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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

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CAMP GILLESPIE, MARINE CORPS BASE, SAN DIEGO, CA

1942-1955 - Name in honor of Captain Archibald M. Gillespie, USMC.

N/A			1943-04-24 Locy Type 2z
			Collectors request

Cachet by Jacques Minkus. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1943-04-24 Locy Type 9 "Camp Gillespie Br." San Diego, Calif.
			Collectors request

Cachet by Jacques Minkus. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

MARINE RIFLE RANGE, LA JOLLA CA

1918 - 23 March 1942

N/A			1942-07-15 Locy Type 2 "Rifle Range M.C.B. Br." San Diego, Calif.
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1942-07-15 Locy Type 2 "Rifle Range M.C.B. Br." San Diego, Calif.
			Insert

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1942-07-15 Locy Type 2 "Rifle Range M.C.B. Br." San Diego, Calif.
			Stationary

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1942-11-17 Locy Type 6 "Rifle Range M.C.B. Br." San Diego, Calif.
			Collectors request

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

CAMP MATTHEWS, LA JOLLA CA

23 March 1942 - 21 August 1964 - Named in honor of LtCol. Calvin B. Matthews, USMC.

2nd MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP, SAN DIEGO, CA

10 July 1941 - April 1946 - Relocated to MCAS Cherry Point NC

N/A			1941-04-14 Locy Type 3 "FIRST DAY / OF ISSUE" "2nd Marine Airc'ft Group" Fleet Marine Force.
			Collectors request

Cachet by Walter Czubay. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-04-18 Locy Type 9v "2nd Mar. Airc'ft Group" Fl't Mar. Force.
			Registered

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-04-18 Locy Type 9x "2nd Mar. Airc'ft Group" Fl't Mar. Force.
			Parcel Post

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1941-04-18 Locy Type 9w "2nd Mar. Airc'ft Group" Fl't Mar. Force.
			Money Order Business

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A		N/A	1941-06-25 Locy Type 3, 9v, 9x, 9w "2nd Mar. Airc'ft Group" Fl't Mar. Force.
			Collectors request

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

SIXTH DEFENSE BATTALION, FMF, SAN DIEGO, CA

Commissioned 1 March 1941 - Relocated to Pearl Harbor HI, 22 July 1941, then Midway on 11 September 1941.

N/A			1941-04-30 Locy Type 3 "SAN DIEGO / CALIF." Sixth Defense Bat. / Fleet Marine Force
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

BASE AIR DEFENSE DETACHMENT TWO, NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO, CA

N/A			1942-11-23 Locy Type 3 "THE MARINES / HAVE LANDED" "Base Air Def. Det. Two, N. Air Sta. Br." San Diego. Calif.
			Collectors request

Cacheted. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

RECEIVING SHIP, SAN DIEGO, CA

1 May 1930 to 1 July 1935 - Changed to USS RIGEL Destroyer Base, 1 July 1935.

N/A		N/A	1931-01-15 Locy Type 3 "Receiving Ship Br" San Diego. Calif.
			From "Marine Detachment, Receiving Ship Destroyer Base"

Official Mail. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

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