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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

 

			1936-10-31 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) CHRISTENING / CEREMONIES USS Case DD-370
			Ship Christening - USS Mugford DD-389 Ship Christening - USS Ralph Talbot DD-390

Cachet Maker: Gerald L Plimpton.
The artist name is at the bottom right of the cachet but is not legible.

			1937-09-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS"
			First Day Postal Service

Liddell add on photo cachet
Back is clean

 

			1937-09-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton

 

No Image			1937-09-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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			1937-09-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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			1937-11-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS"
			Category

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			1938-02-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "5TH ANNIVERSARY / OLD IRONSIDES CHAP." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x
			USCS Chapter Anniversary

USCS Chapter #1 Anniversary Cachet
Pencil notations "DD-389"...cancel types

			1938-03-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "HAMPTON / RDS VA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Brown Peejay / Frederick Horton Cachet

No Image			1938-03-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Category

Back PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1938-03-11

 

		No Image	1938-03-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Notes: Cachet Makers: Robert S Thompson and P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

			1938-03-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "GUAANTAMO BAY / CUBA"
			Shakedown

Red Peejay / Frederick Horton Cachet...Killer text mis-spelled
Back black rubberstamp Frederick Horton return address

 

			1938-03-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) HAVANA / CUBA
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Red Frederick Horton and P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

			1938-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS"
			150th Anniversary Constitution Independence Day 1938

John Morrill Sponsor

No Image			1939-03-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			Category

Front pencil notation "Printed Matter"
Back pencil notations "3-" "DDH" "A-Test Target" "U.S.S. Mugford"

			1940-11-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Armistice Day 1940

Unknown Cachet
Back black rubberstamp Howard D. Roloff return

 

			1940-11-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) SEATTLE / WASH
			Category

Cachet Maker: Howard D Roloff

 

No Image			1941-09-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Commercial use

 

			1941-10-31 Locy Type Fake "AT / SEA" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3
			Fake

Hobby Shop Cachet

			1943-05-03 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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