Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon
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.
Historical Data
Organized: July 30, 1934 (Bulletins No. 44 & 45) as Oregon Chapter with 16 charter members. Meetings were actually held on board the old battleship, now a museum ship at Portland, Oregon. Myron McCamley was the original "commander" and driving force of the chapter. Organizing members: Myron McCamley (#179), President; Joseph C. Formick (#357), Vice Pres; Ross B. Hare (#432), Secty; Elbert I. Hannaford, Treasurer; Edward A. Peake (#646), Arthur Delmore (#314), Louis R. Diesing (#645), Ernest W. Jenkins (#183), Reginald E. Linto (#599).
Cachet directors: 1934-36 Louis R. Diesing, 1937 Myron McCamley (and also Raymond Van Tress). The Chapter ceased operations after 1938, and was officially defunct per the 1940 USCS Yearbook.
Note: The May 1965 USCS Log (page 2) mentions an attempt to organize a new USS Oregon Chapter, but it wasn't until 1977 that USS OREGON Chapter #79 was formed.
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Close-up of the Chapter marking |
Note: This "Berthed at Portland" rubber stamp appears on most chapter covers, usually on the back. It was used on the first chapter cachet, Navy Day, Oct. 27, 1934. The early version of the rubber stamp had a "179" (Myron McCamley's USCS number) extending out from the dial, but that was removed sometime in early 1935.
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1934-12-25 |
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States Line |
Cachet by Elbert I. Hannaford and sponsored by the USCS Battleship Oregon Chapter. The design by Hannaford is conformed per Oregonian newspaper,26 Nov 1934, p12. It depicts "an Oregon turkey" and was the first seapost cachet the chapter did. Covers were taken on board PERSHING when she left Portland and cancelled 500 miles out at sea. When the ship arrived at Yokohama, they were transferred to another ship returning to the west coast.
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1934-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1934 |
Sponsored by USCS Battleship Oregon Chapter. The design is probably by member Elbert I. Hannaford, who did the 1934 Thanksgiving cachet for the chapter. This example is addressed to Edward A. Peake, the original exchange manager for the chapter. Notice the back has the "Berthed in Portland" rubber stamp on the back, done in red ink.
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1935-01-01 |
Note: The cachet artist was again Elbert Hannaford. Variations of this cachet were used by the chapter on New Year cachets over the next several years.
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1935-02-22 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1935-05-30 |
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Memorial Day |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. Postmarked on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA.
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1935-05-30 |
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Memorial Day |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. Postmarked on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo CA.
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1935-07-04 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1935-08-17 |
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Reservist Cruise |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1935-08-29 |
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Reservist Cruise |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1936-01-01 |
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New Years Day |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. From the Robert Cramer collection.
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1936-01-20 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1936-05-30 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1936-08-06 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1936-12-25 |
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Christmas Day |
Note: they are reusing the artwork from the chapter's 1934 Christmas cachet.
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1937-01-01 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS. John N. Lawrence probably serviced this cover from Shanghai.
This cachet is essentially the same as the one for January 1, 1935. The only difference is the addition of a border.
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1937-02-12 |
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Lincoln's Birthday |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1937-07-17 |
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller
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1937-07-27 |
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Portland, OR |
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1937-09-06 |
Cachet by Louis R. Diesing and sponsored by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.
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1938-07-23 |
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Port Visit |
Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS Cachet
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1938-09-13 |
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USS Oregon is permanently placed. |
Cachet by Raymond Van Tress
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1945-11-22 |
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Thanksgiving |
Note: This cachet was originally used by the Battleship Oregon Chapter in 1934. The chapter no longer sponsored cachets after 1938, and was defunct sometime in 1939. However, McCamley used this old cachet, deleted the year, but left the wording about the old chapter. He also converted the image to a rubber stamp, so it lacks much of the original detail. Cancels are usually seen on USS COLORADO, but it was also used on other ships.
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