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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
 
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

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

 

N/A		N/A	1945-06-03 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Christening / Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet by Airport Historical Society. Cachet states "LAUNCHING" but should be "Christening / Commissioning". From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-06-03 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Christening / Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-06-03 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Christening / Commissioning

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve. Cachet states "Launching / Commissioning" but should be "Christening / Commissioning". From the John Young collection.

 

			1945-06-03 Locy Type Fake?
			Category

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1945-06-25 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-10-26 Locy Type 2# (Br. #15552)
			Category

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			1945-11-29 Locy Type 9# (Br. #15552) Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Category

Type 3z posted from another ship or station...ship did not carry this device

 

			1945-12-25 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9# (Br. #15552)
			Christmas Day 1945

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No Image		No Image	1946-04-08 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1952-09-19 Locy Type FDR 2
			First Day Recommissioning

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			1952-09-19 Locy Type FDR 2
			First Day Recommissioning

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No Image			c1956 Locy Type 2 (LAKE omitted) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-2
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			c1956 Locy Type 2 (LAKE omitted) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-2 Locy Type 9efu
			Eagle and Shield

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No Image			1958-10-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS) Locy Type 9fu
			Category

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No Image			1961-06-19 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS)
			Category

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			1962-10-03 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)
			Project Mercury Recovery Force

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No Image			1964-01-08 Locy Type 7tnu (CVS)
			Category

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			1964-12-02 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (CVS,BR.)
			Category

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