Cachet Maker Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop Page 5

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    (Genuine Ship Covers Page 1)
2. Page 2    (Genuine Ship Covers Page 2)
3. Page 3    (Fake Postmark Ship Covers Page 1)
4. Page 4    (Fake Postmark Ship Covers Page 2)
5. Page 5    (Fake Postmark British Ship Covers)
6. Page 6    (Event and Patriotic Covers)

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The Hobby Shop also produced fake postmarks with Type CD-3 postmarks for several British ships. Although the postmarks are dated May 12, 1937 (coronation day of King George VI), they were undoubtedly created in 1941 along with the other Hobby Shop fakes. The ships include HMS COURAGEOUS, GLASGOW (misspelled GLASCOW), GLORIOUS, HOOD, LEANDER, RENOWN, REPULSE, RESOLUTION, REVENGE, RODNEY, SOUTHAMPTON and VALIANT. The cachet is a large line drawing of the ship which covers most of the bottom half of the envelope, with the ship's name printed in the upper left comer. The postmark on the HMS HOOD cover is different from the others, being a larger marking with four long killer bars.
With the exception of HMS HOOD, the style of the postmarks is the same as the other Hobby Shop fakes. Many are also addressed with the usual Hobby Shop Addressograph stencils. The ultimate proof that they are fakes, however, is simply that British Navy ships have never had post offices.
Source: USCS CATALOG of UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTMARKS, Fifth Edition, 1997.

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			1941-08-14 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Potomac AG-25
			Roosevelt/Churchill High Seas Meeting

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			1941-08-15 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Augusta CA-31
			Roosevelt/Churchill High Seas Meeting

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			1941-08-15 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS McDougal DD-358
			Roosevelt/Churchill High Seas Meeting

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE / REX" HMS Courageous
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE / REX" HMS Glasgow
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE VI / REX" HMS Glorious
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* HMS Hood
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE / REX" HMS Leander
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GRAND / FLEET" "GVIR" in dial HMS Renown
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE / REX" HMS Repulse
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE VI / REX" HMS Resolution
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GRAND / FLEET" "GVIR" in dial HMS Revenge
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE / REX" HMS Rodney
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GRAND / FLEET" "GVIR" in dial HMS Southampton
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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N/A			1937-05-12 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "GEORGE VI / REX" HMS Valiant
			Coronation Day of King George VI

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