Cachet Category Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Page 1  (1933 - 1940)
Page 2  (1941)
Page 3  (1942 - Present)

 

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with 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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

No Image			1933-03-29 Locy Type FDPS 3 (B-BTT) "FIRST DAY / P.O. SERVICE" USS Portland CA-33
			R/S cachet

Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1935-10-22 Locy Type FDPS F (CD-2) FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE USS Porpoise SS-172
			C Wright Richell

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No Image			1936-07-07 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TBB) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SER." USS Quincy CA-39
			Clarence Gwynne

Note:

 

No Image			1936-07-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION USS Tucker DD-374
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

Notes:

 

			1936-10-26 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / MAIL USS Shaw DD-373
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes:

 

			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) NORFOLK / NAVY YARD USS Downes DD-375
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

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			1937-08-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) 1-ST-DAY / COMM USS Blue DD-387
			Frederick Horton

Notes:

 

			1937-08-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) 1-ST DAY / COMM USS Blue DD-387
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

Notes: Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

			1937-09-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS USS Mugford DD-389
			Frederick Horton

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No Image			1937-09-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS USS Mugford DD-389
			Cachet Maker

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			1937-09-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS USS Mugford DD-389
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service

 

			1938-02-14 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BTB) TUTUILA / AM. SAMOA USS Ontario ATO-13
			Cachet Maker

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			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA." USS Enterprise CV-6
			Tazewell G. Nicholson C. Wright Richell

Notes: First Day Postal Service for USS Enterprise CV-6

 

			1938-06-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN USS Honolulu CL-48
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill Frederick Horton

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			1938-10-03 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) COMMISSION / DATE USS Phoenix CL-46
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service

 

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION USS Saint Louis CL-49
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club C Wright Richell Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1939-10-02 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) USS Neosho AO-23
			Michael Sanders

Notes: Cachet is thermographed. Ship name is misspelled.

 

			1939-11-08 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) USS Neosho AO-23
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Commissioning
Date is incorrect for FDPS.

 

			1939-12-15 Locy Type 9efw USS Patoka AG-125
			C Wright Richell

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image		No Image	1940-02-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Bancroft DD-256
			Kelly Armstrong

Add-on cachet

 

			1940-04-16 Locy Type 3 (BTT) FIRST DAY / CANCELLATION USS Wasp CV 7 VF Squadron 7
			National Cachet Society

Notes:

 

			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Al Cohen

Recommissioning

 

			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Al Cohen

Recommissioning

 

			1940-08-23 Locy Type F "PHILA. / PA." USCS Catalog Illus. A-21 USS Allen DD-66
			Al Cohen

Recommissioning

 

			1940-10-09 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS McCawley APA-4
			Gordon A Shaw

Notes:

 

			1940-10-16 Locy Type FDPS 9x PC-451
			C Wright Richell

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1940-11-15 Locy Type 9x Parcel Post USS Barnett AP-11
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

Note: Bullseye killer used to cancel the stamp.

 

			1940-11-18 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) SAN DIEGO / CALIF USS Schley DD-103
			Tazewell G Nicholson

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Recommissioning

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV" USS Curtiss AV-4
			Al Cohen

Note:

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV USS Curtiss AV-4
			Al Cohen

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service

 

			1940-12-20 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) PHILADELPHIA / PENN USS Albemarle AV-5
			Michael Sanders

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