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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

N/A			1933-06-20 Locy Type SLO "U.S.S. HERBERT 160 / JUNE 30-1933 / SEATTLE WASH"
			Seattle Welcomes the scouting Fleet 1933

Cachet by Deane C. (DC) Bartley, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. Signed by the NMC on reverse

N/A			1933-07-04 Locy Type SLO "BELLINGHAM WASH. / INDEPENDENCE DAY / JULY 4 1933"
			Independence Day 1933

Rubber stamp anchor cachet. From the Bob Govern collection.

N/A		N/A	1933-12-25 Locy Type SLO "XMAS GREETINGS / SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Christmas Day 1933

Add on cachet by Michael Hebert

N/A			1934-03-22 Locy Type SLO "DESTROYER DIV. ONE / U.S.S. HERBERT FLAG / SAN DIEGO.CALIF"
			Flagship

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No Image			1934-07-04 Locy Type SLO "INDEPENDENCE DAY / 1776 to 1934 / JACKSONVILLE FLA" 1934-07-06 Plainfield NJ REC'D
			Independence Day 1934

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			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3s "PHILA, PA / MEMORIAL"
			Washington's Birthday

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No Image		No Image	1935-03-01 Locy Type 3s "WELCOME / USS AYLWIN"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong
Postmark killer bar text commemorates commissioning of USS Aylwin DD-355 on this date.

			1935-03-05 Locy Type F "APPOINTED / 1893" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34b
			Ship's Namesake

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N/A		N/A	1935-04-01 Locy Type 3s "WATCH / YOUR STEP" Locy Type 9v (C+) Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34b Locy type SLKts(n)
			Category

Mutiple marks from ship post office

N/A			1935-04-06 Locy Type 3s "PEARY FIRST / NORTHPOLE"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1935-04-20 Locy Type 3s "PIER 11 / PHILA PA"
			Launching of "Huberta Potter Earle"

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1935-04-21 Locy Type 3s "PIER 11 / PHILA PA"
			Easter

Postmark Type F, (H-34b) used as a cachet.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-12 Locy Type 3s "REMEMBER / MOTHER"
			Mother's Day

Cacheted

			1936-05-01 Locy Type 3s "DEWEY / DAY"
			Dewey Day

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N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "GREETINGS TO / A N C S-1ST DAY / HALL CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			First Day of Use

Green Ink. First day of use for Type F Postmark, Type H-34. Donated by Marshall Hall, President and Founder of the ANCS.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "GREETINGS TO / A N C S-1ST DAY / HALL CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			First Day of Use

Blue Ink. First day of use for Type F Postmark, Type H-34. Donated by Marshall Hall, President and Founder of the ANCS.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-21 Locy Type F "GREETINGS TO / A N C S-1ST DAY / HALL CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			First Day of Use

Black Ink. First day of use for Type F Postmark, Type H-34. Donated by Marshall Hall, President and Founder of the ANCS.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-28 Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Keel Laying USS Philadelphia CL-41

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1935-05-28 Locy Type F "KEEL LAID / NEW CRUISER / PHILADELPHIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Keel Laying USS Philadelphia CL-41

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N/A		N/A	1935-05-30 Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by William C. Potter

N/A		N/A	1935-10-12 Locy Type F "OUR NAVY / THE FIRST LINE / OF DEFENSE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Columbus Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

N/A		N/A	1935-11-28 Locy Type F "DESRON 1 / DIV 28 / PHILA PA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Thanksgiving

Cachet by Clemmitt, Sponsored by Meyer Tuchinsky and Milwaukee Chapter No. 33, USCS

N/A		N/A	1935-12-12 Locy Type F "U.S.S. PORTER / LAUNCHED / TODAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Launching USS Porter DD-356

Cachet by Traders Stamp Club and Capt. H. G. Sparrow All-Navy Ship V.F.W.

N/A		N/A	1935-12-12 Locy Type F "U.S.S. PORTER / LAUNCHED / TODAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Launching USS Porter DD-356

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

N/A		N/A	1936-09-20 Locy Type F "NAVAL RESERVE / CRUISE / GTMO BAY, CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-34
			Naval Reserve Cruise

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			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3s "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1936

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard

N/A		N/A	1937-11-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PHILA PA / NAVY YARD"
			18th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Frederick Horton

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / NAVY YARD VA"
			Christmas

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, sponsored by Robert S. Thompson

N/A		N/A	1938-06-06 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "WASHINGTON / DC" USS Decatur DD-341
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

N/A		N/A	1938-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NEW LONDON / CONN" USS Fairfax DD-93
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

N/A		N/A	1938-07-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COASTAL / CRUISE"
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

			1938-10-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) Locy Type 9v (C+)
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1939-04-23 Locy Type 9v (C+)
			Registered

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			1941-06-20 Locy Type 9x
			First Day in Commission USS CHENANGO AO-31

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1941-03-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			First Day of Commission USS Zircon PY-16

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

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