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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

N/A		N/A	1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Walter Czubay

N/A			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Al Cohen. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1941-12-13 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1942-02-17 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Commissioning (post date)

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

N/A			1942-02-17 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Commissioning (post date)

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

			1943-05-14 Locy Type 3z (BTT)
			Official Business

As AKA-9 still using AK-26 return

			1945-08-05 Locy Type 9v U.S. Navy Registered 1945-08-14 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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