Cachet Maker T M Holcombe

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 --------- Category

 

			1935-11-28 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8 "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USS Wandank ATO-26
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Ralph Talbot DD-390

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N/A			1936-08-27 Locy Type 2 "U.S. RECEIVING SHIP AT PHILA / PA."
			Last Day in Commission - USS Porter DD-356

Cachet by T.M. Holcombe & Norwood B. Scatchard. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1937-01-13 Locy Type LDC 5hks USS Greer DD-145
			Last Day in Commission

C. Wright Richell

			1937-06-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK" USS Lamson DD-367
			Commissioning of USS BAGLEY

Norfolk Cover Service

 

			1938-04-25 Locy Type 2 Marine Barracks League Island Philadelphia PA
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Curtiss AV-4

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

 

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA" USS Enterprise CV-6
			Commissioning

Pearl Harbor Submarine Detachment, Pearl Harbor Branch, Honolulu, T.H., duplex postmarks on the back.

 

			1938-05-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA" USS Enterprise CV-6
			Commissioning

Pearl Harbor Submarine Detachment, Pearl Harbor Branch, Honolulu, T.H., duplex postmarks on the back.

 

			1938-12-12 Locy Type 9w Naval Hospital Washington DC
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Navajo AT-64

Cachet by Lloyd A Nace and T M Holcombe. Holcombe is ANCS 15. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-12-19 Locy Type 9 USS Tillman DD-135
			Keel Laying - USS Madison DD-425

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace ANCS #54 and T. M. Holcombe, ANCS #15. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-03-01 USPO Machine cancel Kearny NJ
			Keel Laying - USS Kearny DD-432

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

 

			1939-04-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Nevada BB-36
			Ship Launching - USS Wilson DD-408

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace, T. M. Holcombe and Deane C Bartley. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-09 USPO Machine cancel Kearny NJ
			Launching - USS Kearny DD-432

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

 

			1940-03-18 Locy Type 2 USS Ericsson DD-440
			Keel Laying

Cachet Co-Sponsored by Int'l. Cover Guild Members Lloyd A. Nace No.9 and T.M. Holcombe No.24. Holcombe also held membership in the USCS (No.94) and the ANCS (No.15).

 

			1940-04-20 Locy Type 6dep-1 Navy Yard Philadelphia PA
			Ship Launching - USS Curtiss AV-4

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

 

			1940-05-16 Locy Type 2 Bremerton Navy Yard
			Ship Launching - USS Biscayne AGC-18

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace and T. M. Holcombe. Nace is ICG 9 and Holcomb is ICG 24.

 

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