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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

 

N/A		N/A	1944-06-23 USPO Duplex Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-10-09 Locy Type 3z (FAKE)
			Commissioning

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye.

 

			1945-04-15 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored WWII use

 

			1945-07-21 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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			1945-09-02 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3b
			Tokyo Bay

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-09-02 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3b
			Tokyo Bay

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1947-07-02 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Category

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			1947-07-03 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Category

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			1953-07-29 Locy Type 2
			Commissioning Cachet

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			1954-06-04 Locy Type 2p
			Category

Add on cachet

 

			1957-09-25 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Dial inverted

 

			1961-07-21 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)
			Space Capsule Recovery

Cachet signed by astronaut Virgil I. Grissom.
Contributed by Donald E. Harter.

 

			1962-02-20 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3d
			Space Capsule Recovery

Pasted cachet signed by ship CO and astronaut John Glenn

 

			1962-02-20 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3d
			Space Capsule Recovery

Pasted cachet signed by ship CO and astronaut John Glenn
Cover contributed by Donald Harter, a member of the Recovery Team on board the ship.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-03-06 Locy Type 2(n+)
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein

 

			1967-02-04 Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)
			Category

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