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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.



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Full Cover Front Image
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Postmark or Back Image
Primary Date
Postmark Type
Killer Bar Text
Ship
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Category


 

N/A

N/A

c 1934
Dial text:
"VB SQUADRON / 1-B"
Locy Type 3 (BTT)
"FLEET / PROBLEM 18"

Fleet Maneuvers

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No Image

1934-04-10
Dial text:
"AIRCRAFT BASE FORCE / U.S. FLEET"
Locy Type 3 (BTT)
"ACAPULCO / MEXICO"

Aircraft Base Force

Note:


 

1935-04-11
Dial text:
"VB SQUADRON / 1-B"
Locy Type 3 (TTT)
"NAS-FAB / SAN DIEGO"

VB SQUADRON 1-B

Note: Postcard use


 

No Image

1935-07-02
Dial text:
"VB SQUADRON / 1-B"
Locy Type 3 (TTT)
"NAS-FAB / SAN DIEGO"

VB SQUADRON 1-B

Note:


 

No Image

1935-10-08
Dial text:
"AIRCRAFT BATTLE FORCE"
Locy Type 3 (TTB)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

Aircraft Battle Force

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N/A

1938-12-25
Locy Type 9x

VT Squadron Two

Christmas Day


 

1936-04-15
Locy Type 3
"U.S. NAVAL / AIR STATION"

VT Squadron 2B

San Diego NAS Lobdell Cachet


 

1937-06-10
Locy Type 3 (TBB)

VB Squadron 3B

Cover carried aboard USS Kalmia AT-23


 

1938-02-12
Dial text:
"U.S. FLEET / AIRCRAFT SCT. FORCE"
Locy Type 3 (BBT)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

Aircraft Scouting Force

Lincoln's Birthday, unknown cachetmaker.


 

No Image

1938-12-23
Dial text:
"BOMBING SQUADRON FOUR"
Locy Type 3
"SEASONS / GREETINGS"

Bombing Squadron Four

Season Greetings!


 

1939-08-08
Locy Type 3
"TORPEDO SQUADRON SIX"
"FIRST DAY / CANCEL"

Torpedo Squadron Six

From the David Pallante collection.


 

No Image

1940-07-15
Dial text:
"PATROL WING ONE"
Locy Type 3 (BTT)
"NAVAL AIR / STATION"

Patrol Wing One

Cachet by Walter Czubay


 

1940-08-27
Dial text:
"SCOUTING SQUADRON FIVE"
"PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

Scouting Squadron Five

Note: NCS / Czubay Cachet


 

No Image

1941-06-23
Dial text:
"PATROL SQUADRON 101"

Patrol Squadron 101

Note:


 

1941-11-06
Dial text:
"PATROL WING ONE"

Patrol Wing One

Muridge Cachet


 

1943-12-06
Locy Type 3z
"CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"

Scouting Squadron 68

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1944-12-06
USS KENNETH WHITING AV-14
Locy Type 9efu

Official Business

Patrol Bombing Squadron 22


 

N/A

1945-03-31
Machine Cancel
US Postal Service No. 1

V-Mail

V-Mail from Headquarters Squadron (HEDRON), Fleet Air Wing 7 (FAW-7). At the time this cover was serviced, the Wing was at NAF Plymouth, England. From the Tom Kean collection.

 


 

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