04-13 USPS Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Ship's Mail

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1986-05-07 USPS Machine Cancel Hampton Roads VA
			Space Shuttle "Challenger" recovery

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1991-02-28 USPS Machine Cancel Hampton Roads VA
			Last Day of Commission

As WMEC-165

No Image		No Image	1991-02-28 USPS Type 9 Naval Amphibious Branch Norfolk VA
			Last Day of Commission

As WMEC-165. Cachet by Walter Grabowy

 

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