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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

 

		No Image	1949-03-19 Locy Type FDC P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-21 1949-06-03 Locy Type 9ef(nu) (DD) 1949-06-04 Locy Type 2(n) (DD)
			First Day in Commission

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			1949-04-21 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-21b
			Category

Add on cachet

 

			1949-04-22 Locy Type FDPS 2t(nu)
			First Day Postal Service

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No Image			1949-04-26 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Category

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			1949-06-20 Locy Type 2(n) (DD)
			Category

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			1951-05-19 Locy Type 2(n) (DD)
			Category

Sadworth Cachet

 

			1955-01-21 Locy Type 2 (B) Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-21c
			Destroyer Escort

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No Image			1957-12-13 Locy Type 2 (A)
			Category

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			1962-10-03 Locy Type 2 (A)
			Project Mercury Recovery Forces

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			1966-06-06 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Gemini 9 Recovery Force

Additional marking for Gemini mission showing pick up by USS WASP CVS-18

 

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