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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 --------- Cachet Category |
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1934-10-04 |
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First Day in Commission |
Back is clean
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1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS. Back is clean
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1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)
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No Image |
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1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Back PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1934-10-18...Black rubberstamp William M. Judisch U.S.C.S. return
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1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
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1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS
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N/A |
1934-10-17 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Cachet by Tom Morrissey
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1934-10-27 |
Cachet by William S. Linto
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1934-11-29 |
Cachet Maker: Robert L Manley
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1935-04-06 |
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Panama Canal Transit |
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1935-04-08 |
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Shakedown |
Cachet by Robert L. Manley. Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return.
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1935-04-20 |
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Shakedown |
Cachet by Robert L. Manley. Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return
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No Image |
1935-05-01 |
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Dewey Day |
Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS
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N/A |
1935-05-01 |
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Shakedown Cachet used for Dewey Day |
Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by L. H. Markley. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1935-10-04 |
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Anniversary |
Cachet by Ted Harrington
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N/A |
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N/A |
1937-01-16 |
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30th Anniversary of Admiral Dewey's death |
Cachet sponsored by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS
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1937-04-07 |
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Category |
Cachet by Harry Ioor, Back purple rubberstamp H.J. Lindhart USCS Member
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1937-05-09 |
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Admiral Dewey |
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N/A |
1937-10-04 |
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3rd Birthday |
Cachet by Frederick Horton
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1937-12-26 |
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Admiral Dewey Birthday |
Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS
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1937-12-26 |
Cachet sponsored by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.
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N/A |
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1938-08-13 |
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40th Anniversary of Admiral Dewey capturing Manila |
Cacheted
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1940-03-08 |
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1940-11-16 |
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Ship's Namesake |
Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand
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No Image |
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1941-03-21 |
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Category |
Back pencil notation "M 43"
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1941-07-28 |
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Category |
Cachet and cancel by the Sibley's Dept. store (Hobby Shop)
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No Image |
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1942-06-19 |
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Category |
Censored, WWII use. Front typed notation "U.S.S. DEWEY". Back blue rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return...Black rubberstamp "793135"...Pencil notation "25002"
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1945-09-18 |
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Official Business |
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