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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

 

			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F "First Day in / Commission" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			Commissioning cachet

Cachet by Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
Back VALLEJO CALIF. / MARE ISLAND STA. CDS 1934-02-12

 

			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F "First Day in / Commission" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			Commissioning

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			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F "First Day In / Commission" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Vallejo Chamber of Commerce

 

No Image			1934-03-09 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "LAUNCHING / ANNIVERSARY"
			Category

Postcard use. Purple received markings. Back black pen signed NMC

 

N/A		N/A	1934-03-22 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "AT / SEA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Eagle cachet by Mike Brock, Ship and text cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

No Image			1934-05-08 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ACUPULCA / MEXICO"
			Category

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			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "SHAKEDOWN / HILO TH."
			Hawaii

Notes: Cachet Makers: American Legion Hilo Post 3 and John J. Power

 

			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) SHAKEDOWN / HILO TH.
			Hawaii

Notes: This is the insert that was inside the cover above.

 

No Image			1934-06-08 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "VICTORIA / B. C."
			Category

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			1934-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "FLAG / DAY"
			Port Visit - Portland OR Flag Day

Cachet by Myron F McCamley and R. B. Hare

 

No Image			1934-06-24 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "LAT. 10-35 N / LONG. 83 40 W"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1934-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "MERRY / CHRISTMAS"
			Christmas

Add-on cachet by Paul M. Huber

 

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 8
			Category

Cachet by John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS and E. W. Quinn Plumbing
Back multiple reverse type 8 cancels...Red rubberstamp "12268"

 

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 8
			Category

Cachet by John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS and E. W. Quinn Plumbing

 

			1936-02-10 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Cachet by Ted Harrington and John J Haag

 

		No Image	1936-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ST. PATRICK'S / DAY"
			St Patrick's Day

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N/A		N/A	1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "DOMAIN OF / NEPTUNUS REX"
			Crossing the Equator

Rubber stamp cachet by George J. Irvine. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1936-09-09 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ADMISSION / DAY"
			Admission Day (California) 1936

Cachet by William S. Weil and sponsored by the USS California Chapter No. 51, USCS. Cachet Back red rubberstamp William S. Weil return

 

No Image			1936-10-12 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Columbus Day

Postmarks also for: USS Arctic AF-7 - USS Smith DD-378 - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch

 

			1936-11-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "THANKSGIVING / DAY"
			Thanksgiving Day

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		No Image	1936-12-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MARE ISL / CALIF"
			Category

Notes:

 

			1937-01-13 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Cachet by the Admiral Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS

 

No Image			1937-02-15 Locy Type 7d
			Category

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			1939-03-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NORFOLK / VA"
			Grover Cleveland

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			1939-07-03 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Official Business

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 7d Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1940-04-13 Locy Type 7d Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Notes:

 

No Image			1940-07-26 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Back is clean

 

			1940-08-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BREMERTON / WASH"
			150th Anniversary Coast Guard

Cachet by George Neumann

 

			1940-09-21 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Official Business

 

No Image			1940-12-30 Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Hand painted cachet

 

			1941-04-24 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT)
			Category

Cachet by Commons Stamp Service

 

			1941-09-01 Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Combo cancel...Front ink notations "Clipper Mail" "Via Clipper". Back is clean

 

			1943-10-30 Locy Type 7drz
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use. Back is clean

 

			1945-06-19 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-10-27 Locy Type 6egipr-1
			Navy Day 1945

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye. Back black rubberstamp Grey Cover Service

 

			1946-02-25 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Back is clean

 

			1950-11-12 SAN FRANCISCO CALIF CDS
			5th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal and Dedication of the USS San Francisco Memorial

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		No Image	2003-04-27
			USCS National Convention

Cachet by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

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