USS DOBBIN AD-3 Covers Page 1

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

No Image			1925-02-11 Locy Type 3r
			Category

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N/A			1926-05-29 Locy Type 6j
			First Day Cover for the 5c Ericsson Memorial stamp

From the Adam Francis collection. Backstamped with a Received marking from "Varick St. Sta.", New York NY.

No Image			1927-03-22 Locy Type 6j
			Category

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			1927-05-14 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25f
			Official Business

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			1928-02-14 Destroyer Squadron No.14
			Category

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			1929-02-20 Locy Type 9v (C) 1929-02-28 New Orleans LA Registered 1929-03-02 Brooklyn NY Reg. Sec.
			Category

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No Image			1931-09-04 Locy Type 6j
			Category

Note: Back pencil notation return to ship at New York

No Image			1932-02-08 Locy Type 5hks "PHILADELPHIA / PA"
			Category

Note: Cover is addressed to LCDR Francis E Locy.

			1932-02-17 Locy Type 5hks "PHILADELPHIA / PA."
			Official Business

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			1932-07-11 Locy Type 5hks "PHILADELPHIA / PA."
			Official Business

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No Image			1932-07-12 Locy Type 5ahks "PHILADELPHIA / PA."
			Category

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No Image			1932-08-15 Locy Type 5ahks "NORFOLK / VA"
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No Image			1932-10-11 Locy Type 5ahks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Category

Note: Postcard use

			1933-06-21 Locy Type 6
			Seattle Welcomes the U.S. Scouting Fleet

Note: Cachet by Deane C. (DC) Bartley and John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

No Image			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Category

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No Image			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1934

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			1934-11-27 Locy Type 6j
			Category

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No Image			1934-11-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "THANKSGIVING / DAY"
			Thanksgiving 1934

Hand painted cachet

			1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NAVY DAY / "
			Navy Day 1935

USCS Chapter 16 Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp Lloyd Nace USCS member

			1936-10-22 Locy Type 7dr (C)
			Category

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No Image			1937-02-20 Locy Type 7dr (C)
			Category

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No Image			1937-07-01 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25d
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1937-07-23 Locy Type F "VALLEJO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25b
			13th Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton

			1938-02-22 Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25b
			Washington's Birthday

Note: Cachet by Louis G. Nix

			1938-02-22 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25b "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Washington's Birthday

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			1938-03-15 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25b
			1938 Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet Maker: Hacker

			1938-04-17 Locy Type 7dr (C) (Inverted Dial)
			Category

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			1939-10-24 Locy Type 7dr (C)
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			1940-07-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "SIXTEEN / YEARS OLD"
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Makers: Louis C Minkler, James E Slater, Jimmie Allen and James Chun

No Image			1941-07-06 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Back black pen "W.E. Nailos"

No Image			1941-07-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

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No Image			1941-07-08 Locy Type 7dr (C)
			Category

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No Image			1941-07-10 Locy Type 7dr (C)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-07-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

Note: Back pencil return

No Image			1941-07-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Red rubberstamp "Postage Due"...Black pen "VIA AIR MAIL"
Back pencil return

No Image			1941-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

Note: Back black pen return

No Image			1941-08-08 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-08-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Note: Back typed notation "337"

No Image			1941-08-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Back pencil return

No Image			1941-09-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

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No Image			1941-09-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-09-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-10-02 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-10-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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No Image			1941-10-22 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Business reply

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			1945-04-22 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25e New York NY 13383 Br. 1945-04-27 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. 1945-04-28 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-04-24 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-25e U.S. Navy CDS 1945-04-29 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. 1945-04-30 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-04-28 Locy Type 7drz
			Official Business

Return to Commander Service Squadron Three

			1945-12-19 Locy Type 2# (Br. #15846)
			Category

Add on cachet

			1946-05-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Al Cohen

			1946-05-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Al Cohen

			1946-07-01 Locy Type 2# (Br. #15846) (used after POD)
			Honorable Discharge / Atom Bomb Test

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