Cachet Category Independence Day

 
Page 1  (1932 - 1935)
Page 2  (1936 - 1941)
Page 3  (1989 - 2017)

 

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 --------- Cachetmaker

 

		No Image	1932-07-04 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Nelson White

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			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) USS Biddle AG-114
			Walter G Crosby

Notes: Envelope contained an insert from Crosby.

 

			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "INDEPEND- / ENCE DAY" USS Utah AG-16
			F G Klinger

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N/A		N/A	1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "INDEPENDENCE / DAY" USS West Virginia BB-48
			Walter G. Crosby

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No Image		No Image	1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "INDEPEND- / ENCE DAY" USS Utah BB-31
			Kelly Armstrong

Add-on cachet

 

		No Image	1933-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA." USS Medusa AR-1
			Cachet Maker

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No Image		No Image	1933-07-04 Locy Type 3 "INDEPENDENCE / DAY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Kelly Armstrong

Add-on cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "158TH ANN / LIBERTY" USS Hatfield DD-231
			Cachet by the Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter No. 5, USCS

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N/A		N/A	1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "STAR&STRIPES / FOR EVER" USS Northampton CA-26
			Cachet by -

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) "OUR FIRST / FOURTH" USS Ranger CV-4
			Rear Admiral Byrd Chapter 11, USCS

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Bushnell AS-2
			Henry Kraus

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USS Breese DM-18
			Byrd L Powell

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3s (A) "NAVY / " USS Hamilton AG-111
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-5a USS Talbot DD-114
			Neptune Chapter 10, USCS

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		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			C.J. (Jimmie) Leopard

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		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet Maker is Unknown

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N/A		N/A	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "FOURTH / JULY" USS Brant AM-24
			Cachet by -

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hks USS Dallas DD-199
			E. A. Peake and William Ormandy

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N/A		N/A	1935-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-4 "FIRST DAY / THIS CANCEL" USS Hamilton DD-141
			Rubber stamp cachet

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N/A		N/A	1935-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2 "HAPPY / FOURTH" USS Hamilton DD-141
			Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Raleigh CL-7
			Cachet by Louis R. Diesing sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "INDEPENDENCE / CELEBRATED" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Almas Robert M Graham US Fleet Chapter 24, USCS

Note: Cachet is thermographed. Rubber stamp on the back says "Official Cachet By USCS Ch24 / 257 covers canceled / Signed J. Novae SEC." Additional handwritten note is "Address wrappers of covers for / cachets or cancels to: / R M Graham USCS #667 / cachet director / "US Fleet" chapter #24 USCS / USS Pennsylvania"

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "INDEPENDENCE / CELEBRATED" Locy Type 9 USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			C Wright Richell Charles C Northup

Notes: Type 3 postmark in blue ink. Type 9 postmark in purple ink.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) "INDEPENDENCE / DAY" USS Langley CV-1
			E. A. Peake William Ormandy

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type P "U.S.S / CALIFORNIA" USS California BB-44
			Leonard Rogers

Notes: Provisional postmark is a 5hk for Battle Force United States Fleet with "U.S.S. / CALIFORNIA" in the killer bars.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Raleigh CL-7
			William F Schlechter

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Medusa AR-1
			C. Wright Richell

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "STATION SHIP / U.S.N.A." USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			D L Webster Louis G Nix

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hk "1ST. EVENT / USCS CHAP 29" USS Maryland BB-46
			Battleship Connecticut Chapter 29, USCS Desmond D Jagyi

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		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HONOLULU T.H. / ROTC CRUISE" USS Tennessee BB-43
			John Rodgers Chapter 26, USCS

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HONOLULU T.H. / ROTC CRUISE" USS Tennessee BB-43
			Kalakaua Stamp Club Honolulu Advertiser Stamp Collectors Corner

Notes: Front of the cover has an Aiglon Society cachet by Philip Akeo.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-15 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39 "FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII" USS Argonaut SM-1
			Kalakaua Stamp Club and Honolulu Advertiser Stamp Collectors Corner

Note: Red rubberstamp cachet.

 

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